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BBARS OF EXCELLENCE
FRAMEWORK

Brain & Body Aligned Responsive Systems

The BBARS of Excellence Framework contains five core areas of competence utilizing evidence-based approaches to grow individualized and group systems of success.

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DEVELOPING THE BUILDER

Embodying adult awareness & responsiveness

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POURING THE FOUNDATION
Employing an authoritative & educational neuroscience approach 

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FRAMING THE STRUCTURE

Proactively creating predictable experience to increase felt-safety

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FURNISHING THE LIVING SPACE

Using relationship & regulatory practices habitually

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LIVING IN THE SPACE

Embedding social-emotional learning, trauma-responsive care, mental health literacy, & equity

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  • Progress focused

  • Working within capacity

  • Balanced

  • Inclusive

  • Regulating responsively

  • Meeting goals while valuing respect for self and others

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Traditional Success

  • Achievement focused

  • Pushed beyond capacity

  • Lack of Balance

  • Exclusive

  • Burnout

  • At-all-cost competitiveness

Re-Envisioned
Success

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Meet Katie Pagnotta

Katie Pagnotta is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and educational neuroscience and social emotional learning consultant. She is a parent coach, published author, thought leader and expert. She is governed by her belief that by understanding the common human design, along with our individual strengths, we are empowered to develop the necessary mindsets and habits that lead to success.

 

Through her various roles, Katie has worked professionally with school-aged humans and their families and educators since 2007. Katie integrates her own experience, empathy, and insights with the collective wisdom within the fields of psychology, education, and neuroscience to facilitate growth of the individuals and groups with whom she works. Katie is passionate about helping others utilize evidence- and strengths- based approaches and strategies, become empowered by the human design, and enhance learning through the integration of wellness and joy.

Teacher with Students
”As teachers, it is inevitable that we will get that one student (or handful of students) that can't sit still or consistently blurt out. Katie has been so helpful assisting me with a difficult group of students. I am a veteran teacher with over 20 years of experience, but each year the demands for classroom management dominate over classroom instruction. Katie has provided me with easy
SEL teaching tools to redirect difficult behaviors.”
 
Karen Beaverstock, Middle School Teacher
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