As of March 13, 2023, The Myth of the ADHD Child: 101 Ways to Improve Your Child’s Behavior and Attention Span Without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion is available as an audio book through Audible. It is produced by Post Hypnotic Press. This will now make the book accessible to busy parents who can listen to the...Read More
In 2021-2022, I taught a class for the Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education. and created videos from the lectures I gave. This video is #4 in the 10 video series for the course entitled Introduction to Neurodiversity. The video describes a concept that I’ve adapted from evolutionary biology called niche construction, which...Read More
This video is part 3 of a 10 video series based on a course I taught called Introduction to Neurodiversity, at Bridges Graduate School for Cognitive Diversity in Education. It discusses the roots of the neurodiversity movement showing how it essentially emerged in the 1990’s out of the autistic rights movement, which itself emerged from...Read More
In this video–which is part two of a ten module course I taught called Introduction to Neurodiversity for the Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education— I discuss individuals and theories in psychology, education, and business that support a strength-based approach to helping individuals who are neurodivergent (including those diagnosed with ADHD, dyslexia, autism,...Read More
In 2001 I began teaching a course on neurodiversity for the Bridges Graduate School for Cognitive Diversity in Education entitled Introduction to Neurodiversity. As part of the course, I prepared ten You Tube presentations as a means of delivering my lectures. I’m making these videos available now for the benefit of the wider community of...Read More
I’ve created this video to help new writers think about the issue of genre in their novels, which can be a blessing or a curse depending upon how laser-pointed your target market is. If you’ve got a novel that crosses many genres (as mine does), you may have significant challenges in finding the people who...Read More
A new study in the April 18, 2023 issue of JAMA Network Open suggests that up to 25% of middle school and high school students in some schools engage in ”nonmedical use of prescription stimulants,” (NUPS) to get ”high,” to get a ”cognitive boost” for class, and as a ”study drug” to help prepare for...Read More
I’ve just written an article on multiple intelligences and healthy aging for Branton Shearer’s MI@40 newsletter on LinkedIn. Dr. Shearer has been a key player in the saga of multiple intelligences for decades. He created what is still, I believe, the only valid and reliable assessment for multiple intelligences (MI): the Multiple Intelligences Diagnostic Assessment...Read More
I’ll be doing a free webinar on Wednesday March 15, 2023 from 2:00-3:00 pm (Pacific time) for the Mind-Body Training Institute on the topic of A Wellness Approach to Neurodiversity. During the time that I’ve been advocating for neurodiversity over the past fifteen years, my focus has been primarily on K-12 education. But all along,...Read More
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