ARROWSMITH SCHOOL IS FEATURED IN A NEW BOOK ABOUT NEUROPLASTICITY
 

THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science, by Norman Doidge, M.D.  is available online from chapters.indigo.ca and amazon.ca     

Published in March, 2007, THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF has been attracting wide interest and receiving very positive reviews in Canada and the United States. Chapter 2 is devoted to the work of Arrowsmith School.

To learn more about the book and read some of the reviews, please visit the website for Dr. Norman Doidge at www.normandoidge.com

The following synopsis is from the publisher’s website:
   

Chapter 2 of THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF is devoted to the work of Arrowsmith School.

(from the publisher)
"An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, blind people who learn to see, learning disorders cured, IQs raised, aging brains rejuvenated, stroke patients learning to speak, children with cerebral palsy learning to move with more grace, depression and anxiety disorders successfully treated, and lifelong character traits changed. Using these marvelous stories to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, love, sex, culture, and education, Dr. Doidge has written an immensely moving, inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential."
   

The following reviews that mention Arrowsmith and Barbara Young and a radio interview with Dr. Doidge may be of particular interest to educators and persons following the work of Arrowsmith School:
                                                          
Scientific American Mind  April/May 2007

The Jewish Press May 22, 2007

CBC Radio Interview with Dr. Norman Doidge
Please click on this link to access streaming audio of a conversation between Karin Wells and Dr. Doidge on his book from the CBC Sunday Edition.  Please scroll down to April 29, 2007 to download the file.  The site contains a link allowing you to install RealPlayer which is required to listen to the streaming audio file.
   
  Articles about Arrowsmith School
The following articles have been published in various periodicals in Canada and the U.S. over the past several years and describe some of the work at Arrowsmith School.
  The Arrowsmith Program - Give Your Child A Future By Rivi Edelman
(Jewish Press April 25, 2007)
  Retraining the Brain
(World Jewish Digest, March 2007)
  How I Overcame My LD and Learned to Love School
(Jewish Press, January 11, 2006)
  Arrowsmith Program For Learning Difficulties In Its Second Year At Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, The Jewish Press, December 20, 2006
  Remediating Learning Disabilities by Dr. Marciene Mattleman, KWY Radio, Philadelphia, October, 2006
  Arrowsmith School: Exercising the brain by Lauren Gilchrist, My Kawartha, November 10, 2006
  Wasaga Private School Offering Instructional Program to Address Learning Dysfunctions by Trina Berlo, (Collingwood/Wasaga Beach Connection, April 21, 2006)
    A Wasaga Beach school will be the first in Simcoe County to offer an
intensive program to help students overcome their learning disabilities.
Silvercrest Christian School in Wasaga Beach will be offering the Arrowsmith
Program beginning in September, 2006.
  Getting a Handle on Dyslexia by Gabrielle Bauer, Canadian Readers Digest, December 2004.
    This article presents an overview of the current research on Dyslexia.
  Helping Children With Learning Disabilities by Kira Vermond, What's Up Kids Family Magazine, March/April 2004
    An article describing the work of Arrowsmith School.
  The Woman Who Fixed her Own Brain by Dr. Norman Doidge, Readers Digest (Canada), April 24 2002
    "Barbara Arrowsmith Young's revolutionary approach to learning disabilities is changing the lives of children" This edited version of Norman Doidge's May, 2001 article in Saturday Night magazine appeared in the April, 2002 edition of the Canadian edition of Reader's Digest.
  She Changes Lives by Dr. Norman Doidge
(National Post, Toronto - February 28, 2001)
  Building a Better Brain by Dr. Norman Doidge
(Saturday Night Magazine, May 1, 2001)
  Learning How to Learn by Anne Papmehl
(Toronto Globe & Mail, August 1, 2000)
    This lengthy profile in Saturday Night Magazine is the most detailed introduction to the work of Arrowsmith School and includes an overview of the history of the development of the Arrowsmith Program and a discussion of some of the theoretical background. Norman Doidge, MD, is a research psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, on faculty at Columbia University, New York, and Head, Long Term Psychotherapy at the University of Toronto.
     

The following article discusses the impact of recent developments in the area of neuroscience on education and learning

  Studying How the Brain "Learns" by Dr. Marcel Danesi (University of Toronto) and Barbara Young (Interconnections, Winter 2001)
    This article appeared in Interconnections, a magazine for instructors published by the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto.  Professor Marcel Danesi is Professor of Semiotics and Communication Theory, and coordinator of the University of Toronto Undergraduate Program in Semiotics and Communication Theory at Victoria College. Professor Danesi has published profusely in the fields of Linguistics, Italian Studies, Applied and Cultural Semiotics, and Communication Theory.
 
  Other Newspaper Articles (not available on this web site)
     
  "Parents Laud Expansion of Arrowsmith Plan" by Carrie Brunet
The Mirror, September 1, 2000
     
  "Stretching a Child’s Brain" by Agnes Bongers
The Hamilton Spectator, October 15, 2001
     
  Television Segments
     
  "Studio 2" segment on Arrowsmith School produced by Liane Kotler
(first shown on TVO on March 14, 2001 at 8:00 p.m.)
 
     
  "Studio 2: Person 2 Person" Interview with Barbara Arrowsmith Young
Paula Todd Inverviewer
(first shown on TVO on October 23, 2001 at 8:00 p.m.)
     
  "Innovating Tomorrow"
Segment on Barbara Arrowsmith Young and Arrowsmith School
     
  "Vicki Gabereau Show"
Interview with Barbara Arrowsmith Young
(first shown on CTV on Monday Dec. 17, 2001 at 10:00 a.m.)
     
  "Body and Health"
Segment on Barbara Arrowsmith Young and Arrowsmith School
(first aired, November 2, 2002)
     
  "Open Heart"
Segment on Barbara Arrowsmith Young
Discovery Health Channel
     
  "Moving On"
Segment on Barbara Arrowsmith Young and Arrowsmith School
(aired on CBC Television, June 29, 2003)
     
  "Vicki Gabereau Show"
Second interview with Barbara Arrowsmith Young
     
  "CITY-TV Breakfast Television"
Live broadcast from Arrowsmith School, February 2, 2004
     
  "CBC News - Canada Now"
Two part segment on Arrowsmith School
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