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Cohort Four: Neurodivergence and Disability in SDE
This purchase is for the Guided Cohort for The ASDE Compendium: Neurodivergence and Disability in SDE. For more information on the guided cohorts, see our main info page here.
Meeting Dates: May 31 • Jun 14 • Jun 28
Meeting Times: 12-130pm Eastern Time
In this cohort we will explore the experiences, tools, practices, and considerations for supporting folks with neurodivergence or disability in SDE. Non-coercive learning relationships and environments cannot be discussed in isolation from our human experience in our brains, bodies, and the contexts we exist in. This topic is so varied, intersectional, and important in our work as SDE practitioners and advocates. It is necessary to give it deep space and time to work through and continue to learn more. Together we will unravel our assumptions about ND&D.
Note: If you want to sign up for another individual six-week cohort, you can find the sign-up links for those here.
Example Curriculum
- Module 2 Overview
- 2A: "Ableism in Conventional Learning Environments: The Invisible Truth" by Andria Smith
- 2B: "Healthy Boundaries: How to Expand Tolerance and Lower Unnecessary Demands" by Je’anna Clements
- 2C: "Self-Directed Education As Post-civilizational & Neuroqueer Praxis" by mk zariel
- 2D: "Learning While Unwell: Self-Directed Education on Off Days" by Dominique Paloma Bible
- 2E: "Unschooling with cPTSD" by Laura Schroeder
- 2F: Pause and Reflect on Module 2
- Module 3 Overview
- 3A: "What Parents Need to Know: A Teen's Perspective on Self-Directed Education" by Teo Velasco Koritz
- 3B: "Unschooling with Neurodivergence: Centering Family Wellbeing and Humanity" by Demetria Wilkinson
- 3C: "Self-Directed Education and Special Interests" by Taisa Jenne
- 3D: "My Journey from 'Good Mother' to Crip Mom" by Maria Epp
- 3E: "Living Over Learning" by Micaela Hoops
- 3F: Pause and Reflect on Module 3
- Module 4 Overview
- 4A: "Non-Directive Play Therapy" by Nadia Lynn Erlendson
- 4B: "Common Sensory Tools and Support for Neurodivergent Families" by Whitney DiFalco
- 4C: "First Aid Kit for the Nervous System" by Amanda Sanborn
- 4D: "Spectrum of Sound" Playlist by Soliheen
- 4E: Pause and Reflect on Module 4
- Module 5 Overview
- 5A: "Why Do We Have to Make a Distinction? Neurodiversity in SDE" by Daveed Jacobo
- 5B: "Creating a Strengths-Based Community with What You Have" by Lane Clark
- 5C: "Touring an Adaptable Space for ND Youth" by Eleanor Ford
- 5D: "A Space to Be: Finding Connection and Self in a Neurodivergent Unschooling Journey" by Melissa Crockett-Joyoue
- 5E: Pause and Reflect on Module 5