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/
","author_name":"Toni Kent"}