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Blog posts are designed to accompany The Neurodivergent Toolkit & Workshop. But everyone can take something from each one and apply it tomorrow.

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A picture of a brain with the overlay text Part 4 The Neurobiology of Learning why Some Students/Kids Just never Seem To Learn

🧠 Part 4: Why Some Kids Just “Never Seem To Learn

Glutamate helps neurons turn on and strengthen connections (that’s how learning sticks). When neural pathways don’t get reinforced they become “depressed” and that’s how skills/knowledge fade. Stress can push the...

🧠 Part 4: Why Some Kids Just “Never Seem To Learn

Glutamate helps neurons turn on and strengthen connections (that’s how learning sticks). When neural pathways don’t get reinforced they become “depressed” and that’s how skills/knowledge fade. Stress can push the...

The Neurobiology of Learning Series Part 3: Repetition & The Brain Isn’t a Sponge

The Neurobiology of Learning Series Part 3: Rep...

The brain isn’t a sponge—it doesn’t absorb information automatically. Learning happens when neurons activate, connect, and strengthen through repetition. That process is driven by glutamate, the neurotransmitter that tells neurons...

The Neurobiology of Learning Series Part 3: Rep...

The brain isn’t a sponge—it doesn’t absorb information automatically. Learning happens when neurons activate, connect, and strengthen through repetition. That process is driven by glutamate, the neurotransmitter that tells neurons...

Image of a brain with the text overlay Part 2 The Neurodibiology of learning for teachers and educators What it really means to learn

🧠 Part 2: What It Really Means to “Learn” Today

Learning isn’t automatic—the brain doesn’t absorb information just because it’s taught. Learning happens when neurons connect, strengthen, and form pathways through repeated activation. The more those pathways are used, the...

🧠 Part 2: What It Really Means to “Learn” Today

Learning isn’t automatic—the brain doesn’t absorb information just because it’s taught. Learning happens when neurons connect, strengthen, and form pathways through repeated activation. The more those pathways are used, the...

🧠 The Neurobiology of Learning: Chronic Stress Is Changing How Kids Learn (And Act)

🧠 The Neurobiology of Learning: Chronic Stress ...

This is the first post in the series, and it’s here to name the real culprit behind so much “behavior” right now: chronic stress. You’ll learn why stress makes it...

🧠 The Neurobiology of Learning: Chronic Stress ...

This is the first post in the series, and it’s here to name the real culprit behind so much “behavior” right now: chronic stress. You’ll learn why stress makes it...

Students and teacher co-creating classroom norms with visible choice menus and clear routines in an autonomy-supportive environment.

Internalizing Communal Responsibility in the Cl...

Our job as socializing agents, whether parent, teacher, or manager, is simple to say and harder to live: help people act of their own volition today so they will keep...

Internalizing Communal Responsibility in the Cl...

Our job as socializing agents, whether parent, teacher, or manager, is simple to say and harder to live: help people act of their own volition today so they will keep...

Teacher facilitating a human-centered classroom with clear routines, meaningful choices, and visible belonging cues.

Kids Aren’t Machines. Build Classrooms for Humans.

Self-Determination Theory shows that humans thrive when three needs are supported: autonomy, competence, and relatedness or belonging. When classrooms honor those needs, you see more sustained interest, better regulation, and...

Kids Aren’t Machines. Build Classrooms for Humans.

Self-Determination Theory shows that humans thrive when three needs are supported: autonomy, competence, and relatedness or belonging. When classrooms honor those needs, you see more sustained interest, better regulation, and...