Growing Minds (the Science Of Raising Thriving Teens)
By (author) Granville-Chapman, Katy
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Contributions by Lazar, Sara; By (author) Granville-Chapman, Katy; Contributions by Seldon, Anthony
Short description/annotation:
Whether you''re a new parent or a seasoned veteran, this book will change the way you approach your own and your children''s brain health in the best way possible.
Review quote:
This is a book for anyone who has wondered, wept, despaired and delighted in parenting today''s teens. It guides, encourages, motivates and above all, it understands. And what a gift that is!Jane Lunnon
Biographical note:
Dr Sara Lazar, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is a neuroscientist specialising in the science of mindfulness meditation, yoga, adult development, and leadership maturity. In 2005, her team were the first to demonstrate meditation''s link to cortical thickening and increased grey matter in key brain areas. Katy Granville-Chapman served in the British Army as both a troop commander and later as an education officer, a role in which she set up the education provision for British soldiers in Iraq and delivered leadership training to them. Katy is the co-founder of a global leadership programme which has participants in 102 countries. Katy has advised - among others - David Cameron''s government, the Department for Education, England Rugby and the Cabinet Office on leadership. She is an affiliated researcher at the University of Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre. Adam Seldon is a teacher and school leader based in London. Since a young age, Adam has lived in schools and has not been able to get out of them since. His parents, Joanna and Anthony Seldon, were both teachers. After almost ten years in the classroom, he realised that British schooling needed a shot of perspective from beyond its borders.
Short description/annotation:
Whether you''re a new parent or a seasoned veteran, this book will change the way you approach your own and your children''s brain health in the best way possible.
Review quote:
This is a book for anyone who has wondered, wept, despaired and delighted in parenting today''s teens. It guides, encourages, motivates and above all, it understands. And what a gift that is!Jane Lunnon
Biographical note:
Dr Sara Lazar, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is a neuroscientist specialising in the science of mindfulness meditation, yoga, adult development, and leadership maturity. In 2005, her team were the first to demonstrate meditation''s link to cortical thickening and increased grey matter in key brain areas. Katy Granville-Chapman served in the British Army as both a troop commander and later as an education officer, a role in which she set up the education provision for British soldiers in Iraq and delivered leadership training to them. Katy is the co-founder of a global leadership programme which has participants in 102 countries. Katy has advised - among others - David Cameron''s government, the Department for Education, England Rugby and the Cabinet Office on leadership. She is an affiliated researcher at the University of Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre. Adam Seldon is a teacher and school leader based in London. Since a young age, Adam has lived in schools and has not been able to get out of them since. His parents, Joanna and Anthony Seldon, were both teachers. After almost ten years in the classroom, he realised that British schooling needed a shot of perspective from beyond its borders.
