Tag: psychological safety

  • Belonging in School

    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…

  • Learning Is a Series of Iterations, Mercy Is Necessary to Learner Safety

    Learning Is a Series of Iterations, Mercy Is Necessary to Learner Safety

    Learning is a series of iterations. The Game Has Changed – Cornelius Minor | CTRH! 2023 – YouTube Learning is not linear, we know this. Rather, learning is iterative. The Game Has Changed – Cornelius Minor | CTRH! 2023 – YouTube We can create space for iteration. We can create space for failure and revision.…

  • This Is My Space: Collaborative Niche Construction in Psychologically Safe Space

    This Is My Space: Collaborative Niche Construction in Psychologically Safe Space

    This is my space. It allows me to have control over one small part of a traumatic and offensive world. AuDHD and me: My nesting habits – Emergent Divergence I love that quote from David Gray-Hammond at Emergent Divergence. It nicely distills our Cavendish Space and collaborative niche construction advocacy. I added the quote to…

  • Five Ways to Welcome All Bodyminds to Your Learning Event

    Five Ways to Welcome All Bodyminds to Your Learning Event

    We have detailed accessibility checklists and recommendations in our course “Enable Dignity: The Accommodations for Natural Human Variation Should Be Mutual“, but for this piece we reduce down to five things you can learn and do to welcome all bodyminds to your learning event. We Stimpunks really appreciate when the recommendations above and the access…

  • R-word and Genius: Situationally Mute Hyperlexic Autistic

    R-word and Genius: Situationally Mute Hyperlexic Autistic

    When I was a kid, school didn’t know I could read because I wouldn’t read aloud. Situational mutism and exposure anxiety locked my lips. One day, in a quiet corner with a semblance of psychological safety, I quietly, in a whisper, read a book cover to cover to my teacher and said, “Can I go…

  • The 10 Elements of Culture That Matter Most to Employees and the Gutters of Paternalism and Exploitation

    The book “The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety” talks about avoiding the gutters of paternalism and exploitation. What happens when a team grants some respect or permission to its members, but not both—when the pattern of psychological safety moves out of the bowling lane, so to speak, into the gutter on one side or the…

  • September at Stimpunks: Our Blogging, Our Reading, Our Giving

    September was busy at Stimpunks. We made progress on setting up the foundation and the philanthropic LLC. We got a new logo. We helped launch Josephmooon’s website and their rock album about autistic life. And we did the usual blogging, reading, and giving. Our Blogging Inclusive Meetings, Classes, and Presentations with Access Notes, Bodymind Affirmations,…

  • Additions to Our Philosophy on Equity, Learning, and Psychological Safety

    Our Philosophy page lists acquired phrases that we steer by. They are compasses and stars that align us on our mission. I added several phrases on equity, learning, and psychological safety from Human Restoration Project, Equity Literacy Institute, and Timothy R. Clark. Learning is rooted in purpose finding and community relevance. Social justice is the…

  • Try Again: Mercy is Necessary to Learner Safety

    Try Again: Mercy is Necessary to Learner Safety

    “Retesting clearly works, so I give endless chances. If you’re willing to work, there’s always mercy. You can try again.” Craig B. Smith Craig invites students to learn without adding fear to a subject that already creates its own. He recognizes that students who are emotionally distressed—anxious, angry, or depressed—are cognitively impaired and don’t learn…

  • The Neurodivergent Experience in Josephmooon’s “So Far So Good”

    Our own Ronan released an album. Ronan is lyricist for Josephmooon. You can read the story of their distributed collaboration on their blog: josephmooon explained more backstory “How to write a song” Mooonmemories These songs resonate with my autistic, bipolar, and disabled life. I’m super excited to add them to my favorite playlist, Chronic Neurodivergent…

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