2019 Leaders Day Talk | 48:57 | Leadership & Strategic, Virtue, Character, Discipline
Summary
This session discusses the factors that inform our perceptions of the world in which we live . How does our “negative confirmation bias” make it difficult to see the good in the world and others around us? What role do our feelings play in the development of perception and can they be trusted? This topic is a common presentation given to upper-school students and faculty to better equip them in the daily pursuit of living as we ought, even when we don’t feel like it .
Speaker
Keith McCurdy has worked with families, children, parents, and individuals for over 30 years in the field of mental health, working with more than 12,000 individuals and families. He received his master of arts and education specialist degrees from James Madison University . He is currently the president and CEO of Total Life Counseling, Inc ., and is licensed in the state of Virginia as a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist. He has developed and regularly offers parenting retreats entitled “Raising Sturdy Kids” to help parents operate from the correct paradigm with their children and has extended and customized this powerful program for schools and students. For many years Keith has been a consultant and speaker nationally to schools both within and outside of the world of classical education. He also serves as the chairman of the board at Faith Christian School, a Christian classical school in Roanoke, VA. A significant part of his work has been helping parents understand the needed benefit of allowing their children to struggle to learn to do hard things. Keith is an avid outdoorsman and is actively involved with Boy Scouts of America and coaching high-school basketball . He and his wife, Lynnie, have been married for 24 years with two children, one a junior in high school and one a junior in college .
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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