Dr. Thomas Armstrong’s Favorite Web Links

Neurodiversity

• ”Don’t Mourn for Us,” by Jim Sinclair (seminal document in history of neurodiversity) –
• ‘Neurodiversity” by Harvey Blume (first published use of term neurodiversity in 1998)
• The Hunter School, Rumney, N.H.  strength-based school for neurodiverse kids
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) – ”Nothing about us, without us”
• Neurodiversity:  Honoring the Variety of Human Wiring – (website with numerous articles on neurodiversity) .
• Heather McCrae – Neurodiversity Coaching
• Friends of Collette (social network for adolescents and young adults with developmental disabilities)  –
• The IDEAL School of Manhattan (neurodiversity-based inclusive school)
• Unicorn Village Academy – (neurodiversity-based school)
• Dr. William W. Henderson Full Inclusion Elementary School (full inclusion public school) –
• Dyslexic Advantage (site focused on strengths of dyslexia)
• WrongPlanet.net – (online resource and community for Autism and Aspergers) –
• College of William and Mary – The Neurodiversity Initiative
• Brain.He (resources for neurodiversity and higher education)
• Neurodiversity Consulting LLC (support for families of neurodiversity individuals)
• Temple Grandin – ”The World Needs All Kinds of Minds” (TED talk)
• Great Beginnings (“The Gift of A.D.D.” by MaryEllen Jirak)
• William Henderson (former head of full inclusion school, now independent writer and speaker)
• Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) and SENG Misdiagnosis Initiative.
• GRIN:  How to let people be themselves (covers ”evaluative diversity”)

Multiple Intelligences

• Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS)
• Harvard Project Zero.
• Multiple Intelligences Institute
• Key Learning Community
• New City School
• The Gardner School

Non-Drug Alternatives to ADHD

• Born to Explore! The Other Side of ADD
• International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology
• Feingold Association of America

Natural Genius in Children and Adults

• The Learning Forum (integrates quantum learning, multiple intelligences, brain research, and other new learning technologies)
• The Natural Child Project
• Genius Coaching.
• Deep Fun (Bernie DeKoven website, focused on play).
• Growing without Schooling (homeschooling options).

Human Development and the Stages of Life

• Human Values in Aging Newsletter
• Stage of Life
• Erikson Institute (graduate school with degrees in child development and early childhood education)

The Miseducation of America (critical voices in education)

• Susan Ohanian (outspoken critic of many current educational practices).
• Alfie Kohn (outspoken critic of many current educational practices).
• Rethinking Schools (journal focused on equity and social justice in education)
• Diane Ravitch’s Blog (former top education official who is critical of current system)

Living Schools

(programs based on ecological ”green” principles)

• School in the Park

Education Speakers

• Michele Borba  (parenting, self-esteem, education)
• Barbara Coloroso, Kids Are Worth It! (parenting, self-esteem, education)
• Eric Jensen (brain-based learning, teaching kids in poverty)
• David Thornburg, Thornburg Center for Professional Development (technology, 21st Century Learning)

 

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