{"id":184,"date":"2026-02-26T10:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:45:50","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the Neurodevelopmental Toolkit for practitioners in Dumfries and Galloway schools and settings. This resource can be used by practitioners who have a child in their class with a specific learning difficulty, or by those who just want to know more about neurodiversity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key definitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Neurodiversity <\/strong>is the concept that brain differences are natural variations \u2013 not deficits, disorders or impairments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Neurotypical <\/strong>is used to describe people whose brain functions, ways of processing information and behaviours are seen to be standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Neurodivergent <\/strong>is how some individuals refer to themselves. Neurodivergent individuals can struggle with executive functioning skills, such as planning, time management, metacognition, self-control, working memory, flexibility, attention, organisation, task initiation and perseverance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkland\/uploads\/sites\/8998\/2026\/02\/26130839\/Untitled-1-3-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252\" style=\"width:247px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkland\/uploads\/sites\/8998\/2026\/02\/26130839\/Untitled-1-3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkland\/uploads\/sites\/8998\/2026\/02\/26130839\/Untitled-1-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkland\/uploads\/sites\/8998\/2026\/02\/26130839\/Untitled-1-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkland\/uploads\/sites\/8998\/2026\/02\/26130839\/Untitled-1-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkland\/uploads\/sites\/8998\/2026\/02\/26130839\/Untitled-1-3-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkland\/uploads\/sites\/8998\/2026\/02\/26130839\/Untitled-1-3-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkland\/uploads\/sites\/8998\/2026\/02\/26130839\/Untitled-1-3.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to use this resource<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>To get started, answer the question below and select one of the options on the right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Has the learner got an identification?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/specific-learning-difficulty\/\" style=\"border-radius:20px;background-color:#553fa1\">Yes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/brain-domains\/\" style=\"border-radius:20px;background-color:#553fa1\">No<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Neurodevelopmental Toolkit for practitioners in Dumfries and Galloway schools and settings. This resource can be used by practitioners who have a child in their class with a specific learning difficulty, or by those who just want to know more about neurodiversity? Key definitions Neurodiversity is the concept that brain differences are natural variations \u2013 not deficits, disorders or impairments. Neurotypical is used to describe people whose brain<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19366,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}