Male and female:
Making sense of the differences
A one-day course with tutor: Anne Moir

Course outline:

How new findings can improve psychotherapy and educational outcomes.

Recent research shows that our brains are sexed just as surely as our bodies and that the differences between the typical male and female brain are in fact much greater than we used to think.

Understanding these differences and their implications is crucial for improving communication between the sexes, relationships, education, child development, therapeutic outcomes and, in fact, any human endeavour.

This is because the 'sex' of our brain not only influences every aspect of our behaviour (including how we learn, maintain our mental health, relate to and care for others) but how we perceive, and think about, the world around us. These new findings, therefore, shouldn't be ignored.

Indeed, ignorance of the biologically influenced sex differences is potentially damaging our society. In education, for example, we harm both sexes with the gender neutral curriculum, but especially the boys – they get the lowest grades, are diagnosed with the most behavioural disorders, make up 80% of school drop outs and perpetrate 94% of juvenile crime.

Fascinatingly, our brainsex may not necessarily match our physical sex, but understanding the general differences is a vital key to improving male/female relationships – the common cause of so much emotional suffering.

This day is accessible, entertaining and suitable for professionals and anyone interested in discovering the key to positive change in their own interpersonal relationships or understanding their children better.

	What you will gain from attending:
•	Key new information about male and female differences in thinking styles, emotional responses, the senses and memory processing
•	Greater effectiveness at preventing conflict and promoting co-operation between the sexes
•	A deeper understanding of the different innate emotional needs of both sexes at all ages
•	Insights that can really change lives and prevent the development of mental disorders
•	More ways to help children and young people thrive and explore their innate potential
•	Improved insight into your relationships.

	Who should attend?
•	Anyone who works in any area of mental health or social services.
•	All educational and teaching professionals – this new knowledge will enhance your effectiveness.
•	Anyone who would benefit from gaining insights into the differing emotional response of the sexes which are key to understanding how conflict in the home and at work arises. It is of great help both professionally and personally to gain a better understanding of why rows develop and how to prevent them.

Course programme:

Registration: 8.30 am to 9.30 am (Tea or coffee served until 9.25 am)

9.30am – The astonishing new findings about sex differences
An up-to-the-minute survey of the latest scientific discoveries. How we acquire our sex differences in brain organisation, neurochemistry and hormones. How this natural process impacts on male and female behaviour. Why a working map of the brain-based sex differences in behaviour allows us to be more effective, both personally and professionally.

11.00am — Tea/coffee

11.30am – Brainsex in counselling and psychotherapy
We explore how and why men and women differ in their susceptibility to different emotional and mental disorders (filmed case histories illustrate key points). Meeting sex appropriate innate needs in therapy. How these new insights about sex differences can improve therapeutic outcomes (whatever the sex of the therapist!).

1.00pm — Lunch

2.00pm – How 'brain-based' parenting and teaching benefits children
and young people
Society is failing both sexes by its gender neutral policies. Boys and girls enter the classroom with different needs, abilities and goals. When we ignore these biologically-influenced differences in development and learning styles, we seriously harm the next generation. Fortunately there is much that can be done to tailor teaching methods to both the female and the male learning styles. Sex-appropriate play and other key practices that protect children and young people from mental illness.

3.00pm — Tea/coffee

3.30pm – Improving relationships between the sexes
The most common cause of depression in women is relationship difficulties, and problems in personal, social and work relationships are frequently caused by a lack of awareness of the differences between the sexes. How understanding these differences can improve how we all relate to each other. This seminar will improve your ability to deal with difficult situations, be they professional/personal, between partners, or between parents and their children.

4.30pm — Day ends

BRISTOL:	Date: Tuesday 3rd July 2012 Venue: Clifton Hill House, University of Bristol Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm Course Code: AF06
YORK:	Date: Wednesday 10th October 2012 Venue: Kings Manor, University of York Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm Course Code: AF07
LONDON:	Date: Tuesday 4th December 2012 Venue: Friends House Quaker Meeting Centre Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm Course Code: AF08
PRICE:	£160 plus vat (£192) per person. Fee includes tuition, course notes, attendance certificate, lunch and refreshments ______________________________________________ Thinking of booking 5 or more courses? Call us on 01323 811690 for your 10% discount. >> We offer a 10% discount on our prices if you book any five events at the same time. These five courses can be made up of any combination and don't all have to be for you, they can also be for a colleague or friend.

To book by phone, call: 01323 811690

Alternatively, you can download an application form and post or fax it to:
Human Givens College, Chalvington, East Sussex, BN27 3TD
fax: 00 44 (0)1323 811486

Also see, How to Book.

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Male and female: Making sense of the differences A one-day course with tutor: Anne Moir

Male and female:
Making sense of the differences
A one-day course with tutor: Anne Moir