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Back to School and Neurodivergence: the Need for Additional Supports

From Special Education in Five Minutes · Hosted by David Poeschl

2026-09-08·324

Episode summary

In this episode of Special Education in Five Minutes: While back to school time is exciting and fun for some students, neurodivergent kids often suffer severe anxiety that sometimes leads to school refusal. What can the parents of neurodivergent students do to help the situation?

Original publisher description

While back to school time is exciting and fun for some students, neurodivergent kids often suffer severe anxiety that sometimes leads to school refusal. What can the parents of neurodivergent students do to help the situation? This episode looks briefly at the problem, but spends more time on how to provide the supports needed for a neurodivergent…