1.30 neurodiversity + self-directed learning with Demetria The Unschool Files

in episode 30 of the podcast, Meghan is speaking with an Austin based unschooling Mama named Demetria on raising Neurodiverse children without school. they discuss her transition from school to a restful home life, strategies for coping to be able to self-direct, and reflect on some vulnerable things as it relates to school and the harm it perpetuates.

find meghan at theunschoolfiles.com
on Instagram @theunschoolfiles
and you can Email me at theunschoolfiles@gmail.com

Demetrias Resources!

Tik Tok
@destini.ann
@domesticblisters
@oneausomemom
@carringtonlbruton
@ellaellaw
@harrythompsonpda
@unschooledandunbothered

IG
@asiatu.coach
@makeba_celeste
@prntgdcolonized
@fareofthefreechild
@theintuitivehomeschooler
@neurodivercity
@actuallyautisticalien
@neurodivergentrebel
@actuallyautistictiktoks
@unschoolingmom2mom

Podcasts
Fare of the Free Child
Honey I’m Homeschooling the Kids
Exploring Unschooling
Sage Family
Use Your Outside Voice! unschooling podcast
Audacious Autistics (YouTube & Spotify)
ADHD Experts podcast ADDitude Strategies and Support for ADHD & LD
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka
Self-Directed Learning & Neurodiversity, Terri Cox

YouTube
Lucy at Life Without School

Books
Ross W Greene, PhD: Raising Human Beings, The Explosive Child
Alfie Kohn: Unconditional Parenting, Punished by Rewards
Shefali Tsabary: The Conscious Parent, The Awakened Family
Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
Free to Learn by Peter Gray
Children Learn by John Holt
Introverted Mom by Jamie C Martin
The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron
Differently Wired by Deborah Reber
The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel MD & Tina Payne Bryson PhD
Unschooled by Kerry McDonald & Peter Gray
Deschooling Gently by Tammy Takahashi

**Demetria always emphasizes extracting what works for your family/lifestyle, and leaving the rest when it comes to any types of resources**