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GETTING REEL


Neurodiversity Celebration Week Student Panel 2025
We will discuss how students' strengths helped them overcome challenges, what schools and parents can do to best support K-12 2e learners, and hear advice for students who are struggling.
Mar 15


REEL’s Inaugural K-12 Strengths Fair: A Celebration of Neurodiversity and Connection
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us for our inaugural K-12 Strengths Fair on Sunday, March 9! The event was a huge success,...
Mar 15


2025 REEL Strengths Fair "Neurodivergent and Strong: Developing Our Superpowers"
Sam Young of Young Scholars Academy talks about focusing on the strengths of the child to develop positive learning outcomes.
Mar 14


2025 REEL Strengths Fair, How to build a "can’t help but thrive" task management system w/ Sam Young
In this recording from the 2025 REEL Strengths Fair, Sam Young discusses ways to help your student plan and organize. Link to resource at the end: https://youngscholarsacademy.org/courses/self-paced/demo-optin
Mar 14


2025 REEL Strengths Fair "Neurodiversity Unleashed: Turning Dyslexic Traits into Tools for Success"
Gil Gershoni of Dyslexic Thinking and Gershoni Creative discusses strengths of the dyslexic mind.
Mar 11


February 2025 Executive Director Update
Dear REEL community,Happy New Year! I hope your 2025 is off to a great start. Over the past few weeks, REEL has been working on our own...
Feb 7


An Unstructured Gap Year: Notes from the Field
My 2e kid is a full body laugh-er. But, up until a few months ago, I had forgotten. My daughter hasn’t always struggled. There was a time...
Jan 30


Writing Solutions for 2e Learners
This panel will delve into the intricacies of writing challenges faced by 2e learners, exploring how writing draws on multiple cognitive, linguistic, and motor skills that can be impacted by a variety of exceptionalities such as ADHD, dysgraphia, or executive functioning difficulties. We’ll explore the mismatch between their creative or analytical thinking and their ability to express those ideas in written form. Our panel of writing experts - Dr. Austina De Bonte from Smart
Jan 24
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