“My passion is for helping teachers connect, or in many cases, reconnect, with their ability to express themselves both visually and verbally and helping teachers gain comfort and confidence in helping their students” ~ Susan Daniels
Dr. Susan Daniels is an educator, author, and consultant that specializes in the needs of gifted, creative, and twice-exceptional children. She has been a professional development specialist for over twenty years, regularly providing workshops and training on creativity and visual learning and teaching. Susan is dedicated to supporting teachers’ development of visual literacy and enhanced understanding of visual learning and teaching strategies. She lives in Berkeley, California.
Publications
A detailed and insightful perspective on intensity throughout the lifespan. The section on adolescence should be compulsory reading for parents, teachers and counselors. -- Miraca U.M. Gross, Professor, Director: Gifted Education Research, Resource and Information Centre (GERRIC), The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
New for Fall 2018!
A creative guide to visual learning strategies with easy-to-use activities for increasing visual literacy.
Daniels and Peters take the complicated and often contradictory world of creativity research and make it accessible, interesting, and fun. Highly recommended! -- James C. Kaufman, Ph.D., author of Creativity 101 and Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom.
Services
“Exploring and observing come naturally to children. The skills of interpreting and recording those observations are skills that need to be taught” ~ Susan Daniels
The Latest from our Blog
Journal Sparks: Exploring the Benefits of – and Techniques for – Keeping a Personal Art Journal
Art journals are a form of visual and verbal diary. You do not need to be a professional artist to create an art journal, art journals are works in progress that provide a way for you to respond to your life in an artistic way.
The Gathering of the Creatives: An Enrichment Retreat for Creative Adults
This month I want to share my recent experience of attending a creativity retreat – “The Gathering of the Creatives” – with a good friend of mine, Dr. Norma Hafenstein.
Can Creativity Be Taught?
Creativity is original self-expression. It is a natural ability that is evident in the thinking, imagination, and play of young children.