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Join us in this episode as we delve into the empowering journey of Brandon Slade, a seasoned educator and founder of Untapped Learning. With a passionate commitment to students with executive function challenges, including ADHD, anxiety, and dyslexia. Brandon draws from over a decade of experience as a special education teacher, foster care system advocate, and school psychologist.

"When I taught 8th-grade special education, I had 25 kids with ADHD coming into my 7th period class," Brandon shares, shedding light on the real-world challenges many educators and students face in the classroom. Recognizing the significance of setting boundaries to foster creativity, they emphasize that "all we are doing is setting boundaries, then the creativity can flow." Moreover, he stresses that "these kids are built differently. We need to give clear expec ... 

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