Ep 47 - Dana Kaplan: Award-Winning Retired Classroom Educator Pushes Beyond Anxiety and ADHD Diagnosis to Become Global, In-Demand Educational Coach

Dana Kaplan is a renowned, award-winning Educational Coach for Neurodiverse and Out-of-the-Box Learners. This former New York City Teacher of the Year specializes in rich self-investigation as a direct pathway to disrupt and dismantle stigmas, conscious and unconscious biases, and shift one’s thoughts in order to build a Compassionate Community for ALL. Dana is a retired classroom educator who sometimes took her students to 60-100 fields trips per year because believes in real world teaching. She is also certified trauma specialist, and coach for neurodiverse learners who has become an internationally recognized specialist focused on accessibility, inclusivity, and rich belonging in the world. Dana uses her two decades of research, education, implementation experience, and specialty in Holistic Brain Health to start DEED®, Developing Empathetic Education with Dana. She believes her late in life diagnosis of ADHD is actually her superpower that maximizes her niche approach to teaching, coaching, and mentoring. Listen to this episode of the Age Has No Limit podcast to learn about the severe anxiety she experiences and how it has impacted her life, her experience in a Title I school and experiences with microaggressions as a White woman in the school, her late in life diagnosis of ADHD, how her little girl self is still working on and healing some of the beliefs she had about herself, and her definition of an Age Has No Limit life. FEATURED ON THE SHOW: Dana Kaplan, Educational Coach for Neurodiverse Learners www.danakaplanteach.com https://www.instagram.com/danakaplan_deed/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-l-kaplan/ https://www.facebook.com/dana.kaplan.716 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFD9AIvvYgyTdzdbm0A4gFA WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: About her severe anxiety and how it impacted her life About her experience with microaggressions in a Title I school Why children learn their voice in kindergarten Why we are all neurodivergent learners About her late in life diagnosis of ADHD and how she responded to the news Why as a classroom and online educator she wants parents to be involved as much as possible Her work as educational coach with families including grandparents, schools, corporations, and community based organizations Why she always takes her students or coaching clients to a soup kitchen or food bank when possible Her definition of an Age Has No Limit life GET THE ULTIMATE CONSULTANTS AND FREELANCERS STARTER KIT: https://www.readysetgoconsult.com/starterkit FREE CLASS: https://www.readysetgoconsult.com/it-s-your-turn-event-registration