Canadian brain book author/educator speaking in Chch Mar 6

Thursday, 2 February 2017, 10:35 am
Press Release: alexanders

Shaping the Mind
Barbara Arrowsmith live

Monday, 6 March 2017, 7-9pm, Halswell, Christchurch
(see below for Auckland & Dunedin dates)

No-one knows more about what goes on in our heads than Canadian Barbara Arrowsmith-Young. Known as ’the woman who changed her brain’, Barbara was born with severe learning disabilities. As a child she read and wrote everything backwards, struggled to process concepts in language, and was hopelessly uncoordinated. Through her formidable memory and her iron will she made it to college where she discovered research that inspired her to invent cognitive exercises to firstly ‘fix’ her own brain and then for students with specific learning difficulties.

Barbara will speak in Christchurch on Monday evening March 6th. She will talk about her problematic childhood, her exciting journey of discovery and the life-changing outcomes achieved over her 35 years as a researcher and educator. She will describe a number of learning disorders, from those that impact the learner in school to those that affect us all in everyday life.

The transformational principles Barbara started to use on herself in 1978 are now being implemented in 90 schools across 7 countries including Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand. Seven Oaks School in Christchurch is the only school running the programme in the South Island.

Barbara is a determined pioneer and an inspirational speaker. Starting life with a debilitating set of brain deficits, she now holds a bachelors degree in Science and a masters degree in Psychology. But most importantly, her work has already given thousands of people the tools to make dramatic change in their lives.

Register for Chch event online

Christchurch
Monday March 6th
Brought to Chch by Seven Oaks School,
Shaping the Mind
Time: 7:30 -9:00 pm $35
Location:Te Hapua: Halswell Centre, 341 Halswell Road, Christchurch, Canterbury
More Information and Registration: Click Here
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Dunedin, New Zealand
Tuesday March 7th
Dunedin Library
Author Talk: The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Location: Dunedin Library, Dunningham Suite, 4th Floor, 230 Moray Place, Dunedin
To Register: library@dcc.govt.nz or call 03 474 3690
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Auckland, New Zealand
Wednesday March 8th
Saint Kentigern's Boy's School
Shaping the Mind with Barbara Arrowsmith Young
Time: 7:00 -8:30 pm
Location: 82 Shore Road, Remuera, Auckland
More Information and Registration: Click Here
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What people are saying about The Woman Who Changed Her Brain:
• "Compelling and enlightening" - Vogue (AU)
• "Exciting and hopeful" - The Age (AU)
• "Remarkable" - Daily Mail (UK)
• "Enthralling" - The Guardian (UK)
• "Instructive" - Kirkus (US)
• "Fascinating" - Toronto Star (Canada)
• "Inspiring" - The Post and Courier (US)
• "Ground breaking....revolutionary" - India Today
• "Poignant and uplifting" - Mira Bartok
• "Truly heroic, on par with the achievements of Helen Keller" - Norman Doidge, M.D.
• "Hers was a struggle between despair and determination. Determination won." - Michael Shulder, CNN (US)
• "Arrowsmith-Young explains some of the most complex neurological concepts in a personal and breathtakingly simple way." - The Globe and Mail (Canada)

The Arrowsmith Program is currently in over 90 schools worldwide including Seven Oaks School in Christchurch. For more information about the Arrowsmith Program, please visit www.arrowsmithschool.org or for the Christchurch program visit http://www.sevenoaks.school.nz/cms/arrowsmith

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