The Understood Blog

The Understood Podcast Network launches What Now? A Parent’s Guide to Tantrums and Meltdowns. Host Dr. Kahn covers the ins and outs of tantrums and meltdowns for parents of children with learning and thinking differences.

Wunder helps parents feel less alone by bringing caregivers of neurodivergent children and experts together in a way that’s never been done before.

As we celebrate International Day of Education, let’s remember that everyone has the right to education.

Beginning the conversation about learning and thinking differences is an important step in supporting children academically, socially, and emotionally — but it can also be the hardest part.

As a psychologist, I have spent over a decade investigating how learning and thinking differences can impact academic progress.

Voices of the 1 in 5: Guest Post: So often, parents and families of children with learning and thinking differences feel alone on their journeys. At Understood, we’re building a community to change that.

On September 9, Understood, with the American Academy of Pediatrics, UnidosUS, and CCSSO, hosted a virtual Town Hall featuring discussions with parents, pediatricians, teachers, and experts about how to address academic and emotional challenges that may arise this school year, and ways to make it a positive experience for all.

Voices of the 1 in 5: Guest Post: So often, parents of children with learning and thinking differences feel alone on their journeys. At Understood, we’re building a community to change that.

As children around the country return to school, the new “Back to School Study” by Understood and UnidosUS, the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., finds that teachers and parents predict increased academic, mental health, and social and emotional challenges for learning.

When marketers talk about “influencers,” they generally refer to a social media influencer — someone on YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok with millions of followers who often charge brands to promote products to their audiences.

It has been quite a year. The pandemic changed the way we operated and lived in so many ways.

More than a year into the pandemic, many families have faced challenges —from difficulties with distance learning to unemployment or financial instability, yet results from Understood’s new “Pandemic Learning Impact Study” highlight a stark difference between the experiences of neurotypical families compared to those whose children learn and think differently, like dyslexia and ADHD.