Creative Edge Education pays special attention to the needs of students with ADHD and other non-traditional learning styles. It \u00a0joins with Juvenile Justice in prevention of school dropout and juvenile delinquency.<\/p>\n
The Creative Edge\/ Differing Gifts model\u00a0<\/a> can apply to all education, but the education of those children labeled as \u00a0having \u201cAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or \u201cAttention Deficit Disorder\u201d and other learning differences \u00a0is an urgent area needing response.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u201cAttention Deficit Disorder\u201d simply defines children in terms of their \u201cdeficit\u201d in the ability to participate in and benefit from traditional, passive, obedience-based education.<\/strong> These children receive a positive definition for their \u201cunique abilities\u201d in the Myers-Briggs and Keirsey definitions of differing temperaments and learning styles. The child with an SP, hands-on learning style, called The Artisan by Keirsey, can excel in an active, independence-based, hands-on learning environment, steered toward careers which maximize the use of these special skills.<\/p>\n In a traditional classroom, where obedience and passive learning are the watch word, the Guardian children (who make up one-third of the typical classroom) have an advantage, while the Artisan children (which, according to Keirsey, make up another one-third of every classroom!):<\/strong><\/p>\n Needed instead: Hands-on and other learning approaches which respect their different learning style and lead to careers which they can thrive in.<\/strong><\/p>\n Of course, legislation at the national or state level specify academic content which must be learned by every student, as an attempt at holding educators responsible for delivering an equal product to all learners.<\/strong> This seeming conflict with a Creative Edge model, which aims at maximizing the unique, creativity-motivated learning of each child and producing creative, innovative, self-motivated and collaborative adults, must be given attention in finding compromises which work to the advantage of each child.<\/p>\n Join the\u00a0Creative Edge Collaborators yahoo group\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0for further brainstorming with interested others, find \u201cone small step\u201d people are willing to do, create action plans for carrying out our mission, and use our power as a concerned \u201cgroup\u201d to approach legislators, foundations, whoever has the power to bring listening\/focusing into education.<\/strong><\/p>\n The goal? Having training in PRISM\/S <\/a>and The Creative Edge Pyramid<\/a> as a cost- and time-efficient part of curriculum for teaching \u201cemotional\u201d and \u201csocial\u201d intelligence as basic to \u201chuman literacy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Download\u00a0Dr. McGuire\u2019s article<\/strong>, \u201cDon\u2019t Fight \u2018Em, Join \u2018Em: Community-Wide Intervention for ADHD, School Failure, and Juvenile Delinquency\u201d<\/font><\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n Spend some fun time taking some of the <\/strong>Personality Tests<\/strong><\/font><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0discovering your \u201cdiffering gifts,\u201d your Temperaments, your varying Multiple Intelligences, your Shadow Side in the Enneagram.<\/p>\n \u2013Learn more<\/strong> about Intuitive Focusing<\/font><\/a>\u00a0and Focused Listening<\/font><\/a>\u00a0and Experiential Focusing Therapy<\/font><\/a>\u00a0at Creative Edge Focusing\u2019s website, filled with free downloads on creativity, spirituality, collaborative thinking, parenting, innovation in business, and many other aspects of application of Focusing and Listening skills at home, at work, in your community, and globally.<\/p>\n Download our <\/strong>Instant “Ahah!”s Mini-Manual<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(“Ajas” Instantaneos <\/strong><\/a>en espanol)<\/strong> for ten exercises bringing Listening and Focusing into your everyday life starting today.<\/p>\n Download our complete <\/strong>Intuitive Focusing Instructions<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to start practicing Relaxation, Getting a Felt Sense, and Intuitive Focusing today!<\/p>\n See actual demonstrations of Listening\/Focusing<\/strong> in our Self-Help package<\/font><\/a>, a manual in English or Spanish, four CDs of Focusing Instructions, and a DVD with four demonstrations of actual listening\/focusing sessions \u2014 everything you need to start your own Listening\/Focusing Partnership or Support Group or to incorporate these basic self-help skills into existing support groups.<\/p>\n In the side bar at Creative Edge Focusing<\/font><\/a>, subscribe to our free e-newsletter<\/strong> for weekly reminders to practice Relaxation and Focusing exercises and join our free yahoo group<\/strong>, Creative Edge Practice<\/font><\/a>, for ongoing demonstrations, practice, and support.<\/p>\n Find classes\/workshops\/phone coaching<\/strong> in our Listings section<\/font><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Coaching\/Classes\/Consulting <\/font><\/a>with Dr. McGuire<\/p>\n Dr. Kathy McGuire<\/font><\/a>, Director<\/p>\n\n