TEDx Timpview with Dr. Sam Goldstein
The Instincts That Make Us Human | TEDx
Dr. Sam Goldstein talks about the seven instincts that make us human. How children learn, grow, and adapt. Understanding these instincts can drastically change not only how we view the world, but ultimately how we operate in it.
Tenacity in Children
Nurturing the Seven Instincts for Lifetime Success
Sam Goldstein Ph.D and Robert B. Brooks Ph.D
Tenacity in Children provides a solid emotional and cognitive foundation to prepare children for a resilient and happy future. It offers well-defined guideposts for adults committed to providing every child with the opportunity to access, strengthen, and employ these instincts as they negotiate childhood and passage into adult life.
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Dr. Sam Goldstein
Sam Goldstein, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Utah School of
Medicine. He is Clinical Director of the
Neurology Learning and Behavior Center. The Center conducts evaluations, consultation and
provides treatment services to 300 individuals and families each year. Dr. Goldstein has authored over
fifty trade and science texts as well as over three dozen science based book chapters and thirty
peer reviewed research articles. He has also co-authored ten psychological tests. He currently
serves as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Attention Disorders and sits on the editorial boards of
six peer reviewed journals. He is Co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Child Development. Recent
books include the Handbook of Intelligence: Evolutionary Theory, Historical Perspective and
Current Concepts, Handbook of Resilience – 2nd Edition, Raising Resilient Children with Autism
Spectrum Disorders, Handbooks of Neurodevelopmental and Genetic Disorders in Children and
Adults, Assessment of Intelligence and Achievement, Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders,
Handbook of Executive Functioning, Assessment of Impairment and Managing Children’s
Classroom Behavior: Creating Sustainable Resilient Classrooms. He is the co-author of the
Autism Spectrum Rating Scales, Comprehensive Executive Functioning Inventory, Rating Scales
of Impairment and the Cognitive Assessment System Second Edition. Currently he has three
books and four psychological tests in development. He has lectured to thousands of professionals
and the lay public in the U.S., South America, Asia, Australia and Europe.
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