Fixing my brain. Neuroplasticity and the arrowsmith program
Description
In her youth, Barbara Arrowsmith struggled with a severe learning dysfunction-until she designed a self-improvement regimen aimed at strengthening areas of her brain. This film profiles Arrowsmith, takes viewers inside the school she founded, and follows the progress of four cognitively challenged students enrolled there. Psychology and special education experts articulate diverging opinions of Arrowsmith's methods-including enthusiasm from Dr. Norman Doidge of Columbia University and skepticism from Dr. Linda Siegel of the University of British Columbia. Displaying a wide range of attitudes among students and parents, the film culminates in a graduation ceremony-and measurable cognitive improvements.
Runtime
52 min
Subjects
- Children with social disabilities (42)
- Learning, Psychology of (143)
- Children with disabilities (107)
- Cognitive psychology (167)
- Physically handicapped (20)
- Education (938)
- Memory (177)
- Child development (475)
- Psycholinguistics (40)
- Educational psychology (148)
- Intellect (87)
- Adolescence (297)
- Special Education (37)
- People with disabilities (126)
- Adolescent psychology (124)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2009], c2008
Database
Films on Demand
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