Foundations for Divergent Minds/Fundamentals of the Divergent Minds Framework

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Fundamentals of the Divergent Minds Framework

  • 8 Lessons

This course delivers practical insights into the Divergent Minds framework. It equips participants to assist neurodivergent people by addressing sensory integration, executive functioning, communication, social interaction, and emotional regulation. It emphasizes the principle that our struggles stem from environmental mismatches and provides strategies to support​. Each lesson will drop as soon as it is available.

Contents

Overview of the Divergent Minds Framework

This section provides an introduction to the Divergent Minds Framework and neurodiversity. It offers insights into neurodevelopmental disabilities and the importance of supporting individuals with these conditions. By the end of this section, you'll understand the six key areas affecting these individuals and strategies to better support them.

Why Do We Support?

Explore the Five Foundations

This section delves into the five pillars of the Divergent Minds Framework: sensory integration, executive functioning, communication, social interaction, and emotional regulation. Each lesson in this section focuses on a single pillar, providing a thorough understanding of its significance and strategies to support neurodivergent individuals effectively.

Foundation 1: Sensory Integration
Foundation 2: Executive Functioning
Foundation 3: Communication
Foundation 4: Social Interaction
Foundation 5: Emotional Regulation

Building the Framework

This section of the course provides a detailed guide on how to apply the Divergent Minds Framework in real-world scenarios. The lessons focus on understanding the individual traits of neurodivergent people and developing personalized support systems to enhance their lives.

Structuring Support Systems
Planning for the Future

Instructors

Oswin Latimer
(fae/they)

Oswin Latimer is an Autistic, Choctaw, Trans, Queer activist and educator with a long history of working against supremacism in faer disability justice work. Fae has extensive experience doing policy work in education, healthcare, and employment. Oswin also acts as an Autistic consultant and provides anti-ableist education and support for dismantling oppressive practices that particularly harm disabled, 2SLGBTQIA+, and BIPoC folx. Oswin has participated in many presentations, panels, documentaries and podcasts over the last decade. In addition to faer activism, Oswin is most proud of faer children, who range from elementary aged to young adult and who are all neurodivergent. Oswin has applied (and applies) faer work into advocacy for and alongside faer kids.