Part 3: Parental Burnout – recovery, prevention and signs
When a child needs intensive support, caregivers tend to stop prioritising self-care and push their needs to last.
Part 2: Parental Burnout – Neurodiverse families
Parental burnout occurs when the level of stress outweighs the availability of resources to cope with it.
Part 1 : Parental burnout – definition, risk factors and impact
Parental burnout occurs when the level of stress outweighs the availability of resources to cope with it.
Part 5 : Creating inclusive classrooms – Punishments & discipline
It takes an empathetic and curious teacher to distinguish between a stress response, or an attempt to gain additional sensory input, or a symptom of underdeveloped skills from purposeful behaviour.
Part 4: Creating inclusive classrooms – norms and acceptance
Outdated classroom rules can be problematic for neurodivergent students because they have been written with a neurotypical lens.
Part 3: Creating inclusive classrooms – environment, resources and instruction
Neurodiversity can be supported by adapting, adjusting and enhancing teaching strategies and the classroom environment.
Part 2: Teachers influence social inclusion of students with ADHD
Teachers who create inclusive learning environments, can prevent students with ADHD from feeling isolated, judged, or having low self-esteem.
Lived Experience: Working memory – a reminder to advocate early
ADHD affects working memory, which is needed to meet teacher expectations. But if you can’t remember instructions, it’s easy to break rules!
Part 1: Teacher’s knowledge of ADHD, wellbeing and empathy
Results of several studies show that empathy contributes positively to educational interventions by increasing a teacher’s understanding of children with ADHD in various situations.
Lived Experience: School – the catalyst for an ADHD diagnosis
As my kid progressed through school, we noticed that it was becoming more challenging for him to hold it all together, especially at home.