WonderfullyMade

Notes below are comments pulled from the chat of October's RestoreEd Meetup. 

Comments welcomed to continue to build out on those listed or add new ones. This is much like a virtual mind storming, not trying to be pretty or organized at the moment.

Standardization vs individualization within the field of special needs inside public education, private education, what does this look like Holy Spirit?

kids don't fit neatly into a standardized box.

We are a group of Kingdom reformers who believe for God to give us a solution for this widespread challenge. Innovative ideas and strategies come

So many unanswered questions, people are at a loss, it is not that they don’t want to help (Amy)

Just because you get a diagnosis doesn’t mean you have a solution (Scarlet)

Differentiating between a developmental issue versus something else. We can't address these issues which are fundamentally medical simply by teaching. (Debbie, Sheila)

I've been a teacher and seen the inside as well. Now I'm dealing with my grandson, and we are focusing on nutrition in addition to how to deal with teaching him at school and home (Sheila)

Lighting is also awful for our Kiddos. (Amy)

God is busy revealing. Polyvagal theory -- dealing with the Vegas nerve as well as brain science is giving us better insights as well. (Sheila)

To truly change the system, education would have to stop being considered childcare. (Sheila)

Cumulative trauma, Vaccinations, food, Social media addiction, toothpaste, fluoride, Epigenetics, Detox brain inflammation, video games (list of contributors)

Dr Amen, Dr. Mercola (resources mentioned by Scarlet)

Keeping them on their backs is also not developmentally kind. (Amy on babies following comment from Scarlet about what they always tell you to do for infants having adverse effects)

I am always so surprised what expecting mothers are allowed to take (medicines). (Amy)

Children’s Health Defense (resource)

Grain Brain, Wheat Belly (book resources, Debbie)

It's a holistic problem so we need holistic answers (Scarlet)

The stomach was coined the 2nd brain. Importance of your biome.

Lack of identity and family (Scarlet)

We have to figure out how to live again as families and neighbors. What can we learn from history?

Traumatization of Standardized Testing (Amy)

Economic challenges for families and a lure to pleasure was also a BIG change in the 2000’s (Debbie)