This digital resource emerged from the Early Childhood Neurodiversity Project - an a/r/tographic, neurodivergent-led research project, seed funded by Unimelb Faculty of Education. It explores what matters to neurodivergent early childhood teachers and educators - from the strengths they bring to teaching young children, to the intersectional challenges they face in the sector and how we might create more responsive, neuro-inclusive and sensorially safe ECEC services for the future.<p></p>
NTRO Output Type
- Recorded or Rendered Work
NTRO Output Category
- Recorded or Rendered Work : Digital creative work
Place
Naarm Melbourne, AustraliaVenue
onlineNTRO Publisher
PadletMedium
Digital MediaResearch Statement
This resource emerged from a project exploring the stories, narratives and lived experiences of neurodivergent early childhood teachers in Australia. Responding to the lack of literature regarding neurodivergent teachers and educators in the ECEC workforce, it explores what responsive, neuro-inclusive learning ecologies (places, people, policies and pedagogies) look like for neurodivergent early childhood professionals in Australia.
This composition generates new knowledge regarding neurodivergent EC teachers. It identifies strengths, challenges and culturally responsive practices and policies which support neuro-inclusivity in the EC workforce. The work amplifies the perspectives of neurodivergent EC professionals, articulating neuro-affirming approaches to workforce diversity
Exploring an under-researched area of the ECEC workforce, it provides insight into inclusivity as manifested in policies, practices and approaches identified by neurodivergent teachers and educators themselves - supporting neuro-inclusivity, cultural responsiveness and wellbeing in the EC workforceSize or Duration of Work
2076x6220Affiliation
Ame Christiansen, University of Melbourne
