What special needs tell us about schools

As alternative educational settings we often hear from parents of children struggling with the mainstream approach to learning. Children who need to move more than the school day allows for, find it hard to focus on work they aren’t interested in or simply learn in different ways than their peers.  It’s not surprising that parents look elsewhere for something that suits their child.  But yet we can’t help but think that something must be deeply wrong for so many children to find it so hard to thrive in our school system.  And that’s the topic of our podcast this week as we talk to clinical psychologist and mum of two, Dr. Naomi Fisher, about her experiences of children with special educational needs and the implications their behaviour has for our schools.

Find out more:

Troublemakers by Carla Shalaby

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1620972360

Articles by Naomi:

https://eastkentsudburyschool.org.uk/news/canaries/

https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/march-2020/schools-out

https://eastkentsudburyschool.org.uk/learning/what-about-autism/

Guests:  Dr. Naomi Fisher, a clinical psychologist and mother of two who have always been self-directed.  Naomi writes about child development, psychology and self-directed education.  Look out for Naomi’s forthcoming book Changing Our Minds.

Get in touch with the show: [email protected]