Episode 2: Neurodiversity, Label Stigma, & UDL with Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann & Alyssa Boucher

Learn about the neurodiversity view of learning disabilities like dyslexia, considerations for label stigma in the context of early identification of reading deficits, and how to apply principles of Universal Design for Learning in intervention.

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guests:

​Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann, Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Founder & Executive Director, EdTogether, Inc.

​Alyssa Boucher, Clinical Assistant Professor, Boston University ​

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Favorite Children’s Books
​Gabbie

• King Hugo’s Huge Ego by Chris Van Dusen

Alyssa

• The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen 

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Articles and Resources:
Gabbie Schlichtmann

• ​Gabbie’s blog
• Gabbie on twitter: @g_schlichtmann
• Gabbie on being a scientist with dyslexia

Alyssa Boucher
Study at Boston University

• We are currently recruiting preschool children (ages 4‐6) with speech sound disorders. Our goal is to learn more about the relationship between motor speech difficulties and early literacy skills. We are also gathering data for a new measure to help better identify and understand speech problems in young children. To learn more about the study, please email bouchera@bu.edu.

Neurodiversity

• From deficit remediation to capacity building: Learning to enable rather than disable students with dyslexia 
• The Advantages of Dyslexia
• Made by Dyslexia
• Noticeability
• Understood for learning and attention issues

Label Stigma

• Stigma Consciousness among adolescents with learning disabilities: Considering individual experiences of being stereotyped  
• Recursive processes in self-affirmation: Intervening to close the achievement gap 
• Samantha Daley’s study of psychological influences on reading comprehension
• “When the Classroom Feels Hostile: How Stigma, Stereotype, and Labels can
  Affect Kids with Learning Disabilities”
• The National Center for Learning Disability’s report on practical strategies to support students’ with LD self-advocacy and self-determination
• Labels, identity and narratives in children with primary speech and language impairments
• Well-Being and Resilience in Children With Speech and Language Disorders
• Attributional retraining  
• The Upside of Stress 

Universal Design for Learning 

• Open resource article explaining UDL
• Universal Design for Learning 
• Universal Design for Learning Series 
• What is CAST? 
• UDL #5: Top five technology trends in special education 
• Leap into LD micro-podcast
• Listening versus reading
• Using podcasts in class​

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