How to Prepare Your Neurodivergent Child for the New School Year

In this episode, we talk with Sarah Bass, Beyond the Spectrum’s Advanced Learning Center Program Director, about what families can do to prepare their children for the new school.

These include strategies for warming your student up for school and preparing them for all the new inputs they will be experiencing. Sarah also provides examples of sensory items students can bring to help their first week anxiety. Sarah also provides advice for teachers, experienced and inexperienced.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introducing Sarah Bass and announcements

(01:50) What should families be thinking about before starting a new school year?

(03:50) How can families prepare for new sensory inputs?

(05:30) What can families do schedule-wise to prepare their students?

(06:30) Preparing your students for social interactions

(07:25) How can parents prepare their students for a new school?

(08:55) What should teachers know?

(10:05) What is pairing?

(11:10) What can make a lesson plan meaningful?

(12:45) Advice for brand new teachers

(14:30) How can parents and teachers work together to help a child reach their goals?

(17:00) Teaching success stories

(19:40) Upcoming for new school year

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