TPP 515: Dr. Emily King & the Neurodivergent Learner: A New Approach to Your Child's Success
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What inspired Dr. Emily King to write *The Neurodivergent Learner*?
I'm Debbie Reber, and this is Full Tilled Parenting. Today I'm bringing back to the show Dr. Emily King, a child psychologist who spent more than 20 years working with neurodivergent youth in both school settings and private practice, and who is passionate about ensuring our kids are understood and supported in schools. Toward that end, she has a brand new book out that I'm really excited about. It's called The Neurodivergent Learner a New Approach to Your Child's Success. Success in the classroom and beyond, which is really the book I wish I'd had when I was parenting a young, differently wired kid who was definitely not experiencing success in the classroom. Emily's also the creator of the NeuroDiverse Classroom, which is a professional development curriculum for educators.
And she's been on the show before, most recently, talking about the importance of redefining success for our kids. But in this episode, we're going to explore. Some of the concepts in Emily's new book, including why safety and regulation are foundational for learning, how even one positive relationship at school can really shape the outcome for our kids, practical ways that parents can partner with schools, and how to approach things like homework that can be really tricky. This is a great chat with Emily as always. So let's get to it. Here's Dr. Emily King on the Neurodivergent Learner. Hey Emily, welcome back to the podcast.
Hey Debbie, thanks so much for having me.
Well, I'm excited because I have known about this book for quite a while. And in fact, last time you were on the podcast, I knew it was coming and I was like, Oh my gosh, I can't wait for that book. And now it's finally here. So first of all, congratulations. You're approaching the finish line.
So excited to have it out in the world and I'm so honored that people are reading it and talking about it and I can't wait to Hear your questions and start discussions.
Your brand new book is called The Neurodivergent Learner, A New Approach to Your Child's Success in the Classroom and Beyond. And again, when I heard you were writing this like a year or two ago, it's like, oh, I'm so glad we need this book. So tell us about why you felt so strongly about getting this out into the world.
As a mom of neurodivergent boys, and then as a child psychologist and former school psychologist, I had lived all these different parallel journeys, right? As a clinician, as a parent. But then I started working with teachers more, working with parents more, and there's such a disconnect between mental health and education when it comes to neurodivergent learners. It truly is a Venn diagram. You cannot just know about education and teach them or know about mental health. And treat them. It is a Venn diagram, I feel like, between the medical, the educational, and the developmental, which is different from the medical. Because as a psychologist, I'm trained on human learning development. And so I see it from that lens.
And then I see how things interfere with that when when it comes to autism and ADHD. And learning disabilities. And then there's just the environmental stuff that happens with anxiety and family dynamics and the stress on schools all over the world for different reasons. So none of this occurs in a vacuum, but I feel like parents go to teachers, parents go to therapists, parents go to each other, right? And they never get that. rounded approach to but how do I help this child learn? And I wanted to make sure that the book was part for advocating within an educational setting, but also I really want all the readers to come away with the idea because half the book talks about learning outside of the classroom.
So The idea that learning is lifelong, can happen anywhere. We culturally put so much emphasis on achievement. And that's the new approach that I'm coming to with this book is it's not all about achievement. And that's true for everyone, but it is so true for our kids who have so many gifts to share. And it may not be able to be measured in achievement.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What inspired Dr. Emily King to write *The Neurodivergent Learner*?
0:02–6:06
2
How does understanding the autonomic nervous system create a foundation for learning?
6:06–12:37
3
Why is felt safety and connection at school essential for neurodivergent kids?
12:37–19:24
4
How can parents evaluate and choose a school that truly fits their neurodivergent child?
19:24–26:38
5
What strategies does the book recommend for scaffolding homework for neurodivergent learners?
26:38–34:18
6
How do external motivation systems like PBIS impact neurodivergent students?
34:18–41:38
7
Why should social satisfaction, not just social achievement, guide friendships for neurodivergent kids?
41:38–46:13
Speakers
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