What is neurodiversity? Who is really normal? How do we address the strengths of those who’ve been labeled with ADHD, dyslexia or other ”disabilities”? These questions get addressed in a new Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio One program. Entitled: ”The Myth of Normal,” it aired Part 1 on April 29, 2022 and Part 2 on May...Read More
I’ll be presenting at the upcoming 29th Annual MicroSociety Conference on July 12, 2022. MicroSociety is an innovative educational program developed by artist/educator extraordinaire George Richmond in the 1960’s where students re-create the institutions of society within their own school environment, including having their own economic system with banks, their own judicial system with student-created...Read More
Today is the official publication date for my new book Mindfulness in the Classroom: Strategies for Promoting Concentration, Compassion, and Calm. I have been practicing mindfulness for almost thirty years, and with the rise in the need for social and emotional learning in the schools, I thought that a book for educators on this topic...Read More
I wrote an article, ”Why I Believe Attention Deficit Disorder is a Myth,” for the website The Kids in the House: The Ultimate Parenting Resource, on August 29, 2017. The Kids in the House is a site that offers 9,000 videos from experts and parents (who are the real experts!) on a wide...Read More
This week I had a ”Commentary” piece in Education Week, American education’s weekly newspaper of record, based on my new book The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Strategies for Teaching Middle and High School Students (ASCD). It also appeared in their online edition with a different title: “Neuroscience Should Inform School Policies.’‘ Here is the complete...Read More
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