Kat Hutcheson earned their B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Developmental Psychology specializing in both Birth through Age Five Cognitive Development and Child and Adolescent Counseling from the University of South Florida. Kat is a well-known speaker and community leader. They have worked as a consultant helping parents create developmentally appropriate and academically-rich educational programs for young learners with a focus on neurodivergent and gifted students with high academic needs. Kat has also worked as the lead curriculum evaluator for the largest homeschool Charter School in California. They have looked at tens of thousands of pieces of curricular material and programs and has become a leading expert at vetting and reviewing curriculum and educational resources. As the COO of Secular, Eclectic, Academic (SEA) Homeschoolers Kat is responsible for organizing and implementing community outreach endeavors, including the SEA conferences, and building relationships with companies and individuals creating high-quality curricula and resources. Kat is also the managing producer of SEA’s This Is Homeschooling series on YouTube.

Kat Hutcheson is a second generation secular homeschooler and neurodivergent parent of neurodivergent kids ranging from 7 months to 23 years old. Kat has a passion for supporting neurodivergent parents, helping them balance their own needs, so that they can better support their neurodivergent kids.

Often when discussing ADHD homeschooling, the focus is on ADHD learners. While supports and accommodations are important for our learners, facilitating homeschooling with ADHD has its own set of challenges. In this session, Kat Hutcheson will talk about how ADHD can impact homeschooling for the learner and the educator and how to find accommodations that scaffold support for both. They will also discuss how to balance the needs of different ADHD triggers and accommodations for multiple people and tips to help when those triggers or accommodations are at odds. Plus, how modeling your own ADHD management, including self-advocacy and healthy boundaries, may be one of the most important lessons in your homeschool.