The podcast that uses inspiring career stories to challenge the idea that you have to go to university straight out of school if you want to get on in life.
#careerspodcast #lifestories #careerstories #careers #careerinspiration
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The podcast that uses inspiring career stories to challenge the idea that you have to go to university straight out of school if you want to get on in life.
#careerspodcast #lifestories #careerstories #careers #careerinspiration
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How do you cope with school when you're neurodivergent?
And what do you do when your child is neurodivergent but you can no longer afford to send them to a school that gives them the support that they need?
Kirstin Coughtrie is the Founder and Innovation Architect of Gaia Learning - an award-winning online school for neurodivergent thinkers. Gaia was born out of Kirstin's own experiences of the education system as a pupil, teacher and parent of a child with additional needs. In our conversation, we discuss how Kirstin:
* Moved to a whole new system of schooling in the UK aged 11
* Taught herself to learn in a way that allowed her to make friends and please teachers (something she now understands were signs of her own ADHD)
* Discovered why many parents of children with ADHD and autism choose private schooling
* Found herself in the position of creating an online school that was one of the first to be registered as a Cambridge International School and is recognised as Alternative Provision
* Believes we can re-imagine schooling inline with Gaia principles
To find out more, visit: https://www.gaialearning.co.uk/
You can also connect with Kirstin via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstin/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.