The fourth and final post in our NDM overview series is all about the “M”: mentoring.  Outside of the family unit, mentoring is the oldest, most empirically validated social support we know of. It was an integral part of individual and community development long before Freud ever even dreamed of psychotherapy. It’s about those with […]

The holiday season often brings both joy and challenges, especially when it comes to home visits for young adults returning from programs or their own independent lives. These visits can be opportunities for connection and growth, but they can also resurface old dynamics that may feel frustrating or disheartening. At NeuroDev, we’ve seen firsthand how […]

If you’ve been following along in our blog series, we’ve been talking about NeuroDevelopmental Mentoring, or NDM. Our last post covered the neuroscience of NDM, especially brain states. For this post, I wanted to focus on the D of NDM: Development.  Human development has been around as long as humans. Yeah. There’s a real mic […]

Debbie explains the role Neurology plays in NDM as “the science of the workings of the brain, brain states, and neurodiversity.” While at first glance this might look like a crash course on understanding the differences between neurodivergent brains and neurotypical brains, NDM is more about understanding the similarities in how both brains develop: “NDM […]

Neuro-Developmental Mentoring Neurodevelopmental mentoring is a developmental assistance strategy for parents, support professionals, or anyone with a vested interest in the continuing development of neurodivergent children, teens, and young adults. It has been coined and created by Jason and Debbie Grygla. Jason and Debbie Grygla are expert mentors. It’s their passion, and it’s their goal […]