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Upcoming Talks:
Friday, June 27th
Time: 1:15pm - 2:45pm
Location: The
5th
Annual
AERO Conference
Event:
Childhood Labels: Fact or Fiction?
Type:
Interactive Workshop
Details:
Our
society has made a dangerous turn
toward the biological assessment of
all forms of childhood distress and
deviance from increasingly narrow
norms. Any behavior outside of those
norms is considered to be
symptomatic of some kind of
pathological syndrome or disorder,
usually genetic in origin. The
behaviors are assigned medicalized
labels like Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and
Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD)
and then the so-called “symptoms”
are treated according to the
drug-based protocols of the medical
model, which essentially views the
human organism as a machine.
The purpose of this workshop will be
to examine the differences between
prescriptive and descriptive
approaches to understanding
children’s struggles and
idiosyncrasies. A prescriptive
approach involves lumping together
masses of kids who don’t fit the
socially agreed upon model of
normality in labeled categories,
while a descriptive approach
involves viewing children
individually and holistically,
meaning within the context of their
daily lives. We will look at a
hypothetical Johnny, who is highly
energetic, somewhat impulsive, and
easily distracted when performing
left-brained mental tasks and ask
the question, “Does Johnny have
ADHD, or is he a high-energy,
impulsive, distractible boy?” We
will also explore ways to help
Johnny learn and develop sufficient
self-control without resorting to
labels and drugs.
Contact:
http://www.aeroconference.com
Friday, June 27th
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location: The
5th
Annual
AERO Conference
Event:
A School Must Have Heart
Type:
Interactive Workshop
Details:
In this workshop we will explore
together some of the themes of a
book I am currently working on by
the same name. We will begin with
the idea that any school/homeschool/learning
center that hopes to address the
real physical, intellectual,
emotional, and spiritual needs of
children must be regarded as a
living organism with its own set of
needs that must be met in order for
it to thrive and be successful. The
primary focus will be on the needs
of the heart because it is the
central organ in all higher life
forms; and because, as cutting edge
research is beginning to validate,
the heart—or “heart/brain” as some
scientists are beginning to call
it—plays a key role in the learning
process.
Contact:
http://www.aeroconference.com
Saturday, June 28th
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location: The
5th
Annual
AERO Conference
Event:
The Big Picture
Type:
Interactive Workshop
Details:
A new
concern of mine is how our
hyper-focus on education is keeping
many of us from noticing and
addressing the bigger picture, which
is the ever-diminishing culture of
contemporary childhood. In this
workshop we will revisit childhood’s
primary stages and dimensions—birth,
early development, play, work, of
course school/homeschool,
interaction with nature, electronic
media, adolescence—in order to
identify the ways in which childhood
is being stripped of the kinds of
undomesticated experience that
enable kids to develop whole,
autonomous, authentic, and creative
selves. Then we will brainstorm ways
to reverse the trend and revitalize
the lives of children.
Contact:
http://www.aeroconference.com
Recent Talks:
In Defense of Childhood Fall
2007
Book Tour Schedule
September 22
Yellow Springs, OH
Antioch College Grad. seminar, 12:00 –
4:00 pm.
Antioch School parent forum, 7:00
pm.
September 24
Bloomington, IN
Harmony School parent forum, 7:00 pm.
September 27
Boulder, CO
Naropa Institute Early Childhood Ed.
seminar, 6:30 pm.
September 28
Boulder, CO
Left Hand Books
talk/signing
September 30
Olympia, WA
Traditions Fair Trade Café book
talk/signing, 5:00 pm.
October 1
Olympia, WA
Media day
October 2
Olympia, WA
Evergreen St. College, 2:30 pm.
October 3
Vancouver, BC
U. of British Columbia School of Ed.,
Noon-2:00 pm.
October 4
Vancouver, BC
Windsor House parent forum, 7:00 pm.
October 5
Vancouver, BC
U. of British Columbia School of Ed.,
11:00 am.
October 6
Bellingham, WA
Village Books book talk/signing, 4:00
pm.
October 7
Portland, OR
Holiday Inn book talk/signing, 3:00 -
5:00 pm.
October 8
Portland, OR
Student Q&A at Village Free School,
11:00am – Noon.
Discussion and Book Signing at VFS,
5:00pm - 6:30pm,
October 9
Portland, OR
Media Day
October 11
San Francisco
Media Day
October 12
San Francisco
City College seminar, 3:00 – 5:00 pm.
October 13
Santa Barbara
Interview with Mike Mendizza, 2 pm.
San Luis Obispo
Central Coast Village book
talk/signing, 7:00 pm.
October 14
Los Angeles
Play Mountain Place parent forum, 1:00-2:30pm.
Contact: 323-870-4381
October 15
Prescott, AZ
Prescott College seminar, 6:00 pm.
October 17
Albuquerque, NM
Meet with school start-up group, 6 pm.
October 19
Austin, TX
Austin Montessori School book
talk/signing, 2:00 pm.
October 20
Houston, TX
Real School book talk/signing, 2:00
pm.
October 22
Radford, VA
Radford U. School of Education, 6:30
pm.
October 23
Radford, VA
Radford U. School of Education, 9:00
am.
October 24
Charlottesville, VA
Quest Books talk/signing, 7:00 pm.
October 25
Harrisonburg, VA
parent forum, 7:00 pm.
October 27
Washington, DC
Politics and Prose author appearance,
1 pm.
October 29
Washington, DC
New School of Northern Virginia, parent
forum, 7:00 pm.
October 30
Washington, DC
Media day
November 1
Glenmoore, PA
Upattinas School parent forum, 7:00
pm.
November 2
Philadelphia
Molly's Bookstore and Cafe, 3-5pm,
Contact:
mrussakoff@yahoo.com
November 3
New York City
Book Court (Brooklyn) Talk/signing
New York City
Brooklyn Free School, 7pm, Contact:
alanpberger@gmail.com
November 4
New York City
Bluestockings Books book talk/signing,
7:00 pm.
November 5
New York City
Bank St. College Bookstore
talk/signing, 7:00 pm.
November 6
New York City
Brooklyn Free School parent forum,
7:00 pm.
Saturday, June 30th
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location: The 4th
Annual
AERO Conference
Event: How to
Grow a School - Keynote Panel
Discussion
Details:
Chris will be a
featured panelist for this
discussion who generously borrowed
the title from Chris's recent book,
How to Grow a
School!
Contact:
http://www.aeroconference.com
Time: 1:15pm - 2:15pm,
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location: The 4th
Annual
AERO Conference
Event: School
Starters Workshop - Parts 1 & 2
Details:
Chris will be a guest
mentor for this 2-part workshop
series for those interested in
started educational
alternatives-specifically democratic
schools.
Contact:
http://www.aeroconference.com
Time: 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Location: The 4th
Annual
AERO Conference
Event: Book
Signing
Details:
Chris will be signing copies of
How to Grow a School,
Teaching the
Restless, &
Making It Up as We Go Along
during this 45-minute Afternoon Tea
time at the conference.
Contact:
http://www.aeroconference.com
Sunday, July 1st
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location: The 4th
Annual
AERO Conference
Event: In
Defense of Wildness - Featured
Workshop
Details:
Childhood is in trouble. The relentless forces
of modernity are pressing in from all sides,
slowly but surely squeezing out the novelty, the
independence, the adventure, the wonder, the
innocence, the physicality, the solitude—the
juice, if you will—from the lives of today’s
kids. This will be an introductory workshop for
all ages, open to anyone concerned about the
effects of the increasing domestication of
childhood on our “inner wildness,” with a
particular focus on the primary components of a
child’s reality: parenting, play, and education.
Participants will explore the connection between
the quality of their childhood experience and
their inner selves, and we will also brainstorm
ideas for how to expand these themes into a
full-day experiential format designed especially
for parents and teachers.
Contact:
http://www.aeroconference.com
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