“Today’s episode argues that alexithymia, a difficulty in identifying, sourcing, describing, and expressing emotions, is a significantly overlooked factor contributing to classroom behavioral challenges. Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, an autistic teacher with alexithymia, highlights the lack of alexithymia education in teacher training and proposes that this omission perpetuates ineffective behavioral management strategies. Research cited indicates a surprisingly high prevalence of alexithymia in the general population, suggesting many students experience this condition. Dr. Hoerricks advocates for incorporating alexithymia education into teacher training to improve classroom dynamics and student outcomes, emphasizing a shift from control-based to community-based approaches. Ultimately, they call for systemic change to address this critical gap in educational understanding.”
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/emotions-unspoken-why-behaviour-challenges
Note: it’s interesting how, this time, NotebookLM didn’t do the usual two characters discussing the article from an external POV. This time, one of the “hosts” played the part of me.
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