Topic: Neurodiversity

March 18-24th, 2024 is Neurodiversity week! We’re celebrating with a roundup of Heinemann posts.

Rebecca Matte and Mark DePietro talk about the importance of moving away from deficit thinking, and how you can incorporate strengths-based perspectives into your classroom.

Centering the child’s needs instead of the curriculum can make education better for ALL our students. 

School should never be a punishment for neurodiverse children. When students learn to dislike learning it can often be a life sentence.

A roundup of resources to educate ourselves, our classrooms, and our school communities to better support our Neurodivergent students and colleagues.

Maggie and Dr. Banerjee dive into the history of the neurodiversity movement, what it means to be a neurodiverse learner, and what an inclusive classroom looks like.

How can we make that awareness of the value of different abilities come sooner for neurodivergent kids and their classmates? The answer might lie with neurodivergent teachers.  

How best to support neurodiverse leaners: A blog from Mac Gander, an educator with more than three decades of experience in the field of neurodiversity.