I love Chris Hoff's The Radical Therapist podcast! I was a guest for the second time a few weeks ago, this time speaking about my book, A Developmentalist's Guide. Give a listen—to mine and others!...
I'm so delighted by a project initiated by friends in Taiwan that I decided to share it with readers. What follows is a guest post written by Pei and Joe Spirito. Enjoy! Speak English Any Way You Want By Pei and Joe Spirito For the last year or so, we’ve been teaching a...
On January 1, 2021 the East Side Institute brought in the new year with the launch of our podcast, All Power to the Developing. This is a project I'm very excited about. It's a way to reach a wide audience with amazing stories from developmentalists across the world. So much...
On November 9 I had the pleasure of being featured at the Normal? Brain Festival, originating in Folkestone UK (where it has taken place since 2015 in person over four days). This year the festival went virtual and runs through April 2020. The purpose is to bring science and art together...
I'm privileged to have Jackie Salit as a friend and mentor. Here is her most recent essay (Pipat's Letter) lamenting the loss —and embracing the joy—of small pleasures as she witnesses, like all of us, some world events. Yesterday morning, all the boys — the Wild Boars – were rescued. At...
When adults, especially those with cognitive limitations, “babble,” it can be very difficult to see or hear them as offers to create with. Mostly, their sounds get interpreted (“Mom is crying, so she must mean she is in pain”), or reacted to with anger, frustration and/or great sadness. Rarely are...
Thanks to my friend Marian Rich for letting me know how last Night's Saturday Night Live (1/27/18) complemented my post, "The Communication Trap." [youtube height="HEIGHT" width="WIDTH"]PLACE_LINK_HERE[/youtube]...
I invite you to listen to or read a transcript of a podcast I recently did on Art Ed Radio. My topic was “Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools.” It was a joy speaking with host Tim Bolgatz on what is a passion of mine. The radio show is...
Thanks to Kristin Walker for interviewing me on her important podcast series, Mental Health News Radio ...
The latest issue of Idiom, the newsletter of New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Language (TESOL) contains an article by my friend and colleague Gwen Lowenheim. Congratulations Gwen! The entire newsletter issue can be read here. Magic Yet Mundane: The Social Creativity of Language By Gwen Lowenheim As humans, we...