TPP 073: Non-Violent Communication, Whole-Person Learning, and Neurodiverse Students
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
46 min
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8 chapters
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What is Learn Inc. and how does its mission differ from traditional schools?
I have students coming to me that are in elementary school having been diagnosed with PTSD from their educational experiences. I have students in elementary school that have been kicked out of all of their learning facilities or have refused to go to school. And now I'm seeing those same students talk about our school through the terms of we. I'm seeing these students... come and propose project ideas. I'm seeing these students become leaders, really, for themselves and their peers.
Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber, and today I'm talking with Zach Morris, the Executive Director and Director of Development and Curriculum and Instruction at Learn, Inc. Learn, Inc. is a not-for-profit school in Missoula, Montana, in the U.S., and it's approaching education in a thoughtful and alternative way and with powerful results. And I just have to say that talking with Zach left me feeling inspired. hopeful and motivated. Zach believes there is a different way and he's doing his part to push the needle forward. Together, we talk about the philosophy of nonviolent communication, what can happen for our kids when we practice compassion with them, and how parents like us can bring some of Zach's philosophy into our lives to support our kids.
This was one of those mind equal blown conversations for me. I hope you like it. And before we get started, I wanted to invite you to join over 600 other parents and take part in our free virtual differently wired seven day challenge every day for seven days, you'll get a short video delivered to your inbox featuring a practical shift you can make in your world to help you have a more positive and optimistic experience in parenting your unique kid. You'll also be invited to join a private Facebook group with other parents who participated in the challenge. We've heard from parents that the challenge has made an immediate difference in their day to day life. And that's great news because that's exactly why we created it.
To sign up and get started right away, visit TiltParenting.com slash seven day. And now I'll get on with the show. Hey, Zach, welcome to the podcast.
Thanks, Debbie. Nice to be here.
Nice to have you on. We had a really interesting conversation last week, and I was furiously taking notes as we talked about all this stuff. So I'm really excited to bring our listeners in on the conversation. So as a way to get started, would you mind just telling us a little bit about who you are and what you're doing and through through your school?
Yeah, well, my full name is Zach Morris, and I am a learner. And that's really how I see myself. And I think that poises me in a space to be an educator and mostly being what I see an educator being is a model learner. And so I started a school called Learn Inc. that's built on some platforms of compassion and whole person learning. I'm really passionate about all of the needs and opportunities within education, sort of beyond academics. And we can get into that a little bit more. But I'm based in Missoula, Montana, and ultimately just trying to... change the paradigm of education, empower people in their autonomy and their choice in their learning and want to spread that to as many people as possible.
Well, hopefully this podcast will help get your message out to more people. But obviously, I mean, just in that introduction, you touched upon so many things that are in complete alignment with what we're doing until parenting and what we hope to do, which is shifting the parenting paradigm about how difference is perceived and experienced by parents so that, you know, feel more confident and peace in who they are. So there's a lot of alignment here. And so it was actually another guest on the podcast, Dr. Melissa Neff, who connected me with you. And she said, you have to check out what this guy's doing in education. And I went to your website for your school, and I was blown away by the model.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Learn Inc. and how does its mission differ from traditional schools?
0:00–6:51
2
How does non‑violent communication shape the school’s philosophy and daily practice?
6:51–14:29
3
Why does Zach say individualization and neurodiversity are the keys to effective education?
14:29–21:23
4
What does the ‘detox’ or healing period look like for students transitioning to Learn Inc.?
21:23–28:15
5
How do students transform from disengaged to empowered leaders within the program?
28:15–34:59
6
What practical steps can parents take to bring compassion‑based learning into their homes?
34:59–41:21
7
Why does Zach consider the phrase ‘I’m sorry’ a violent language, and what alternatives exist?
41:21–45:48
8
How does embracing choice and joyful willingness reshape education and parenting?
45:48–46:12
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