Learning and Thinking Differences: A Playbook for Schools, Service Providers & Advocates

This Playbook stems from two bodies of research:

The Parent Journey illustrates how families navigate getting support for their children’s learning differences.

The Teacher & Principal Lens provides the educator perspective, shining a light on what’s needed for schools to better support students with learning differences.

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Educator and Family Voices

Family and Educator Resources To Support Children With Learning Differences

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    Go Beyond Grades

    Resources, videos and more to support partnership between teachers and families.

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    The Research

    Find the research decks here, along with a Glossary of key words and phrases and more.

     

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    Messaging and Actionable Insights

    These documents provide messaging guidance as well as actionable recommendations based on the research.

     

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    Social Media Toolkit

    These toolkits, including creative infographics and parent videos for social media, can be used to share the specific research findings and insights from each body of research.

     

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FUNDING PARTNER

RESEARCH PARTNER

Thank you to OAK Foundation for making The Parent Journey possible, and to Understood.org for its support of The Teacher & Principal Lens.

The Teacher & Principal Lens was conducted in collaboration with the NeuroEquity Research Collaborative, a consortium of organizations committed to spotlighting key issues of neurodivergence and neuroequity.

* The Parent Journey: Cracking the Code for Families of Children with Learning Differences, Learning Heroes in partnership with Edge Research (2023)

** The Teacher & Principal Lens: Opportunities for Equitable Support for Students with Learning Differences, NeuroEquity Research Collaborative (2024)