If you're navigating complex questions...
Your PDA child/teen wants to go to school but is dysregulated by attending...
You're considering unschooling but are nervous to take the plunge...
You want to pull your child or teen from school but need childcare...
You need fresh advocacy strategies for a PDA child or teen in school...
... we made The School Question for you.
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It all starts with a premise:
School is a strategy, not a need.
In this course you will:
Unpack the cultural context of school and why it's often a mismatch for PDAers
Master the powerful tool of Design Thinking to create a life that helps your unique PDAer thrive, in or out of school
Learn detailed, concrete tools for advocacy within schools
Pass on transformative materials to educators
Leave empowered, relieved, and ready to craft a life that works for your unique child and family.
Taught by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman &
Jenna Goldstein, MS/CAGS, certified school psychologist
Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman is a PDA Autistic woman and proud mama of an unschooled PDA child who burnt out after a few years in school. She is the creator of the strengths-based PDA Safe Circle® Approach and founder of The PDA Safe Circle®, a transformative online community for PDAers and their loved ones.
After a previous career in Jewish congregational leadership and climate activism, she is now known for her in-depth content on PDA for all ages, and is a sought-after coach and trainer for clinicians, parents, and PDA adults.
Jenna Goldstein, MS/CAGS, Certified School Psychologist is an Autistic woman, school psychologist, and parent to neurodivergent children including one PDAer – the '3' perspectives of her practice, 'ND3'. Jenna brings a 360-degree view of children, families, and systems to her work.
After 15 years as a school psychologist in public schools, Jenna launched ND3 to offer counseling to children and teens, consultations with caregivers and professionals, and trainings for organizations that are uncompromisingly neuro-affirming and neuroscience-informed. More at ND3.
Shoshana and Jenna acknowledge their racial and class privilege. The School Question invites all participants to reflect on their cultural positionality and offers tools for working within the real constraints families face across race, class, and intersecting disabilities.