Tim Burns

Tim Burns is an educator, author and presenter with a keen interest in human development, learning, and creativity. His background includes over thirty years of experience as classroom teacher, counselor, adolescent and family drug-treatment program director, university instructor, and staff development specialist. His presentations on recent brain research support the importance of movement in education and other approaches utilized by Waldorf education. He has presented at over 2000 schools throughout North America, New Zealand and Australia and was greatly appreciated at the last AWSNA Regional Conference in Santa Fe, NM, where he lives with his family. Two of his daughters graduated from Santa Fe Waldorf School.

Tim is the author Our Children, Our Future; From Risk to Resiliency; and Anatomy of a Crisis: The Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs on the Brain. In addition, he has authored several resource manuals and a 22-lesson curriculum entitled Brain Gain/Brain Drain: Teaching Students to Build a Better Brain. His website is www.TimBurnsEducare.com.

CDs/DVDs/Books Available:

Integrating Brain, Body and Heart: Revelations from Recent Brain Research

Brain in Motion: How Movement Organizes and Improves Brain Function