#LEANSproject

More about the #LEANSproject, which released its materials for teaching kids about neurodiversity exactly three years ago:
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Learning About Neurodiversity at School (LEANS) A free programme for mainstream primary schools to introduce pupils aged 8-11 years to the concept of neurodiversity, and how it impacts our experiences at school.

Haven't seen #LEANSproject? Our website is a one-stop shop to download the resources, get articles and recorded talks, and answer all your questions. Visit us here: salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/leans

A colourful and celebratory image on a yellow-and-white background. On the left, dark blue block text spells out "LEANS is 3!". Smaller orange text below says "(cake time)". Three cartoon illustrations of white cakes with rainbow sprinkles and silver cake servers fill the right side of the frame.

Last week, the Learning About Neurodiversity at School #LEANSproject celebrated 3 years since releasing our 100% free classroom resources.
Changing minds and practices takes time--thank you SO much for continuing to download, share, and use LEANS, wherever you are in the world!

Part 2 of our conversation with @a_m_alcorn0131 all about the #LEANSproject and #neurodiversity is out tomorrow!

In this ep we chat about the research that helped shape the LEANS resources and the views of the children who took part in the LEANS programme study.

Missed the news at the start of this month? Our big #LEANSproject paper finally came out, reporting a feasibility study of our neurodiversity teaching programme in schools 🥳
Download our open-access publication today (free for everyone--this means you!) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🔔NEW EPISODE🔔

Part 1/2 with the fab Alyssa M Alcorn who talks about Learning About Neurodiversity at School #LEANSproject and the research that helped develop it at SMRC Research. In this ep we chat about what #neurodiversity is and outline the #LEANS programme.

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NEW PUBLICATION!
The report on our Learning About Neurodiversity at School #LEANSproject feasibility study is published today! Many, many thanks again to the participating schools, the LEANS research/design teams, and our colleagues at SMRC 💛
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A commentary on children's books about autism: What messages do they send about neurodiversity? Children's books about autism have the potential to promote neurodiversity, but they also have the potential to (unintentionally) work against it. It is important to make informed and individualized ...

This was popular on Twitter so cross-posting!
Saw this open-access paper that may interest teachers/families/community interested in #neurodiversity resources or #LEANSproject: "A commentary on children's books about autism: What messages do they send about neurodiversity?"
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In my ITAKOM talk, I spoke about the Learning About Neurodiversity at School #LEANSproject plus our impact work with families, educators, and community. Watch it here (and don't miss the other talk in the session! Really fun one on surf therapy) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3HR...