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How to Create a Total Communication Environment, a blog by Catrina Lowri

How to Create a Total Communication Environment Catrina Lowri is the creator of Neuroteachers, a company dedicated to finding simple solutions for inclusive practice. She is an experienced SENCO, advisory teacher and qualified special needs teacher who works as a private specialist teacher, trainer, mentor and coach. She is Lead Trainer for the North Somerset, […]

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Five Easy Steps to Recruiting Neurodivergent Educators

Autism, Bipolar, Dyslexia, neurodivergent / neuroteachers

Five Easy Steps to Recruiting Neurodivergent Educators Catrina Lowri is a neurodivergent (ND) teacher, trainer, and coach. As well as having 22 years’ experience of working in education, she also speaks as a dyslexic and bipolar woman, who had her own unique journey through the education system. I recently spoke at a conference for the

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It’s like her shoes don’t fit A story about the consequences of autistic masking

Autism / neuroteachers

A story about the consequences of autistic masking This was a comment made to me by Jessica, the mother of a year 7 girl , who was reallyconcerned about her daughter.Annemarie, like so many of our learners, had not been picked up when she was observed inprimary school by one of the local neurodevelopmental (

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I’m not weird, I’m neurodivergent – masking as and ND teacher

neurodivergent / neuroteachers

I’m not weird, I’m neurodivergent – masking as and ND teacher Catrina Lowri is the founder of Neuroteachers www.neuroteachers.com/ and a neurodivergent teacher, trainer,and coach. As well as having 22 years’ experience of working in education,she also speaks as a dyslexic and bipolar woman, who had her own uniquejourney through the education system Early in

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neurodivergent student teacher wrong mediaction

My Experience as an Neurodivergent student teacher

Bipolar, Neurodiversity / neuroteachers

My Experience as an Neurodivergent student teacher Catrina Lowri is the founder of Neuroteachers and a neurodivergent teacher, trainer, and coach. As well as having 22 years experience of working in education, she also speaks as a dyslexic and bipolar woman, who had her own uniquejourney through the education system. I hid my Neurodiversity in

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How to Teach a Tiger to Write; Understanding and supporting an autistic learner with demand avoidant behaviours

Autism, Inclusive education / neuroteachers

Understanding and supporting an autistic learner with demand avoidant behaviours ‘Jack told me he couldn’t write because he was a tiger. He said tigers have no thumbs and long claws so they can’t hold the pencil. Before I had the ‘ Understanding PDA’ training, I would have gotten cross or told him not to be

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star wars models representing neurodivergent burnout

What is autistic/ neurodivergent burnout? How is it harmful?

Autism, Neurodiversity / neuroteachers

What is autistic/ neurodivergent burnout? We are all familiar with the concept of burnout, people use it all the time when talking about work or family stresses. However, it is important to understand that this has a particular context when it comes to autism and other neurodivergent needs.The reason that we (neurodivergent people), experience burnout

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Ben and the dust

Autism / neuroteachers

Ben and the dust. ‘But he just won’t concentrate!’ How to get and maintain joint attention in your learner. This is the story of Ben, an autistic year 10 student who was a brilliant artist and observer of the world, who wouldn’t pay attention in geography lessons. In this blog and video, I’ll explain what

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Spiderman, but not as we know it

Autism, Inclusive education / neuroteachers

Spiderman, but not as we know it. Sophia’s sensory play I talk about early identification a lot. The sooner a child’s neurodivergent (ND) needs are identified, the more likely it is that those needs will be met. If staff know that a child is ND, they will understand and accept their need. This means that

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letters all coming together for a dyslexic teacher

Why I pretended my dyslexia wasn’t a big deal- My experiences as a dyslexic teacher.

Dyslexia / neuroteachers

My experiences as a dyslexic teacher When I had already been teaching for about 10 years, I met a pair of grandparents at a friend’s barbecue. They had just received some devastating news; their 9-year-old grandson had been diagnosed with dyslexia. They told me this in hushed voices, as if they were ashamed. Although, their

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