Category: Education
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High School Anti-Behaviourism Behaviour Management Policy
Spectrum Gaming offers an “Anti-behaviourism Behaviour Management Policy” that manages to be both thorough and concise. It’s a practical introduction to some very helpful tools for supporting neurodivergent students. We recommend it as a foundation for any school’s general MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) policy. When we say we don’t believe in rewards, punishments or…
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A Neurobiological Basis for Progressive Education
As the host mentions in this excellent conversation, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang’s work essentially provides the neurobiological basis for progressive education. Excerpted below are selected quotes from Mary Helen Immordino-Yang’s work. In short, learning is dynamic, social, and context dependent because emotions are, and emotions form a critical piece of how, what, when, and why people…
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Scientism and Epistemic Injustice: On the Problems with “Science of Reading”
“Science of Reading” particularly and #ResearchEd more generally, remind many of us in neurodiversity and disability communities of this from Alfie Kohn. The underpinnings of that ideology include: a focus only on observable behaviors that can be quantified, a reduction of wholes to parts, the assumption that everything people do can be explained as a…
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Belonging in School
Belonging is very close to the idea of feeling safe. Belonging in School: Resource Introduction Webinar – YouTube We added quotes from the recently released “Belonging in School – a school-level resource for developing inclusive policies” to our “Belonging” glossary page, to our “Accommodation” glossary page, and to the “The Feeling: Electric Belonging and Soaring…
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Sensory Kit on a Clip
Our sensory kit on a clip consists of: Check out these autistic odes to noise-cancelling headphones. They imply a lot about neurology and how misguided behaviorism is. The thesis that introduced neurodiversity to academia called computers an “essential prosthetic device for autistics“. That they are. A decent set of noise-cancelling headphones is another essential device. I remember my first…
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Changelog: Mass school refusal among neurodivergent children is an early form of resistance to neuronormativity.
We updated our ‘School-Induced Anxiety’ page with selections from Robert Chapman and “‘Children are holding a mirror up to us’: why are England’s kids refusing to go to school? | Schools | The Guardian”. While we were updating, we broke the page up into sections and added a table of contents. Mass school refusal among…
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IowaWTF: We are living in a paradigm shift in the world of activism and advocacy, and the youth are here to change things up whether you like it or not.
Each year at the Conference to Restore Humanity, one of the keynotes is by a student group. IowaWTF is a community of students fighting against hateful and harmful legislation in Iowa. I like how they organize. Competency Networks I’m not an expert on everything so let’s say I need issues on understanding something regarding gun…
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Exceeding Least Restrictive Environment with Niche Construction and the Honor of Legibility
UDL creates a learning environment that is the least restrictive and most culturally responsive, trauma-informed environment for all students .If Equity is a Priority, UDL is a Must | Cult of Pedagogy In our little community of neurodivergent and disabled people, we try to go beyond “least restrictive environment” via “niche construction”. Here’s how we…
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Changelog: Presume Competence. “Nonspeaking” or “Nonverbal”?
We updated “Presume competence. Never assume that the ability to speak equals intelligence.” with a selection from “AAC and autism resources | This Is Not About Me”. BTW, we recommend the “This Is Not About Me” website and film. We wrote about it previously in “This Is Not About Me: The Journey from Patient to…
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Autism Professionals: Have you heard of monotropism?
Not once in my ADOS training did they ever cover the topic of monotropism. That means people are getting trained to diagnose autism without a full understanding of the most important theory related around autism. Monotropism. Have you even heard of it? @playspark@tiktok Header art: “Attention Tunnel” by Betsy Selvam is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 Likewise, SpEd…
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The Act of Listening: Work that does not honor what a community says is colonial.
Work that does not honor what a community says is colonial. The act of listening is really, really powerful. Keynote: The Game Has Changed – Cornelius Minor | CTRH! 2023 – YouTube Those lines from Cornelius Minor’s keynote at the Conference to Restore Humanity remind me of a saying in disability and neurodiversity communities: Nothing…
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We don’t prepare students for a world of potential oppression by oppressing them. “Better Get Used to It” is violence.
We applaud our children for surviving a ruthless system as if it is an initiation into being a functional human being. Malaika Mahlatsi We don’t prepare students for a world of potential oppression by oppressing them. How to Ungrade | Jesse Stommel Observation: The more that someone emphasizes the need to “prepare kids for the…
