Strengths-Focused Education for Neurodiverse Students

It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week and joining us today to keep the conversation around neurodiversity in education going is Rebecca Matte, Associate Professor of Education at Landmark College, and Mark DePietro, Vice President for Marketing and Communications at Landmark College.

In her time working with neurodiverse students, Rebecca found that students were often quick to list things they struggled with but couldn’t list areas in which they excelled. This led Rebecca to adopt a strengths-based perspective, one that takes a holistic look at a student and reframes what is often called a “deficit mindset.”

In their conversation, Rebecca and Mark talk about the importance of moving away from deficit thinking, and how you can incorporate strengths-based perspectives into your classroom.

A transcript of this conversation is available at blog.heinemann.com

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