An Evening With Jonathan Mooney
The Lab School of Washington
Cafritz Athletic Center on the Reservoir Campus
4759 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC 20007
Monday, January 25, 2010
7:00 pm
Cafritz Athletic Center on the Reservoir Campus
4759 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC 20007
Monday, January 25, 2010
7:00 pm
Admission is complimentary for Lab School families and faculty
Admission for others -$15.00 per person.
Parking is available on The Lab School campus
Please RSVP to: elizabeth.gillespie@labschool.org or 202 944-3075
Payment may be made by check or credit card (Master Card or Visa only)
Send check (made out to The Lab School of Washington) or credit card information, including, name, address, account number, expiration date, and security code to Elizabeth Gillespie at the above address.
Payment may also be made at the door, but pre-payment is preferred, and reservations are required.
The following is a taste of what you'll hear......
Jonathan Mooney: "Neurodiversity: A Compass to a Changing World"
Jonathan Mooney: "Neurodiversity: A Compass to a Changing World"
Welcometo a new world, where the good kid doesn’t sit still. A world wheresome of the smartest kids in the class don’t read well or don’t read atall. A world where the popular kids don’t make eye contact, don’t shakehands, and definitely don’t back slap. Unlike ever before, this centuryproves their cognitive differences are more than “quirks” – they arethe groundwork for innovative ideas and skills to solve problems mostof us wouldn’t anticipate. Think Google. Jet Blue. Apple. By embracingthe beautiful, bizarre realities of neuro-diversity – theidea that weare all special snowflakes – as essential components of a healthyvibrant culture, we can propel students not only to better participatein, but seize the changing world where the digital brain rivals thetext-oriented and a design oriented economy replaces a manufacturingbase.
