Embracing the Exceptions - Meeting the Needs of Neurodivergent Students of Color

How can we help teachers reach all students, honor their full humility, and understand how ableism and racism intersect? This book blends narrative with interviews to show what would help neurodivergent students of color feel supported and cared for in schools, and to demonstrate how much better their lives could be when they feel that love.

List of contents

Introduction Chapter 1. Talking Out Of Turn: On Being Seen As a Classroom Disruption Chapter 2. Making Meaning: On The Unique Ways We Communicate Chapter 3. Getting Things Done: On Completing (And Not Completing) Assigned Tasks Chapter 4. Coloring Outside the Lines: On Doing Things Our Own Way Chapter 5. Remembering and Forgetting: On Having The Best and Worst Memory At the Same Time Chapter 6. Staying Out Of View: On Masking And Its Psychological Toll Chapter 7. Following Recipes: On The Trouble With Multi-Step Instructions Chapter 8. Turning the Volume Down: On Sensory Overload and Its Many Manifestations Chapter 9. Trying to Catch the Express Train: On The Search for Hyperfocus Chapter 10. Catching Our Breath: On Emotional Volatility Chapter 11. Being an Easy Target: On the Persistent Perception of Social Rejection Chapter 12. Beating Ourselves Up: On The Corrosive Nature of Shame Chapter 13. Outrunning the Pack: On The Ways We Can Excel When We're Supported Conclusion

About the author

JPB Gerald is an adult educator and theorist, and a 2022 graduate of the EdD program in Instructional Leadership from CUNY - Hunter College, USA. Through his writing, teaching, podcast and his public scholarship overall, he seeks justice for the racially, linguistically and neurologically minoritized.

Summary

How can we help teachers reach all students, honor their full humility, and understand how ableism and racism intersect? This book blends narrative with interviews to show what would help neurodivergent students of color feel supported and cared for in schools, and to demonstrate how much better their lives could be when they feel that love.

Product details

• Authors: Jpb Gerald
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032729961
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3272996-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Equity and Social Justice in Education Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, EDUCATION / Counseling / General, Educational psychology, teacher training, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Education: care & counselling of students, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Inclusive education / mainstreaming, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, Counselling and care of students, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage