EP236 Six high-impact, low-burnout strategies to differentiate your lessons for neurodivergent kids (with Dr. Laura Fitzpatrick)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Differentiating learning for every student in your classroom can be incredibly exhausting and time-consuming. So, I've invited Dr. Laura Fitzpatrick on the show to talk about some streamlining tips.
Laura has been a 6th grade English Language Arts teacher for the past 8 years. She earned an M.A. in Special Education and Ed.D. in Inquiry-Based Learning, where her research primarily centered on teacher burnout.
Laura is also a writer for the Truth for Teachers collective, and she wrote an article about 6 high-impact, low-burnout strategies to differentiate for neurodivergent kids.
To put it more simply: Laura's sharing 6 ways to differentiate without drowning. Listen in!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 236 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host Angela Watson |
| 0:09.2 | and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators |
| 0:14.9 | and get you energized for the week ahead. Today we're talking high-impact, low-burnout |
| 0:20.3 | strategies for differentiating your lessons. Visit truthforteachers.com to get an easy |
| 0:25.9 | to read, easy to share, blog post version of this podcast episode. And you'll get a |
| 0:31.0 | sneak peek at our new truth for teachers' writers' collective that's launching soon. |
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