What Tom Sawyer Discovered: Get Kids Learning Without Realizing It – 2019

Rick Green, producer of the PBS documentary ADD & Loving It?!, draws upon the psychological underpinning Mark Twain’s classic story of Tom Sawyer turning the onerous chore of painting a fence into a profitable business with a dozen volunteers who are paying him for the privilege of tackling a job. It’s a simple strategy that Rick has used on himself to overcome procrastination in his own life.

 About Rick Green

After graduating with a BSc. in Physics, Rick Green became a comedy writer, actor, director, and producer. He has worked on 700 episodes of television and radio, including History Bites; Prisoners of Gravity; The Red Green Show; and The Frantics. In 2009 Rick and his wife, Ava, created the award-winning website TotallyADD.com, plus two ground-breaking PBS documentaries on adult ADHD: ADD & Loving It?! and ADD & Mastering It!, and 16 full-length videos on every aspect of ADHD. These program feature 60 doctors, specialists, researchers, coaches, and authors. Combining practical information with a warm, lively, and visual style, these videos offer sensible answers on parenting, holistic strategies, success at school and university, medication, mindfulness, sleep, emotional sensitivity, and more. For his work helping millions of people affected by ADHD, Rick was appointed to The Order of Ontario and The Order of Canada.