Shaping the Brain: Enhancing the Learner for Life
Description
An innovator and author in the field of neuroeducation, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young’s work utilizing the principles of neuroplasticity is used worldwide to enhance cognitive functioning. Her vision is to put the Brain in the Education Equation, offering transformational learning to all students. Her work begun in 1978 is recognized as one of the first examples of the practical application of neuroplasticity to address learning difficulties and its application has expanded to benefit all learners. Her journey and work is documented in her bestselling book, The Woman Who Changed Her Brain and in her TEDx talk. As the Director of the Arrowsmith Program, Barbara continues to engage in research to understand how we can drive neuroplastic change in the brain to benefit learners of all ages.
About the Arrowsmith Program
The Arrowsmith Program is offered in over 90 educational organizations in 12 countries. Ongoing research with neuroscientists, neuropsychologists and psychologists has demonstrated that the program not only changes the brain, cognitive functioning, and academic achievement but also leads to social-emotional well-being.
“It is impossible to spend time with Barbara and not realize that she is a force to be reckoned with; she is passionate not only about sharing her knowledge of the brain and how we develop it, but in using her knowledge to change the neural pathways of those diagnosed with special educational needs through targeted brain training.” – Dr. Jo Boaler, author of Limitless Mind – Learn, Lead and Live Without Barriers
“Barbara Arrowsmith-Young is a pioneer, a bold and ingenious woman, deeply empathic and utterly determined. Rarely is the person who makes a discovery the one with the defect. Barbara is the exception.” - Norman Doidge, M.D., author of The Brain That Changes Itself
“Arrowsmith-Young explains some of the most complex neurological concepts in a personal and breathtakingly simple way.” – Sarah Barnak, The Globe and Mail