Beginning
This year I'm going to be studying towards a graduate diploma in education and psychology at Victoria University of Wellington, which I'm very much looking forward to. I'm planning to document my thoughts and experiences along the way, key insights I'm having on my own personal learning journey, as well as reflections on neurodiverse learning experiences more generally in our education system. My background has been working with children on the autism spectrum as both a teacher aide an a community therapist at an autism clinic in Wellington. It's been an interesting journey so far. I've learnt about how vast the human experience is and how unique we all truly are. And yet, even with our all our differing needs we are also all influenced by the same educational principles. I've learnt how sensitive, resillient, patient and holistic you have to be when considering working with young people with more complex needs than your average person. Of course we all requ...