Back to School – Improving the Education of Children with Neurodevelopmental Challenges

About this episode

Dr. Brad Schlaggar and Dr. Nancy Grasmick discuss improving education for students with neurodevelopmental challenges as they prepare to return to school.

As students get ready to go back to school soon, Kennedy Krieger President and CEO Dr. Brad Schlaggar and his guest, Dr. Nancy Grasmick, former superintendent of schools for the state of Maryland, discuss educating students with neurodevelopmental concerns, the importance of training teachers to meet the needs of those students and what can be done to improve the educational outcomes of all students.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Brad Schlaggar

Guest: Dr. Nancy Grasmick

Topics covered

• education
• neurodevelopmental challenges
• teacher training
• student outcomes
• back to school

Keywords

• neurodevelopmental concerns
• education
• teacher training
• student outcomes
• back to school

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kennedy Krieger, Maryland

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