In this course you will learn the basics about neurodiversity, how it can present in the educational setting, how to support neurodiverse students and lastly, how to effectively engage families of neurodiverse students. This course will not be the entirety of what you will need to know to effectively engage with all neurodiverse students but will serve as a source of foundational knowledge and will provide plenty of opportunity to expand your knowledge.  Thank you for your engagement on behalf of all of our neurodiverse students. 

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will:

• be able to define neurodiversity and understand how neurodiversity can be an asset to our learning communities.
• be able to identify the different categories of neurodiversity and what this might mean for students with these diagnoses. 
• be able to define executive functioning skills and how lagging skills in these areas can impact a student's academics and behavior.
• be able to identify evidence based and high leverage practices to best support neurodiverse students.
• be able to access additional information to further support students parents and guardians.