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Week 1: Core Values & Challenges
Discussion: 
*How neurodivergence is showing up in your life
* Identify area(s) you want to work on and the challenges of doing so

Identifying Core Values
*Discussion, activity and further reflection
*Homework: Keep track of what you do this week that reflects your core values

Week 2: Navigating Your Nervous System
*Discuss the 3 primary states we move between (fight-or-flight, shut down mode and the Optimal Zone) 
* Discuss Neurodivergence and the Nervous System
* Activities: Analyze where you are spending most of your time, make a chart of your own Nervous System
*Homework: Worksheet on your major stressors & track your nervous system states every day for the next week

Week 3: Anchors and Your Daily Energy Bank
* Go over the data you collected on your nervous system--notice any patterns
* Set goals for your Nervous System
*Discuss Anchors that help us shift, stay grounded and 'feel like ourselves again'
* Activity on identifying your personal Anchors
* Activity and/or Homework: Analyze your most frequent activities and figure out if they drain or recharge you (or both!)

Week 4: Shifting and Glimmers
* Discuss how to protect our Daily Energy Bank
* Discuss Shifting activities and the different categories for them
* Activity: Chart out your own shifting activities and make note of new things you could try out
* Discuss Glimmers and how to create more positive experiences
* Homework: Try out some new shifting activities and then assess how well they worked. Also, be on the lookout for glimmers and make note of them when they occur.

Week 5: Responding to Stress and Getting Unstuck
* Discuss how to set realistic goals for responding to stressful situations that arise
* Activity: Create If/Then scenarios customized to your stressors so you have a plan to support yourself when you need it
* Activity: Map out a complete sequence of activities that could get you out of an undesirable 'stuck' state to a an optimal state
* Homework: Continue tracking Glimmers, Nervous System States and helpful shifting activities

Week 6: Distractions & Training Attention
* Discuss how distractions relate to core values, the role of dopamine and the prefrontal cortex, and how neurodivergence fits in
* Activity: Managing Distractions Worksheet
*Activity: Training Attention Exercise 

Week 7: Focusing & Reframing Choices
*Discuss focusing tips for neurodivergents and how our brain decides which part of the brain to listen to
*Activity: The 10 Minute Rule
* Activity: Reframing Choices Worksheet
* Homework: Track your use of the 10 minute rule and write out some things you are willing to try out to stay focused

Week 8: Putting it into Action & Creating a Path Forward
*Check in with yourself and figure out what areas remain most challenging and what your best tools are for meeting those challenges
* Activity: Start mapping out a path forward for you to begin the first phase of pursuing a goal that has felt out of reach until now
* Homework: After the completion of this course, you will continue mapping out each phase of your goal until it is reached

NOTE: Students do not need a formal diagnosis of any kind to do this course. However, they are expected to have some idea of what being neurodivergent means and how that shows up in their life.