Neurodiversity in the Classroom: Strength-Based Strategies to Help Students with Special Needs Succeed in School and Life

It really opens your mind to ways of thinking of students in the classroom, especially those labeled special education. I highly recommend it. I purchased it on kindle and found that format to be easy to read.

This book is a great "introduction" to the neurodiversity movement and reviews the positive niche construction, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and a strengths based approach. I recommended this book to my assistant principal since my district is doing work on using UDL and they are now using pieces of this text for our staff professional development.

Excellent book for any classroom teacher. I will implement many of the ideas for "good niche" construction in my class as soon as school starts.

This is a very positive book that changed my perspective on children with disabilities. It thinks outside the box, looking for the positive qualities in all students. I feel I will be much better able to teach a diverse classroom after reading this.My two criticisms are career aspirations and the chapter on children with emotional and behavior disabilities. I don't believe the purpose of schools is to prepare children for the work force, at least not until the end of high school. Instead, schools should expose children to everything (age appropriate) available to allow them to find a child's passion. For my second problem, I felt the strength based section for the emotional & behavior chapter was underdeveloped. The author does admit there isn't enough research, but I was still offended all he could muster was that they're creative. Despite speaking on mental illness being shoved under the rug he makes a weak argument of the benefits. It would have been better to break the group down into specific chapter than lumping them together, surely causing a single broad generalization.

It's really good for a textbook. It's not too dry but the structure of it gets kind of old because they have to repeat quite a bit in the first few chapters. After that it gets better.

This book is readable for the average person. Not too many big words.

Really interesting concise but thorough review of how to think about teaching diverse people at any age.

This book is very helpful in conveying that diversity is more than racial identity. It is an easy read which made it an easy one to pick up.

Armstrong's book provides a new and insightful perspective into a variety of conditions that have previously been considered accepted by many clinicians. Armstrong's account encourages us to think differently about special education and thereby appreciate the variations and gifts present in each of us.

Great to look positively and think about helping though young people strengths

Un ottimo libro, scritto con scientificità e passione. Si focalizza sui punti di forza dei DSA e dà delle soluzioni pratiche, corredate da esempi. Consigliato a tutti gli insegnanti, soprattutto se NON sono di sostegno, per aiutarli ad affrontare la neurodiversità in classe.

Contenido flojo, aunque prometedor y bien argumentado. Utilizable para master y estudios o investigaciones. No demasiado técnico. No aporta mucho en el ámbito de intervención con alumnos con trastornos de conducta.

Quick delivery, and fantastic book! I recommend this to any teacher or principal working with children with special needs, or any parents looking to advocate for their child's right to a mainstream education.