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Peter Gray, Ph.D.
Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in an Age of Anxiety
Peter Gray, a research professor at Boston College, is the author of Free to Learn (Basic Books) and Psychology (Worth Publishers, a college textbook now in its 8th edition). He has conducted and published research in neuroendocrinology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and education. He did his undergraduate study at Columbia University and earned a Ph.D. in biological sciences at Rockefeller University. His current research and writing focus primarily on children's natural ways of learning and the life-long value of play. He a founding member of the nonprofit Alliance for Self-Directed Education and a founding board member of the nonprofit Let Grow. His own play includes not only his research and writing, but also long distance bicycling, kayaking, back-woods skiing, and vegetable gardening.
New Hampshire Kid Governors Executive Council
Youth Platforms & Civic Engagement
Ted Wachtel
Film Discussion & Keynote Session
Ted Wachtel, is the founder and former first president of the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP), an accredited graduate school and worldwide training and consulting organization headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. He is co-founder of Community Service Foundation and Buxmont Academy whose programs have served delinquent and at-risk youth since 1977. He co-authored Toughlove, a best-selling book for parents of troubled adolescents, as well as Restorative Justice Conferencing, Restorative Practices Handbook, Restorative Circles in Schools,Building Campus Community, Family Power and Dreaming of a New Reality. He and his colleagues have produced videos including Burning Bridges, Beyond Zero Tolerance, The Transformation of West Philadelphia High School, Toxic Talk, Family Voices and The Parade.
New Hampshire Teen Institute
Engaging Youth in Meaningful Ways
Youth engagement is a win-win proposition! It provides critical benefits for young people, the adults who work with them, and the communities they live in now and in the future. Meaningful Youth Engagement is an intentional process of involving young people as equal partners having a say in the world around them.
In this session we will explore:
• the benefits of youth engagement to youth, organizations, and communities
• ways to meaningfully engage youth
• ways meaningful engagement can look
Liberated Learners
TBD
Felipa Gaudet
AI for Personalized Learning
Felipa Gaudet (she/her) is a Montessori educator, doctoral researcher, and educational consultant who has spent nearly 30 years supporting learner agency within public schools, her local community, and higher education. With nearly two decades in public and private Montessori classrooms, she brings deep experience with joyful, learner-led, developmentally responsive practice. She is a collaborator with the Kingston Education Empowerment Project (KEEP), a newly forming Liberated Learners program in Kingston, NY, that supports youth-driven inquiry through a strong advisory and city-as-place-of-learning model. Felipa is also the founder of Empowered Montessori LLC, where she facilitates professional development and parent workshops to promote equitable, culturally responsive and anti-bias learning spaces and a deeper understanding of the Montessori method.
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