When Behaviour Strategies Don’t Work: A Neurodivergent Lens (Featuring the Ziggurat Model)

About this episode

This episode discusses why traditional behaviour strategies often fail for neurodivergent children and introduces the Ziggurat Model as an alternative approach.

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve tried reward charts, consequences, and every “strategy” you were told would work… but your child is still struggling—this episode is for you. Because here’s the truth most parents aren’t told: 👉 It’s not that you’re doing it wrong. 👉 It’s that the strategies are missing the why behind your child’s behaviour. In this episode, we unpack why traditional behaviour approaches often don’t work for neurodivergent children—and what to do instead. Using the Ziggurat M...

People in this episode

Host: Ruth

Topics covered

• neurodivergent education
• behaviour strategies
• parenting challenges
• Ziggurat Model
• neurodiversity

Keywords

• neurodivergent
• behaviour strategies
• parenting
• Ziggurat Model
• education
• children
• reward charts

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ziggurat Model

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