| A | B |
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| MINDFUL | Focusing one's awareness on the present moment, including one's surroundings, thoughts and feelings |
| RESILIENCE | Capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. The ability of a substance to spring back into shape |
| CONSEQUENCES | The result of an action or behavior |
| EMPATHY | The ability to understand and share the feelings of another |
| RESISTANCE SKILLS | Strategies used to resist peer pressure, the pressure you put on you by your peers, and by your own concerns about what those around you will think of you |
| GROWTH LIMITING PERSPECTIVE | The belief that you are not capable of learning or growing, ie. you are either born smart or not, talented or not |
| GROWTH PROMOTING PERSPECTIVE | The belief that you can get smarter by studying and working hard, developing skills and talents through practice |
| ARCHITECTURE | The complex or carefully designed structure of something |
| NEURON | Cell in the nervous system (including brain) that processes and transmits information |
| NEURAL PATHWAY | A series of neurons connected together to enable a signal to be sent from one brain region to another |
| NEURAL PLASTICITY | The brain's ability to form new connections throughout life, to compensate for injury, disease, and to adjust to activities in response to new situations or to changes in the environment |
| TRAUMA | A deeply distressing or disturbing experience |
| ACEs | Traumatic events occurring before age 18; can include abuse, parental mental illness and/or substance use, divorce, death, domestic violence |
| TOXIC STRESS | Refers to the kinds of experiences, particularly in childhood, that can affect brain architecture |
| CORTEX | The fourth part of the brain to develop |
| LIMBIC | The third part of the brain to develop |
| MIDBRAIN | The second part of the brain to develop |
| BRAINSTEM | The first part of the brain to develop |
| FINE MOTOR SKILLS | Abilities required to make small movements such as fingers, hands and toes |
| LARGE MOTOR SKILLS | Abilities required in order to control the large muscles of the body for walking, running, sitting, crawling and other activities |
| AUTOMATIC | Done or occurring spontaneously, without conscious thought or intention |
| REACTIVE | Acting in response to a situation rather than creating or controlling it |
| COMPLEX | Consisting of many different, connected parts |
| DEPRESSION | Common, but serious, mood disorder that affects how you feel, think and handle daily activities, such as sleeping, eating or working. Symptoms last longer than two weeks. |
| ANXIETY | A feeling of worry, nervousness or unease, typically about an imminent event, real or perceived, with an uncertain outcome |
| SUICIDAL IDEATION | Thinking about, considering, or planning to end one's own life. Frequently connected to mental illness |
