Martin Seligman’s keynote address to the Wellbeing Before Learning; Flourishing students, successful schools conference
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Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than “worried well” are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receiving unnecessary treatment.
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Neurodiversity has become a word frequently bandied about when we talk about schooling, acceptance, psychology, and workplace integration. What is neurodiversity, and why is it so important?
In an educational system founded on rigid standards and categories, students who demonstrate a very specific manifestation of intelligence flourish, while those who deviate tend to fall between the cracks.
To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled is one of the most popular resources available on identifying and meeting the needs of twice-exceptional students.
Good teachers helped me to achieve success. I was able to overcome autism because I had good teachers.
I am becoming increasingly concerned that intellectually gifted children are being denied opportunities because they are being labeled either Asperger’s or high functioning autism.
In the real world, people on the autism spectrum need the same kinds of day-to-day skills everyone else needs to be functional! It’s true.