learning differences like ADHD. Like the proverbial swan, neurodivergent learners appear calm and composed on the surface, but they are frantically kicking beneath the water.
Sadly, these students can spend their entire academic careers kicking frantically and wondering why they’re not getting anywhere.In my teaching career, many ‘Katies’ have come to me in varying states of desperation.
They are highly intelligent, but their efforts to be ‘perfect,’ ‘high-achieving,’ or even just ‘neurotypical’ too often take a damaging toll on their physical and mental health.For students with learning differences, working memory deficits, disorganization, inattention, and chronic procrastination can turn a task like writing an essay into something akin.
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