About this Research Topic
Neurodivergent individuals have significant education and health service needs. To date, these services and supports are largely siloed; that is, are implemented and evaluated in their respective areas. In addition, the vast majority of education and healthcare supports for this population are based in the medical model, rather than a neurodiversity-oriented approach that aligns with health-promotion and seeks to support well-being and thriving.
The proposed Research Topic focuses on educational approaches for promoting the health, well-being, and thriving of neurodivergent individuals across the life course. This Research Topic will focus on individuals with a wide range of disabilities and conditions, including autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, and other developmental differences with or without intellectual impairment.
The purpose of the proposed Research Topic is to: 1) highlight promising approaches and evidence-based strategies for improving health, well-being, and thriving for those with disabilities in educational settings, programs, or interventions; and 2) identify barriers or challenges to developing, implementing, evaluating, scaling, or sustaining such approaches.
All research articles accepted into the article collection will: 1) contribute to efforts to rupture siloes between education and health disciplines for those disabilities; and 2) adopt a lens that aligns with health-promotion, well-being, or thriving, rather than one that focuses on pathology or medical models of disability. Accepted manuscripts can address health-promotion at any developmental period across the life course, including early and elementary school education; middle and high school; and post-secondary and continuing education.
Example Themes:
• Stigma prevention in elementary / high school
• Self-advocacy interventions and programming
• Educational programs that seek to promote mental and physical health for neurodivergent individuals
• Secondary data analysis on health / education for neurodivergent individuals
• Education efforts in health settings
• Curricular or policy changes in higher education to support neurodivergent students
Types of Manuscripts: Original Research; Review; Systematic Review; Methods; Brief Research Report; Conceptual Analysis; Perspective; Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy; General Commentary; Editorial/Opinion; Evaluation
The proposed Research Topic focuses on educational approaches for promoting the health, well-being, and thriving of neurodivergent individuals across the life course. This Research Topic will focus on individuals with a wide range of disabilities and conditions, including autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, and other developmental differences with or without intellectual impairment.
The purpose of the proposed Research Topic is to: 1) highlight promising approaches and evidence-based strategies for improving health, well-being, and thriving for those with disabilities in educational settings, programs, or interventions; and 2) identify barriers or challenges to developing, implementing, evaluating, scaling, or sustaining such approaches.
All research articles accepted into the article collection will: 1) contribute to efforts to rupture siloes between education and health disciplines for those disabilities; and 2) adopt a lens that aligns with health-promotion, well-being, or thriving, rather than one that focuses on pathology or medical models of disability. Accepted manuscripts can address health-promotion at any developmental period across the life course, including early and elementary school education; middle and high school; and post-secondary and continuing education.
Example Themes:
• Stigma prevention in elementary / high school
• Self-advocacy interventions and programming
• Educational programs that seek to promote mental and physical health for neurodivergent individuals
• Secondary data analysis on health / education for neurodivergent individuals
• Education efforts in health settings
• Curricular or policy changes in higher education to support neurodivergent students
Types of Manuscripts: Original Research; Review; Systematic Review; Methods; Brief Research Report; Conceptual Analysis; Perspective; Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy; General Commentary; Editorial/Opinion; Evaluation
Keywords: education, neurodiversity, health, life course, well-being, thriving
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
