Let’s understand what is going on between some student’s ability to tell us what is in their head when they have read something, or even when they have learned something in class. This is a visual-spatial conundrum that we can easily get to the bottom of. 

What is healing? It’s our natural inclination to grow. To heal our past wounds.  When we have children it’s a great opportunity for self-growth as we watch them literally, physically grow. And whether they are biologically yours or not, you chose each other so that YOU could see your own self in some way you …

Continue reading What Is Healing? | Parenting Neurodivergent Part I

Neurodivergent individuals are often born with a heightened sensitivity to sound. This can sometimes lead to CAPD,or Central Auditory Processing Disorder. The implications of not understanding CAPD is significant – impacting outcomes in education and mental health. I will describe CAPD, the recent history impacting our treatment of it today, and how misunderstanding CAPD in a student being assessed or educated can lead to education and mental health problems.

Since neurodivergent brains are just beginning to be understood, female neurodivergent brains are even less so. I am only about the touch the tip of the iceberg here, but I hope I open up some possibilities for others to explore the topic further.

What I see from behind their eyes is often not rigidity, (although it can appear so from the outside,) but a complex system of learning, understanding, asking further questions, and back to understanding again. The idea of trying to explain the process at any given point in this loop is in and of itself a skillset…