Upcoming Events!
April 1st – 5th, 2012
The Life Rocks! Radical Unschooling Conference
North Conway, NH
http://www.liferocksconference.com/program
Laurie in the Media and on Tour
V Radio (Jan. 28, 2012) BlogTalkRadio Show hosted by Neil Kiernan, Boys and Girls in Modern Culture. (Laurie is the featured guest) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/v-radio/2012/01/28/laurie-a-couture-boys-vs-girls-in-modern-culture
The Working Home Educator’s Guide to Success (December 2011) by Lisa Nielsen (Introduction and profile by Laurie A. Couture) http://store.payloadz.com/details/985801-other-files-everything-else-the-working-home-educator-s-guide-to-success.html
PsychHealth, Ltd Provider Newsletter, Vol. 7 Issue 4, Winter 2011 A Deeper Look at the ADHD and Stimulant Epidemic by Laurie A. Couture http://www.psychealthltd.com/newsletters/vol7issue4.pdf
Rethinking Everything Magazine (online), October 2011, Issue 8, Tapping Into the Vein of the Divine: A Spiritual Life Quest of Healing and Wholeness by Laurie A. Couture https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rethinking-Everything-Magazine and http://www.rethinkingeverythingmagazine.net/
The Rethinking Everything Conference, Dallas TX (Sept. 1-5, 2011) Parenting and Educating the Way Nature Intended: Principles from Peaceful Tribal Cultures and Repairing Attachment and Healing Trauma for Children Ages Infant Through Adolescence (Laurie is a speaker and a panelist) http://www.rethinkingeverything.net/
Life Learning Magazine (online), Sept/Oct 2011 Attachment Parenting Our Adolescent Children by Laurie A. Couture http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/1110/index.htm
The Unplugged Mom Radio Show (August 5, 2011) BlogTalkRadio Show hosted by Laurette Lynn and produced by Desiree Alonso, All Star Panel: Unplugged Mom Anniversary Special. (Laurie is a guest panelist) http://www.unpluggedmom.com/featured/all-star-panel-unplugged-mom-anniversary-special/
The Attached Family, online Journal of Attachment Parenting International, August 2, 2011, Attachment Parenting Our Teens by Laurie A. Couture http://theattachedfamily.com/membersonly/?p=2837
The Unplugged Mom Podcast (July 29, 2011) Podcast hosted by Laurette Lynn and produced by Desiree Alonso, Pay Attention! There’s No Such Thing As ADD/ADHD. (Laurie is the featured guest) http://www.unpluggedmom.com/unplugged-authors-work/laurette-lynn/pay-attention-no-such-thing-as-addadhd/
The Unplugged Mom (May 3, 2011) website by Laurette Lynn. (Laurie is a featured author) http://www.unpluggedmom.com/author-bios/laurie-a-couture/
Institute for Democratic Education in America (IDEA)-ACSR Educational Change Forum, Keene NH (April 23, 2011) (Laurie is a panelist) http://www.educationtransformation.org/
The Life Rocks! Radical Unschooling Conference, North Conway NH (April 11-14, 2011), Radical Child Advocacy (Laurie is a speaker and panelist) http://www.liferocksconference.com/
Unplugged Educators Radio Show (March 18, 2011) BlogTalkRadio Show hosted by Laurette Lynn. (Laurie is a featured guest on the show) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/unpluggedmom/2011/03/18/unplugged-mom-radio-with-laurette-lynn-lauie-a-couture
Geek Force Five (February 17, 2011) Interview by Web commentator, E. Christopher Clark, Five Questions for Laurie A. Couture (Laurie is interviewed) http://www.geekforcefive.com/blog/article/five_questions_for_laurie_a._couture
The Free and Joyful Childhood Radio Show (December 4, 2010-Present) BlogTalkRadio Show hosted by Laurie A. Couture (Laurie is the host) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/laurieacouture
Unplugged Educators Radio Show (October 31, 2010) BlogTalkRadio Show hosted by Laurette Lynn and produced by Desiree Alonso, The Drugging of Children Today (Laurie is a featured guest on the show)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/unplugged-educators/2010/11/01/unplugged-educators-radio
The Daily News (October 22, 2010) Schools Need A Lesson in Child Development by Laurie A. Couture
http://www.newburyportnews.com/opinion/x1744210068/Schools-need-a-lesson-in-child-development
The Next Step Radio Show (Sept 30, 2010) BlogTalkRadio show hosted by Jacob Appleman, Unschooling Homeschooling (Laurie is a featured guest on the show)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/antimatterzone/2010/09/30/episode-018–the-next-step-radio-show–laurie-a-couture-interview-un-schooling-home-schooling
The Power Hour (Sept 1, 2010) radio show, hosted by Joyce Riley (Laurie is the featured guest on the show; Cevin Soling and The War on Kids film that Laurie appears in also featured on the show same day)
http://www.thepowerhour.com/past_shows.htm
Juno Magazine, Summer 2010 Adopting a Child: Loving Biologically, Parenting Therapeutically by Laurie A. Couture
http://www.junomagazine.com/
Seacoast Sunday (May 9, 2010) School Structure Contributes to Bullying Editorial by Laurie A. Couture
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100509-OPINION-5090309
Life Learning Magazine (online), Mar/Apr 2010 Focus on the Best of the Rest by Wendy Priesnitz (Laurie’s book, Instead of Medicating and Punishing, was reviewed)
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com(PDF)
Secrets of Happy Parents (Feb 3, 2010) MyExpertSolution.com radio show hosted by Dr. Laura Markham (Laurie is the featured guest on the show and the guest blogger)
http://ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/Laurie_A_Couture_Instead_of_Medicating_and_Punishing/
The Manchester Union Leader (Feb 1, 2010) 2010 40 Under Forty: Meet NH’s Best and Brightest by Bob Charest (Laurie was chosen as one of 40 young NH honorees in the 2010 40 Under Forty Honors and interviewed)
http://www.theunionleader.com
The Attached Family, Journal of Attachment Parenting International, Vol. 12, No. 4 2009 Instead of Medicating and Punishing: An Interview with Laurie A. Couture by Rita Brhel
http://www.attachmentparenting.org/
Parenting the Future: An Unprecedented Assembly of Today’s Foremost Parenting Experts (Dec. 2009) App for iPhone and iPod Touch by Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing (Laurie is featured as one of the 50 parenting experts included in the App)
http://parentingthefuture.com/
Leading Edge Parenting (Nov 25, 2009) BlogTalkRadio show hosted by Sandi Schwartz The REAL Reasons Children Misbehave and What to Do About It (Laurie is the featured guest on the show)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/leadingedgeparenting/blog/2009/11
Wake Up Call Show: Justice 4 Children (Nov 20, 2009) BlogTalkRadio show hosted by Theresa Edwards (Laurie is a featured guest on the show)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wakeupcallshow/blog/2009/11
Ezine Articles (August 2009) Healing Our Families in and Industrialized Society Through Attachment Parenting and Natural Education by Laurie A. Couture
http://ezinearticles.com/?Healing-Our-Families-in-an-Industrialized-Society-Through-Attachment-Parenting-and-Natural-Education&id=2752476
The War on Kids (April 2009) film by Cevin Soling (Laurie appears as an expert in this film documentary about the dark side of public schooling)
www.thewaronkids.com
Mothering Magazine (Web Exclusive) April 17, 2009, The Precious Journey of the Mother who Adopts Older Children By Laurie A. Couture
http://www.mothering.com/
Wounded by School (2009) by Kirsten Olson (Laurie’s former website, ChildAdvocate.org, mentioned, pg. 152)
The Exeter News-Letter, January 2, 2009 Saving the Children ‘Instead of Medicating and Punishing’ by Faye Levow
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090102-LIFE-901020378
Instead of Medicating and Punishing: Healing the Causes of Our Children’s Acting-Out Behavior by Parenting and Educating the Way Nature Intended (2008) by Laurie A. Couture http://www.amazon.com/Instead-Medicating-Punishing-childrens-acting-out/dp/1932279970
Life Learning Magazine, Mar/Apr 2008 Unschooling the Human Condition: A Life Learner Spends his Great-Grandmother’s Last Four Months of Life By Her Side by Laurie A. Couture
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/0804/MarApr08.pdf(PDF)
Kindred Magazine, March 2008 The Journey of the Mother Who Adopts Older Children by Laurie A. Couture
http://www.kindredcommunity.com/articles/bonding-the-journey-of-the-mother-who-adopts-older-children/p/1264
Life Learning Magazine, Sept/Oct 2006 Freeing Brycen Part III: A Single Mom’s Journey to Adopt and Unschool Her Child by Laurie A. Couture
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com(PDF)
Live Free, Learn Free Magazine, Jul/Aug 2006 Detrimental Schooling: How Traditional Education Harms Children and Society by Laurie A. Couture
National Leaders on The Child and Nonviolence Summit, Chicago, IL (April 7, 2006) How Corporal Punishment, Punitive Parenting and Developmentally Inappropriate School Environments Contribute to Behavioral Disorders and Mental Illness in Children. (Laurie is a speaker)
Life Learning Magazine, Mar/Apr 2006 Freeing Brycen Part II: A Single Mom’s Journey to Adopt and Unschool Her Child by Laurie A. Couture
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com(PDF)
Life Learning Magazine, Jan/Feb 2006 Freeing Brycen Part I: A Single Mom’s Journey to Adopt and Unschool Her Child by Laurie A. Couture
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/0602/JanFeb06.pdf(PDF)
Third Annual Diverse Perspectives Domestic Violence Conference, sponsored by VIP-SAFE NH, Portsmouth NH (October 18, 2003) Child Abuse IS Domestic Violence (Laurie is a video speaker)
Creating Emotionally Safe Schools (2001) by Jane Bluestein (Laurie’s research on school teachers who deny children use of the toilet quoted, pages 311-312, 442)
Public Affairs: It’s All About You (August 2001), KDVS 90.3 FM, Davis, CA radio show hosted by France Senecal, The Detriments to Children and Society of Corporal Punishment (Laurie was the featured guest)
http://www.kdvs.org/
ChildAdvocate.org (1999-2009) website by Laurie A. Couture (Laurie contributed 10 years of voluntary child advocacy through her writing, resources and interactive contacts with visitors on ChildAdvocate.org)
Project No Spank, (1997- Present) website by Jordan Riak (Laurie contributed many articles to this web resource between 1997-2003)
http://www.nospank.net/authors.htm
Paradigm Times (1996-1997) Abstract Eclectic Ah-deas column by Laurie A. Couture (Social justice issues and children’s rights column for small independent newspaper, Exeter NH)
Keeping Safe and Happy (1995) by Laurie A. Couture (Child abuse and neglect prevention booklet written and illustrated by Laurie for use by the York County Child Abuse and Neglect Council, York, Maine)