Embracing the Exceptions: Meeting the Needs of Neurodivergent Students of Color [Paperback]

Introduction? Chapter 1.?Talking Out Of Turn: On Being Seen As a Classroom Disruption? Chapter 2.?Making Meaning: On The Unique Ways We Communicate? Chapter 3. Getting Things Done: On Completing (And Not Completing) Assigned Tasks? Chapter 4. Coloring Outside the Lines: On Doing Things Our Own Way? Chapter 5.?Remembering and Forgetting: On Having The Best and Worst Memory At the Same Time? Chapter 6.?Staying Out Of View: On Masking And Its Psychological Toll? Chapter 7.?Following Recipes: On The Trouble With Multi-Step Instructions? Chapter 8. Turning the Volume Down:?On Sensory Overload and Its Many Manifestations? Chapter 9.?Trying to Catch the Express Train: On The Search for Hyperfocus? Chapter 10.?Catching Our Breath: On Emotional Volatility? Chapter 11.?Being an Easy Target: On the Persistent Perception of Social Rejection? Chapter 12.?Beating Ourselves Up: On The Corrosive Nature of Shame? Chapter 13.?Outrunning the Pack: On The Ways We Can Excel When We're Supported? Conclusion

How can we help teachers reach all students, honor their full humility, and?understand how ableism and racism intersect? This book blends narrative?with?interviews to show what would help neurodivergent students of color feel supported and cared for in schools, and to demonstrate how much better their lives could be when they feel that love.

JPB Gerald is an adult educator and theorist, and a 2022 graduate of the EdD program in Instructional Leadership from CUNY  Hunter College, USA. Through his writing, teaching, podcast and his public scholarship overall, he seeks justice for the racially, linguistically and neurologically minoritized.

Embracing the Exceptions?is a MUST-READ for all educators and adults who teach or live with those who learn and perceive the world differently. The personal narratives in this book critique most existing practices and offer clarity l3: