SCHOOL AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS ‘Research from Ofsted finds poor relationships with parents can add significantly to low morale and poor wellbeing in teaching’ (Independent Education today, 2019). On reading this article by Julian Owen on the importance of school and parent relationships, I was compelled to put pen to paper – not only to reiterate […]
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How can adjusting the volume of information to process or produce help your neurodivergent learner? This may be one of the most controversial tips because, when I say ‘adjust the volume of information’, may will believe that I saying that either, our neurodivergent learners should work to a lower standard or that they are allowed
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The working memory is function of the mind and brain where we store pieces of information which we only need to remember for a short period of time. This may include pattern, sequences, codes or instructions. To give you a day-to-day example of this, imagine that you’ve got some kind of passcode from your
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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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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