Human Development

02 Aug

Posted at 18:02h in Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming, Publications

Returning to my office this morning after a ten-day writing holiday, I found a delightful package waiting for me—several complementary copies of the new book, The Search for Method in STEAM Education by Jaime (Jim) E. Martinez. I’m sure I would have gotten one copy since I’m a close colleague...

17 Jun

Posted at 17:29h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Events, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapy, Speaking Engagements

On Friday evening, June 9 I had the privilege and pleasure of creating conversation with prize-winning journalist and prominent psychiatry critic Robert Whitaker. Our topic was “Mad in America: Drugs, Diagnosis and Development” (an event sponsored by the East Side Institute). Aided by invitingly probing questions from moderator Janet Wootten...

01 May

Posted at 12:21h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Events, Human Development, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Speaking Engagements

  Hats off to PJ Moynihan (writer and producer), Oryx Cohen (producer) and Gayle Berg (executive producer) of “Healing Voices” for their documentary film exploring the experience labeled, “psychosis.” And hats off to the hundreds of community organizations worldwide who have, since its release in April 2016, sponsored more than 500...

06 Apr

Posted at 20:22h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Training/Classes

The International Class is the signature program of the East Side Institute. I'm so proud to have taught and coached over 100 activists, educators, counselors, theatre artists and scholars over the years, and played a part in their development as leaders in a new kind of social activism. Read what one...

06 Apr

Posted at 14:34h in Applied Theatre, Community Organizing, Creativity, Human Development, Look and Listen, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Theatre

I just rewatched this wonderfully intimate and informative video of a plenary session at Performing the World 2012. It begins with some talented improvisors setting the scene, so to speak, for the conversation among five performance activists—Lin-Ching Hsia from Taiwan, Christine LaCerva from NYC, Charles Rozman from France, Lenora Fulani...

02 Apr

Posted at 01:01h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Human Development, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming

My last post, “Police and Teens, Connecting” (March 29, 2017 ) pointed to an article that appeared in The New York Times that same day. The article featured a unique kind of “connecting” of police and teens—Operation Conversation: Cops & Kids, a program of the All Stars Project in partnership with the...

12 Mar

Posted at 01:49h in Creativity, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Performance Movement, Play, Social Therapy, Theatre, Vygotsky

I'm looking forward to celebrating the launch of my Palgrave Macmillan book series, Studies in Play, Performance, Learning and Development tomorrow afternoon, March 12.  Creativity and Community among Autism-Spectrum Youth: Creating Positive Social Updrafts through Play and Performance, edited by Peter Smagorinsky, is not only the first in the series,...

09 Feb

Posted at 22:59h in Critical psychiatry, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Training/Classes

Hello to my blog followers and fans of The Overweight Brain. If you live in the NYC metro area I’d love for you to join me IN PERSON for a Revolutionary Conversation on psychology’s glorification of the individual—taking place the evenings of Monday March 1 and 8 at the East Side...