WHAT IS NEURODIVERSITY?
24 February 2023
Neurodiversity is a term originally coined by Australian sociologist, Judy Singer, in the late-1990s. Neurodiversity has been referred to as  ‘’…the virtually infinite neuro-cognitive variability within Earth’s human population.? It points to the fact that every human has a unique nervous system with a unique combination of abilities and needs.”  Neurodiversity is the idea that there’s natural variation in how people’s brains work&nbs...
Psychological Terms that are often misunderstood
3 August 2022
There are many term in the area of educational psychology that are often misunderstood. I thought I would outline some of these terms below: Psychometric Testing/Assessment Psychometric testing refers to the process of measuring a person's relevant strengths and weaknesses. This form of measurement is primarily employed to assess a person's aptitude, personality factors, level of dysfunction of possible mental illness, cognitive functioning, memory and/or IQ. A psychometric asses...