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Showcase of LEARNING CURVE

Juvenile Court in Conference Room
San Diego, CA

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Come experience what teachers, parents, students are calling a must-see event for professionals working with at risk youth with learning disabilities or attention issues. Jodie Knowles has written a thought-provoking one-woman play designed for everyone who works in the Public school system and juvenile justice system. It chronicles her own personal experience after suffering the stigma and shame associated with being labeled a Special Ed student. She has created a powerful toola dynamic social justice theatre piecedesigned to generate a dialogue with those in positions of power within the system to change how we see those with learning disabilities. It is a must-see for Judges, District Attorneys, Public Defenders, Probation Officers, Juvenile Correction Officers, Educators, Law Enforcement, parents and activists. powerful one-person play that tells the true story of Jodie Knowles as a kid growing up in the special education system.

Told from a personal perspective, Jodie hopes that all educators, teachers, school counselors, parents, activists, and civic leaders begin to understand the lived LD/ADHD experience, not only the academic struggle, but the social and emotional reality that students in Special Ed go through every day. Jodie bravely explores the school-to-prison pipeline, over-diagnosing, medicating, isolation, segregation and expulsion of students while breaking the silence of shame and stigma around these vital issues. Knowles uses spoken word poetry, dance and traditional story telling to open your mind and soften your heart as she tells her story with poetic insight.

After each performance audience members will be invited to reflect on how we might begin to collectively move forward toward inclusion, awareness and social change in the education system.