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Think of normativity. What is normal? Who determines what the norm is? These are important questions for collaborative school consultants who are working with diverse team members should consider. Working on the module reading materials, you've learned that "defining what is "normal" serves as a lens through which to view a person." When we look through that "not normal" lens, our expectations of, and response to, the "not normal" person shifts. Discuss

a. When a student is diagnosed as having attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), how might that normativity lens shift expectations and/or responses to student?

b. How has normativity impacted those who are perceived as representing the norm and those who are marginalized?

c. Who decides what is normal?

d. How might this impact your collaboration and your efforts to build relationships and equal partnerships?