2010 events: Leonard Sax MD PhD

Current as of April 26, 2010

January 13/14, Grand Coteau, LA: Dr. Sax spoke to parents (1/13), and led a two-day workshop for teachers, for the Sacred Heart Schools of Grand Coteau.

January 15, Shreveport, LA: Dr. Sax returned to Caddo Parish to lead an additional day of professional development workshops for middle school teachers there.

January 19, Red Deer, Alberta (Canada): Dr. Sax provided a full-day workshop for public school teachers, hosted by the Central Alberta Regional Consortium, www.carcpd.ab.ca/.

January 21, Toronto, Ontario: Dr. Sax gave the opening keynote address for a conference of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, www.opsba.org.

February 8, Paget, Bermuda: Dr. Sax spoke at Bermuda College to public school counselors and administrators about best practice for assessment and intervention with students at risk.

February 8/9, Devonshire, Bermuda: Dr. Sax spoke to more than 600 parents (2/8), and led a full-day workshop for teachers from various schools (2/9), hosted by Somersfield Academy.

February 20, Houston, TX: Dr. Sax led a full-day conference on the growing disengagement of boys from education, hosted by Pro-Vision, www.provision-inc.org; this conference was attended by educators from across Texas as well as from Kansas and Nevada.

February 20, Houston, TX: Dr. Sax spoke to doctors from Methodist Hospital about “Plastic Girls and Brittle Boys: endocrine disruptors and why they matter.”

March 18 – 19, Rochester, NY: Dr. Sax spoke to parents (3/18) and led a full-day workshop for teachers (3/19), at McQuaid Jesuit School.

March 27, Towson, MD: Dr. Sax led a three-hour workshop on gender differences in hearing, for the annual conference of the Maryland Speech & Hearing Association.

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April 13 – 14, Los Angeles, CA: Dr. Sax will lead a two-day workshop on gender-specific best practice, for teachers at the Young Oak Kim Academy, a public charter school.

April 16, North St. Paul, MN: Dr. Sax will lead speak to school administrators about gender differences and strategies for breaking down gender stereotypes.

April 16, St. Paul, MN: Dr. Sax will speak to parents about “boys adrift” and “girls on the edge.”

April 17, St. Paul, MN: Dr. Sax will lead a full-day workshop for teachers entitled “Why Gender Matters.”

April 18, Mahtomedi, MN: Dr. Sax will give a presentation entitled “The Maiden King: recent research on gender differences in the spiritual needs of teenagers.”

April 26: Dr. Sax was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio, to discuss Boys Adrift and Girls on the Edge. Streaming audio is available online (40 minutes’ duration) at http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/mlr/mlr100426f.rm.

April 29, New Paltz, NY: Dr. Sax will lead a workshop for guidance counselors from public schools across the Hudson Valley.

May 3, New York, NY: Dr. Sax is scheduled to be a guest in the studios of CNN’s American Morning to discuss his third book, Girls on the Edge.

May 4, Washington DC: Dr. Sax is scheduled to be a guest in the studio of PBS to discuss Girls on the Edge.

June 3, Jamestown, ND: Dr. Sax will give presentations on gender differences in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and in delinquent behavior, for a statewide conference hosted jointly by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and by Jamestown College.

June 17, Madison, WI: Dr. Sax will keynote a conference on “boys and girls at risk,” hosted by the Gender Studies Project at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

July 26 – August 3: Dr. Sax will lead a series of events, for students, for teachers and for parents, at Rangi Ruru Girls’ School in Christchurch, New Zealand, www.rangiruru.school.nz, at Ascham School in Sydney, Australia, and also at MLC in Perth, Australia, www.mlc.wa.edu.au.

August 16, Columbus, Ohio: Dr. Sax will lead a full-day workshop for middle school teachers on gender-specific best practice for the classroom.

August 30, Guelph, Ontario: Dr. Sax will give a keynote address, and lead breakout sessions, on gender difference in best practice for education, hosted by the Upper Grand District School Board.

October 9 – 10, Las Vegas, NV: Dr. Sax will host the sixth international conference of the National Association for Single Sex Public Education (NASSPE).

October 14, New York, NY: Dr. Sax will lead a full-day workshop on gender issues in education, as well as an evening forum for parents, for the Grace Church School.

October 18, Bryn Mawr, PA: Dr. Sax will lead a workshop for teachers, and speak to parents, at the Agnes Irwin School.

October 20, Halifax, Nova Scotia: Dr. Sax will lead workshops at a provincial education conference, on gender differences in best practice for the content areas, with an emphasis on elementary education.

October 26, Minneapolis, MN: Dr. Sax will lead a full-day workshop on “Boys Adrift and Girls on the Edge” for the Minneapolis Youth Intervention Programs Association, www.mnyipa.org.

October 27, Rochester, MN: Dr. Sax will lead a full-day workshop on “Why Gender Matters” for the Minneapolis Youth Intervention Programs Association.

November 11, Wisconsin Dells, WI: Dr. Sax will keynote a conference at the University of Wisconsin Extension, www.uwex.edu, speaking about “Sex, Drugs, and Too Much Texting” as well as “Girls on the Edge.”