New Community Learning Centers Proposed

Rudolf Steiner College is pleased to announce its participation in the development of Foundation Studies that will be offered in local communities throughout the United States. Community Learning Centers will provide a new educational opportunity for people interested in furthering their understanding of Waldorf education and anthroposophy. They will also provide the necessary prerequisites for entering into our Waldorf Teacher Training Program. If you are interested, please contact: Patrick Wakeford-Evans at: pwevans@steinercollege.edu

Presented by Rudolf Steiner College & Dominican University of California

Developing Creative Minds in a Wired World:
The Latest in Brain Research

Challenges & Strategies for Educators & Parents
Preschool through the Middle School Years

with Jane Healy, Ph.D.

Saturday, November 4, 2006
at Dominican University of California
Angelico Hall
50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael

• What does brain research tell us about optimal learning, creativity, and developing sense of self at different ages and stages?
• How is current brain research compatible with "standards?"
• What are the neural processes underlying core academic skills?
• Why do so many children suffer from learning and behavioral challenges?
• How to foster emotional/cognitive health through nurturing relationships, creative play and the arts?
• How does electronic noise, fast-paced stimulation and the pressures of over-scheduling impact the brain and the development of cognitive and social-emotional skills?

Workshop presenters include: Robert Anderson, Ph.D.; Thomas Cowan, M.D.; Jane Healy, Ph.D.; Anna Rainville, M.A.; Bonnie River, M.Ed.; Rosario Villisana Ruiz, M.A.; Astrid Schmitt-Stegmann, M.A.; Ingun Schneider; Penni Sparks; Shawn Sullivan, MFCC; Marcy Summers, M.A., and others.

Jane Healy, Ph.D., is an award-winning internationally recognized authority on brain development and has been an educational psychologist and educator for more than 35 years. Her major research focus is finding practical application of current brain research for teachers and parents. Her books include: Your Child's Growing Mind; Endangered Minds-Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It; and Failure to Connect-How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds.

Co-sponsors: Alliance for Childhood; The Caldwell Early Life Center at Rudolf Steiner College; Harcom Foundation; Susan Kendall Newman/Paul Newman-Newman's Own; Alice C. Tyler Perpetual Trust, and others not yet confirmed.

Cosponsored by Rudolf Steiner College and Dominican University

FOR INFORMATION: rsc@steinercollege.edu