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Help autistic students and students with emotional behavior disorders by encouraging them to try as hard as they can to figure out solutions when they want to give up.

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  • Teachers who work with neurodiverse students have observed a tendency for their students to want to give up when the work gets hard.
  • It’s important to encourage students with neurodiversity not to give up, especially when the work gets tough.

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  • Effective Encouragement
  • Student-Faculty Interaction
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Deirdre Levy and Chris Duquesnel from the CSNYC Tip-A-Thon.
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