Online registration has now closed. Registration will be open at the venue from 6pm.
PEN & TEN present a TEN Teacher Training Workshop:
The Science of Exercise and the Brain: How Exercise Can Improve Attention, Mood and Performance
John G. Ratey, MD
Monday November 16, 2009
Please note new times:
6:00 pm: Registration
6:30 pm: Speaker
8:30pm: Book signing
(Books will be on sale at this event.)
Would you like to see lowered stress and increased harmony among your students? How about an increase in their focus and intellectual
capacity? Harvard professor John Ratey has a simple, but profound plan
of action that will radically expand your concept of “peak
performance.” In these ground-breaking presentations, Dr. Ratey will
share cutting edge medical research that demonstrates how exercise
sparks new brain cells and promotes both physical and psychological
well-being in ways we are only beginning to understand. In fact, Dr.
Ratey will explain why exercise may be the best defense we have against
ADHD, mood disorders, substance abuse, and the effects of hormone
fluctuations and aging. Don’t miss this chance to learn how certain
forms of exercise can actually change one’s brain, make learning
easier, combat anxiety and depression, and increase levels of attention
and motivation..
John Ratey is a clinical
psychiatrist and an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard
Medical School He is a nationally-recognized expert in the areas of
autism, ADHD, aggression, psychopharmacology and the mind body
connection In addition, he is the author or co-author of more than 60
journal articles and eight books, including
Driven to Distraction, Shadow Syndromes and
A User’s Guide to the Brain. Dr. Ratey’s recent book,
SPARK: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain,
has transformed the way health professionals, educators, executives and
policy-makers around the world view the role of exercise in maintaining
good health and improving cognition, mood and performance.
Monday November 16, 2009.
6 pm - 9 pm.Location: Burke's School, 7070 California St., San Francisco.Cost:
FREE for teachers at PEN member schools.
Click here to join.$20 for all other teachers.