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

This video is #8 in my series Introduction to Neurodiversity, based on a course I taught at Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education. It focuses on the gifts, assets, and strengths of those with intellectual disabilities. This is the neurodiversity that really needs the most publicity concerning the things that people with intellectual...Read More

I was working on my Word Press website the other day and I wanted to paste in a complex object (I forget what it was), but was uncertain about how to proceed.  I knew the code for the object, and I clicked over to the ”text” version of the page where all the coding resides,...Read More

As part of the back-to-school process, I’ve written an article for one of my publishers:  Free Spirit Publishing on countering what I call the ”stupid-head syndrome.”  This is the feeling that kids develop as they begin school that they’re not as smart as their peers.  There are several factors that account for this syndrome including...Read More

Summer is officially here, and many parents–after homeschooling their kids for the last three months–are wondering whether they should keep schooling their kids to make up for a potential ”summer slide” or just let them enjoy the summer.  I come down strongly on the side of enjoying summer, but that doesn’t mean learning need not...Read More