Rehab Seminars

Lori Desautels, PhD is an Assistant Professor at Butler University in Indianapolis, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Education. In her prior role as Assistant Professor at Marian University, she founded the Educational Neuroscience Symposium, which provides educators, parents, and the community the tools to help students be successful and feel a sense of purpose and connection in their classrooms. Lori’s passion is engaging students through the application of neuroscience as it applies to attachment, regulation, and educator brain state, and teaching students and staff about neuroanatomy, thus integrating Mind Brain Teaching learning principles and strategies into her coursework at Butler. Lori is coauthor of the social and emotional competencies for the State of Indiana, published in January 2018. She also authored a series of articles for “Inside the School,” an online publication providing strategies to administrators and educators. Lori continues her work in Pre-K classrooms and is currently co-teaching fifth grade, working with St. Mary’s Early Childhood Center in Indianapolis. Lori has taught emotionally troubled students in the upper elementary grades, worked as a school counselor, a private practice counselor, and a co-owner of the Indianapolis Counseling Center. She was also a behavioral consultant for Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis on the adolescent psychiatric unit, where she learned that emotional and mental illness can be so challenging for youth, but the brain can repair and heal, and resilience rests at the core of human nature and our well-being. Financial disclosure: Dr. Desautels is employed by Butler University and receives royalties from Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing. There are no nonfinancial relationships to disclose.