Nicole Tetreault
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first heard May 2020
last heard Jun 2021
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So many look at a gifted kid and they think, oh, well, why aren't you getting straight A's?
And they miss the piece about a child who could have a learning difference or a child who can, you know, potentially um not be engaged because they may already know the material.
Okay, yeah.
So how I came about the book um really was kind of a journey to um
kind of take a deep dive into what we have entrenched in our society about um intelligence and giftedness and neurodiversity and to kind of really provide the latest um scientific information for parents and educators to really understand the complexities that goes on in neurodiversity.
Diverse kids.
You know, my son was identified as gifted and in third grade, and it really reshaped my entire life of how I parented him because what I had to really do was step outside of myself.
and see him and nurture him as a as his
divine essence and kind of bringing who he is to light.
And in that, you know, I know that often neurodiverse kids struggle with the ways that they don't fit in
to society's standard box.
They're very um unique and unconventional.
And I really wanted to give the scientific background of what's happening in the brain and the body of individuals so
Really, we can have a more compassionate dialogue and greater acceptance for neurodiverse kids.
And adults, you know, I mean, often it's not too far that when parents figure out they have a neurodiverse kid, they say, Oh my goodness, I've been dealing with all these different things my entire life.
And
Another big piece for me was reading all the different work that was out there, starting with James T.
Webb and Susan Daniels and your book, and the things that you kind of discover along the way that, oh, I'm neurodiverse too.
And I've been kind of, you know, hiding pieces, you know, and being in this sort of shadow.
form.
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