#99 Trusting the ebb and flow - unschooling with four neurodivergent children, with Cassie Emmott in East Sussex, UK

About this episode

Cassie Emmott discusses her experience of unschooling her four neurodivergent children and managing their diverse needs.

My guest this episode is Cassie Emmott from East Sussex in the UK. Cassie lives with her husband and four children, who are all neurodivergent, and two of her children have additional needs. We talk about how unschooling looks in Cassie’s family and how she and her husband manage everyone’s different needs and interests. We talk about the deep learning that she sees happening in its own time, and the importance of those moments of deep connection with our children that naturally arise i...

People in this episode

Host: Esther Jones

Guest: Cassie Emmott

Topics covered

• unschooling
• neurodivergent children
• family dynamics
• education
• deep learning
• parenting

Keywords

• unschooling
• neurodivergent
• education
• parenting
• deep connection
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Places: East Sussex

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