Unschooling and Neurodivergence: Honouring Different Learning Paths with Iris Wong

Heidi Steel talks with Iris Wong about her unschooling journey, neurodivergence, and supporting children's unique learning experiences.

Highlights:

• Navigating Neurodivergent Unschooling: Challenges traditional educational models that don't support neurodivergent children

• Recognising and Healing from Educational Burnout: Iris's son experienced early school burnout, leading them to unschooling

• Gaming as a Learning Platform: Discusses gaming as a valuable learning and exploration tool

• Executive Functioning and Neurodiversity: Emphasises the importance of validating children's experiences and providing autonomy

Guest Bio: Iris Wong is a late-diagnosed autistic and ADHD parent, speech therapist, and executive functioning coach from Northern California. She's unschooling two children and brings a compassionate, neurodivergent-affirming perspective to education.

Connect with Iris: https://eftoolkit.com/

Listener Takeaways:

• Education can look different for every child

• Supporting a child's interests is crucial to their learning

• Neurodivergent children need flexible, understanding environments