NeuroTangents

By Vermont Higher Education Collaborative - Hannah Markos, Alicia Beth

NeuroTangents is hosted by Hannah Markos and Alicia Beth of the Vermont Higher Education Collaborative. It was created to provide accessible information to educators about neurodiversity-related is

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How many episodes does NeuroTangents have?

The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.

NeuroTangents episodes:

January 24, 2025 Season 1 Bonus Episode: Wrapping Up & Looking Ahead
Hannah and Alicia discuss the Neurodiversity related issues that they've been thinking about lately, connections to season 1, and future topics for the NeuroTangents podcast.
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34min
January 17, 2025 Staying Curious with Brenda Atwater and Megan Pennell Seidner
Brenda and Megan join Alicia and Hannah to talk about teaching young children in ways that enable them to better understand themselves and each other through a neurodiversity affirming lens.
Brenda and Megan discuss the work they completed for Molly Bumpas's spring course in 2024. This course will run again in March 2025 and registration is open. Visit Vthec.org and click "register" to sign up!
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50min
January 10, 2025 Safe Nervous Systems with Dr. Casey Ehrlich
Casey Ehrlich, Ph. D., joins Hannah and Alicia to talk about PDA—how we define it, how we think about it, and how teachers and parents can find shared understanding and provide effective support to students with nervous system disabilities.
Interested in learning more about inclusive education? Check out our upcoming courses and workshops, including this in-person PD by UDL expert Loui Lord Nelson, Ph.D., to be held on 5/8/25:
https://www.vthec.org/event/inclusive-design-leveraging-udl-mtss-and-ai-in-curriculum-planning/
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1h 17min
January 03, 2025 Comfort before Communication with Dr. Kate Gibson
Kate Gibson, a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety, trauma, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), and behavioral problems, with a subspeciality in Selective Mutism, joins Hannah and Alicia today to talk about Social Anxiety and Selective Mutism (SM).
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1h 12min
December 20, 2024 Who’s Missing? With Dr. Shelley Moore
Teacher, researcher, speaker and story teller Dr. Shelley Moore of Five Moore Minutes joins Hannah and Alicia to talk about the fears that can keep educators from doing their best work to make learning as inclusive as it can be.
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59min
December 13, 2024 Ableism & Capitalism with Dr. Katie Roquemore
Assistant Professor of Education and Core Education Department Chair at Landmark College and Disability Studies scholar Katie Roquemore, Ph.D., joins Alicia and Hannah to discuss and define ableism. How do we understand the impact of normative expectations on students so that we can actively resist being complicit in systems that create harm? How do we dismantle capitalism? This week's episode will examine these and other important questions.
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55min
December 06, 2024 Finding Risk & Agency in UDL with Loui Lord Nelson
Loui Lord Nelson, Ph.D., an internationally recognized Universal Design for Learning (UDL) leader, best-selling author, podcaster, and the recipient of CAST’s inaugural Anne Meyer Design Award, joins Hannah and Alicia on today's episode. This conversation aims to offer inspiration and practical strategies for implementing UDL to instructional designers/educators working not only in classrooms, but in all spaces where people learn. For more about Loui and her work, visit theudlapproach.com.
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50min
November 29, 2024 Behavior is Communication with Molly Bumpas
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54min
November 22, 2024 Addiction to Certainty with Dr. Nick Walker
Author, educator, queer futurist, and transpersonal somatic psychologist Dr. Nick Walker joins Hannah Markos and Alicia Beth for a rich and wide-ranging discussion that explores the creative process, neurodiversity, the philosophy surrounding language use as it relates to neurodiversity, society’s addiction to certainty and more.
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1h 11min
November 22, 2024 Introducing NeuroTangents
In the inaugural episode of NeuroTangents, Hannah Markos (director of the Neurodiversity & Inclusion Graduate Program) and Alicia Beth (Director of Programs & Licensing) of the Vermont Higher Education Collaborative introduce themselves, share a bit about their personal and professional connections to neurodiversity, and give listeners an overview of the first season.
Season 1 of NeuroTangents will feature guest speakers with a broad range of expertise and experience in a variety of neurodiversity-adjacent areas.
The NeuroTangents podcast is a production of the Neurodiversity and Inclusion program of the Vermont Higher Education Collaborative. To learn more about courses, workshops, and other learning opportunities, please visit VTHEC.org.
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35min

FAQs about NeuroTangents:

How many episodes does NeuroTangents have?

The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.