Last week I did a podcast with author and speaker Ed Gerety, CSP, on the subject of Tapping the Power of the Adolescent Brain. Some of the take-aways from the interview include: “What were they thinking?” A lot of things are going on in the teenage brain that were not going on 2-3-4 years ago....Read More
This brief video describes intrapersonal personal intelligence, or Self Smart, one of the eight intelligences in Dr.. Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Dr. Gardner has suggested that this may be the most important of all of the intelligences in his model, because so much in life depends upon being able to set goals, have...Read More
In this brief video I introduce visual-spatial intelligences (or Picture Smart), which is one of the eight intelligences in Dr. Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. I point out that this intelligence, while not used much in the schools, is becoming more and more valuable out in the work world where fields such as microbiology,...Read More
Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences is now 40 years old, and as part of the celebration, I’ve put together several quick videos that touch upon different aspects of his model. In this video, I talk about an intelligence that he has not officially integrated into his other eight intelligences, but he has spoken and...Read More
For several years I used to fly to the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar) to lead seminars for adult learners on the topics of multiple intelligences and the road to genius. On one of my last trips, I did a series of over 50 short videos (1-3 minutes) covering different aspects...Read More
In my 20th book, a novel entitled Childless, I tell the story about a childless child psychologist who tries to foil a U.S government plot to declare childhood as a medical disorder and then eliminate it from the human genome. The novel is a darkly comedic satire about something very serious that is going on in...Read More
Goodreads Book Giveaway Childless by Thomas Armstrong Giveaway ends June 13, 2023. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway For more information about Childless, click here. Printer FriendlyShare This:Read More
This is video #10, the conclusion to my 10-video series on an Introduction to Neurodiversity based on a course I taught at Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education. In this video I focus on how neurodiversity can best be integrated into the society around it. I first look at the big picture and...Read More
This is video #9 in my 10-video series Introduction to Neurodiversity, based on a course I taught at Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education. In this video I highlight the gifts, talents, and abilities of individuals who have social and emotional disorders such as OCD, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. These positive traits include...Read More
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