Decoding Learning Differences with Kimberlynn Lavelle

• Dyslexia Diaries

  Are you dyslexic?   Is your child?   Someone you know well?   Chances are that you answered yes to at least one of those! And yet, for most people, dyslexia is still a mystery!  Myths still abound, and kids with dyslexia often feel alone and different.     Feeling alone and different leads to lower self-confidence and can further impact academic success as well as friendships and navigating social situations.   Kids need to know that they’re not alone, and actually far from it!   Adults need to know some essential facts and truths about dyslexia.   @Dyslexia_Diaries on Instagram aims to do just that!  They’re busting myths and sharing stories and doing what they can to educate the public and ensure that kids don’t feel alone with their dyslexia.   Listen to this week’s podcast with Dyslexia Diaries!   Then be sure to share your own stories of dyslexia!

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• Restorative Justice in Education with Nicholas Bradford

  Restorative Justice is about accountability and making repairs. It’s about emotional intelligence and building relationships. It’s about investing in people with time and patience. Listen in to this week’s podcast to learn more about Restorative Justice in Education including what it can look like, and how it can change a school’s disciplinary system to a system with redemption built-in. To help you with some notes you may want to take while listening: In this episode, Nicholas Bradford shares 4 questions that drive a restorative justice conversation: What happened? What was the thinking?/ What were you trying to accomplish? Who was impacted and how? How do we move forward? He also shared 5 overarching principles of Restorative Justice: Conflict Happens; let’s talk about it Engage all stake holders Empower the author and the victim Value Empathy; Connection over shame Develop Agency Additionally, (although this is not the official layout of a Restorative Justice system) an RJ system typically includes: Preventative Work: Relationship- building Self- Reflection Social and Emotional Intelligence Intervention Work: Self-Reflection Accountability Recognizing Impact Making it Right (if needed) Learn more about Nicholas Bradford’s work at: https://www.nationalcenterforrestorativejustice.com/  https://www.linkedin.com/company/nationalcenterforrestorativejustice/ 

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• Are Microschools the Answer? with David K Richards

  Are Microschools the Answer?   Summer break is here or nearly here.  Are you thinking ahead to next school year?  You may be worrying about if your child will lose progress over the summer and you may be looking for ways to maintain their educational levels.  (Hit reply and let me know if you’d like to discuss tutoring options) OR   You may be wondering if you need to change schools for your kiddo.  Maybe that school they’re at has not been serving them well and you’re just so tired of the fight.     Seeing schools fail to meet the needs of kids breaks my heart every day.  I know those educators went into the field to help kids, but things are complicated and now they’re fighting with parents over what the kids actually need and no one feels like they can trust the others.   Have you heard of microschools?  A microschool may be just what you’re looking for to solve the educational difficulties your kiddo is facing.  Small communities of parents and teachers working together to best meet the needs of the kids?  Sign me up!   Check out Changemaker Education here! https://www.changemakereducation.com/

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• The Motivating Power of Setting Expectations

  Video Version available at DecodingLearningDifferences.com   In previous seasons, we have talked EXTENSIVELY about motivation and because it is such a critical part of a child’s academic success and overcoming learning challenges, I’ll always keep bringing it up again and again!   This week we’re diving into a quick and easy way to motivate a child.  It won’t work for every child every time.  And it won’t work if your mindset going into it isn’t clear and motivating.     And yet, overall, it’s such a simple action to take to increase learning!  

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• Do Educators Lie?

  Video Version available at DecodingLearningDifferences.com   I recently was confronted (on this podcast episode!) with a myth that I had spread widely believing to be true: that learners retain 90% of what they teach.  I had never believed that the pyramid this fact was based off of was exact or precise but rather a generalization of lots of research.  It also was supported by the real-life experiences I had.   And yet– I had trusted the sources that first told me about this pyramid.  That led me to spread it to others and so on, and if any of us had looked into deeply, we would have seen it’s just a common myth that has spread WIDELY!   So, do educators lie? Sometimes.  And sometimes educators fall for misinformation just like everyone else.  So what do we do about it?  Check the facts!  And set the record straight when you can!

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