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Neurodivergent and Differentiation Tip 6

Neurodivergence & Differentiation Tip 6: Change the Presentation Format

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Neurodivergence and Differentiation Tip 6: Change the Presentation Format As a neurodivergent teacher, I understand the importance of differentiation in the classroom. One effective strategy is to change the presentation format of the information we deliver. This can significantly enhance the way pupils process and understand the material. In this blog, I will discuss various […]

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Neurodiversity in Schools Differentiation tip 5

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Neurodiversity in Schools Differentiation tip 5 Prioritisation: which exercise question or task to select for your Neurodivergent pupil No, we are not going to ‘dumb down’ the task for our ND learners. This isn’t ‘all, most, some’ or ‘death by 100 worksheets’. It’s looking at the materials, tasks and skills and thinking which parts of the learning

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Neurodiversity in Schools Differentiation Tip 4

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Differentiation tip 4 4. Staging of the task for your neurodivergent learners If you want to know more about ‘staging of the task’ and how that helps neurodivergent pupils in a mainstream classroom, you have come to the right place! What is ‘staging the task?’ This means laying out the task in an accessible manner

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Understanding Challenging Behaviour in your Neurodivergent Pupil

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What is Challenging Behaviour? When understanding behaviour in our neurodivergent pupils, it is important to note that many people mistake challenging and disruptive behaviour. It is important to know the difference between the two. This is because the way in which you deal with them is subtly different. I’ll be writing a series of blogs

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Neurodiversity in Schools and Behaviour

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What are Challenging and Disruptive Behaviour in Neurodivergent Children? This blog is the first in a series about behaviour and neurodivergent children. I’m going explain how to understand what is going on when our neurodivergent pupils present as challenging and disruptive and what you can do about them. I’m not just providing ‘top tips’ I’m going to give

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Colin and the F words – The importance of giving clear instructions

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The importance of giving clear instructions Have you ever made a really big mistake that you knew was your fault? I think I have made countless errors in my teaching career, but few stick in my memory so clearly as the time Colin, a year 8 student with autism and global delay, wrote the F

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When is behaviour communication? (always)

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When is behaviour communication? The topic of behaviour is deeply controversial. Amongst autistic advocates the word is best avoided, and rightly so. Many have had years of others trying to make the behave more like neurotypical people.Amongst some well-known, mainstream educational influencers the idea that behaviour is communication is set aside in favour of the

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A controversial blog about behaviour part 3 – Punishments and Rewards don’t work, so don’t use them.

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Punishments and Rewards don’t work, so don’t use them. This is the 3rd part of my series of blogs on behaviour. I have promised to talk more about how I became a relational practitioner. And I will get to that, but first let’s deal with punishments and rewards, and why they do not work to

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