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CEO & Founder Gaia Learning ?? | schools online learning partner improving engagement & outcomes for #neurodivergent young people ?? | Classes | Courses | Community | TEDx (Looking to partner with Schools & MATs)

Well, who knew!? ?? I’ve got two kids, girls. Annabelle aged 10 and Poppy aged 8. I love them both and am incredibly proud of them - for 1000s of things, many of which I’ll share in 2023 when the time is right… ?? Annabelle is that popular girl at school. She’s head girl, academically strong, loads of friends, gymnastics superstar. She’s laid back, easy going and friends with everyone. Everyone loves her. ?? Poppy is funny, kind, loving, hillarious actually, savvy, smart, and also… sensory. Let’s put it that way. We don’t have a “diagnosis” for Poppy, she has a care plan at school, she has “tools” to help her manage her anger, and as she told a friend on the weekend she “has anger issues”. (?? Little did Poppy know that friend was an educational psychologist - a real friend, it wasn’t a therapy session!) A couple of years ago I thought Poppy had PDA - pathological demand avoidance - Google it. Poppy showed ALL of the signs. ???? Now Poppy had never been ice skating until yesterday. Poppy would often struggle with fitted shoes, leggings, new environments, loud noises, sensory overload ?? ice skating ?? in hired boots in central london ticks all of those boxes.??♀? But yesterday, poppy flew. She was the happiest I’ve seen her in a long time, doing something new, showcasing her capability, I think she felt free. She didn’t complain once she was thriving.?????? and I was gobsmacked (and comforting Annabelle whilst pushing a giant “stabiliser” snowman) My worry of how Poppy would be, disappeared and I realised I had got so used to managing her, and in reality, managing myself that I went into this situation blinkered. Expecting one thing and getting something totally different. Meanwhile Annabelle who thought she’d be amazing at ice skating took a good while longer to get her head around it! ?? I wondered how often do we do that? Probably daily. And that’s how systems are formed, expected behaviours, reactions, we identify them, we manage them and we learn how to respond. But what if we looked at every child without the blinkers every day. If we assumed they could, they can, they will, they’ll succeed, they’ll love it. And if when we saw the glimmer of light and indication they’re happy we built their education, their life around that. Around the things that they truly respond to and love!? What if we really could personalise their education? Theme their learning to the things they love. Well Kirstin Coughtrie and I are trying?? with Hybrid School Ltd and Gaia Learning And in the meantime, wish me luck!! ?? Annabelle, Poppy and I are off ice skating again on Thursday… just when the bruises would have disappeared ready for some more for Xmas! #love #education #boundaryfree #personalisedlearning #onlineschool

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Antonia Borneo

Good population outcomes require good public policy.

1 年

Ah I was probably a lot like Poppy when I was young. What I perceived to be anger issues (now I know it’s not actually anger) and my love of any kind of fast movement (that I was in control of). I love this ????????

Simon Calderbank

I've helped 100's of women leaders shift the baggage holding them back to reframe their beliefs, reclaim their clarity & purpose. Positive leadership mindset coaching that sticks. RESULTS IN 12 SESSIONS.

1 年

Now that is the best ever Crimbo pressie, Kate ??????

Emmanuel Adeloju

PhDing @ASU | Education & Machine Learning

1 年

I assure you Kate Carney, the precursor to difficulty in learning of children is being told what to or how to learn and not giving them opportunity to choose. The best way to teach children is to allow them try until they exhaust all the techniques they know, then teaching them your own way would make more sense.

Georgina Breeze

Director at Brown Shipley

1 年

Love this, thank you for sharing

Ahmad Hussein

Operations Manager .Hospitals Management

1 年

It's my pleasure mutual connect. Support. Send me request please

Ahmad Hussein

Operations Manager .Hospitals Management

1 年

insightful

Jeanette Watson

Passionate Web Designer & SEO Expert | Crafting Engaging Websites for Enhanced Online Visibility

1 年

Love this and I'd never even heard of PDA, really interesting.

?? Martin Edwards

Delivering Outdoor campaigns across the UK with the highest quality classic and digital sites.

1 年
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