This Think Tank looks at how negative experiences impact learners and what teachers can do to support them in these situations. In the Main video, Lisa Feldman Barrett explains the role prediction plays in trauma and suggests changing the brain’s predictions to overcome it. In the More video, Nick Mann defines eustress and distress and encourages teachers to leverage eustress for themselves and their students. Heather Kretschmer introduces this issue by sharing an impactful story.

In the Think Tank, Julia Daley recounts a powerful story about bullying and explains the science behind bullying and our reactions to it. Next, Christopher Regier explains how the brain processes threats and how teachers can support students who find communicating in a foreign language threatening. Finally, Judith B. O’Laughlin describes the effect trauma has on learners and gives teachers advice on creating a trauma-sensitive environment in the classroom.

In the Plus section, we shine the spotlight on a Think Tank editor.