Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.He argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies — far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity — are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences. For an interactive transcript you can visit the TED website at: www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html.

INFORMATION ON SIR KEN ROBINSON
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Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. He is also one of the world’s leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been seen by an estimated 200 million people in over 150 countries.

He works with governments in Europe, Asia and the USA, with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations. In 1998, he led a national commission on creativity, education and the economy for the UK Government. All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education (The Robinson Report) was published to wide acclaim in 1999. He was the central figure in developing a strategy for creative and economic development as part of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland, working with the ministers for training, education enterprise and culture. The resulting blueprint for change, Unlocking Creativity, was adopted by politicians of all parties and by business, education and cultural leaders across the Province. He was one of four international advisors to the Singapore Government for its strategy to become the creative hub of South East Asia.

For more information about Sir Ken Robinson, you can visit his website at: www.sirkenrobinson.com.

by Kelly Bothum of the News Journal

For the most part, kids don’t need much coaxing to go to the therapy services at All The Difference in Talleyville. The treatment rooms, with hanging ropes, swings and giant cushions under elevated loft areas, give the appearance of an indoor playground.

It’s the kind of place children can feel comfortable, whether it’s spinning around on a swing bolted to the ceiling, pushing heavy objects around the padded floor or creating their own obstacle course.

But the fun is with a purpose, said Kristina Stroh, co-founder and executive director at All The Difference, which provides occupational and speech therapies and other services for children with a variety of developmental needs.

At All The Difference, therapists encourage children to run, jump and explore — often with siblings in tow — with the idea that it can help children with sensory issues fine-tune their nervous system.

Stroh said the approach acknowledges that children are individuals and have their own ways of learning…

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