Dr. Michael Postma
speaker
697 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2017
last heard Jul 2022
Dr. Michael Postma’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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and make the day a little bit more enjoyable for a twice-exceptional child.
It doesn't mean you have to do everything, but there are certain things you can do, giving them extra time on tests, giving them limbic breaks where they can just get out and just reconnect with themselves a little bit.
Those little things, giving them leeway in the hallways where maybe they leave it two minutes early so they don't have to face the crowds, especially at the high school, where that can be overwhelming.
You know, little things like that can really assist our current twice exceptional kids to be able to navigate through this system.
And as a teacher, if I don't know a lot, maybe you have a colleague that does.
Placement with different types of teachers that maybe have more training and understanding.
You know, the one thing I always emphasize is empathy.
I've always said when I hired teachers in the past, I said, I can teach you all the skills, but I can't teach you empathy.
And
If they don't have the empathy, it's very difficult to teach one of these children.
Well, I wrote it primarily because we've struggled so much.
so much with our own children.
Our oldest is actually on her own in Minneapolis and doing quite well.
Almost a miracle, but she made it.
But our second, Sean, is 19, going on 20, and he's not been in school since early ninth grade.
He just couldn't do it.
Alex is 17, a senior, but struggles with incredible anxiety and stress and depression.
And Amanda is our artist who, again, hasn't been in school for a number of years at 16.
And she speaks.
She's a nonverbal who speaks through her art.
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