Hey Folks!  I just did an hour-long podcast for Hapara, a classroom management software company, focusing on my book The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Strategies for Teaching Middle and High School Students.  Just click the arrow and watch the hour-long video.  There’s also a written transcript available.  Enjoy!  See also my 12-part video series...Read More

Fifteen years ago, I wrote The Power of Neurodiversity:  Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain.  At the time, few people knew the term neurodiversity, and the sales of the book were slow.  However, in the past several years, neurodiversity has emerged from obscurity to become a word that seems to be on everybody’s...Read More

Imagine that Leonardo da Vinci was a child growing up in contemporary times and school authorities had to determine whether or not he should receive an IEP (Individual Education Plan).  Here’s what the meeting might look like:  Video Transcript Principal:  ”Okay, I think we’re ready to start.  Who wants to get the ball rolling?”‘...Read More

This is video #4 in my 12-part video series on The Myth of the ADHD Child, based on my book of the same name. This video suggests that ADHD symptoms can be better explained by looking at our educational system than by positing a specific medical disorder. ADHD teacher fact sheets typically list recommendations for...Read More

Everybody knows that ADHD is a big phenomenon in our culture.  Rates of ADHD in children, teens, and adults have skyrocketed over the past few years.  But there’s problem if you think about it.  ADHD as a diagnostic term has three negatives in it (deficit, hyperactivity, disorder).  Having been an educator for the past fifty...Read More