Built Curious Workshops:
Understand Your
Neurodivergent Child
4-Part Virtual Series starts April 29; Enrollment is open
Join live when you can—All sessions are recorded.
Is school pickup the hardest part of your day?
Do you feel like your family needs a translator just to talk?
Is your child misunderstood at school by teachers or peers?
Your child isn’t broken. You’re not failing.
You need a new way to understand your experience.
This is a small-group series designed for real life—attend live when you can, or watch on your own time.
Neuroscience in a Nutshell
UC Berkeley Lecturer Gustav Steinhardt kicks off each week with a bite-sized neuroscience concept to help us understand children’s brains.
Neurodivergent Community Support
Parent-led discussions help us understand our experiences, connect with each other, and give our children neurodivergent-affirming care.
Advocacy
For Your Child
Knowledge of neurodiversity gives parents frameworks to help us advocate for our children with teachers, doctors, and school psychologists.
A New Model of Neurodiversity
We introduce the biocultural model of neurodiversity—a new way of thinking and talking about brain differences that acknowledges both the biological and cultural realities of neurodivergence.
Neurodiversity isn’t about superpowers or deficits—it’s about navigating norms. Strengths-based approaches often miss this: Neurodivergence isn’t located in an individual—it’s a mismatch between a person and their environment. Difference isn’t something a person has—it emerges from interactions between people.
These small shifts in perspective can lead to big changes in support.
Knowledge you can use together
Over 40 parents have taken this workshop in person, many through referrals from other families—and consistently describe it as a shift in how they see their child. Parents and teachers alike say the course helps them reframe their children’s behaviors—”the hard science helps build the patience reserves.”
All behavior is communication—an attempt to meet an unmet need. Using neuroscience-informed frameworks, we identify the ways motivation and self-regulation can be misunderstood in neurodivergent minds. We explore how labels shape identity, how norms can lead to masking, and how we can advocate for our children using language that’s empowered and informed.
