NeuroToggle®
A Teaching Framework Based on How the Brain Learns
Teaching Strategy Meets Neural Circuit Change
NeuroToggle® connects targeted teaching strategies to the way skills and behaviors are built, strengthened, expanded, and timed in the brain.
From Learning Biology to Teaching Strategy
The Learning Sequence
Skills and behaviors are stored in neural circuits. Those circuits change in four primary ways during learning.
New circuits form through initial learning and activation.
Circuits become more reliable through repetition and reinforcement.
Circuits generalize across contexts, environments, and sensory systems.
Circuits become more coordinated, sequenced, and accessible over time.
The Teaching Sequence
NeuroToggle® turns that learning sequence into an instructional sequence.
Identify the skill, behavior, or access point being taught.
Determine whether the circuit needs to be built, strengthened, expanded, or timed.
Select the teaching strategy that supports that specific type of circuit change.
Adjust instruction based on learning outcomes and performance changes.
Neurodivergent Learning Requires Intentional Circuit Support
Neurodivergence Reflects Differences in Circuit Development
Certain neural circuits are biologically conserved to critical periods of development, including circuits involved in language and sensory processing. Alterations in how these circuits are built and accessed can impact the development of skills and behaviors. Neurodivergence reflects these differences in neural circuit development and function. Because neural circuit development is experience-driven, targeted learning experiences and neuroplasticity-informed instruction can help guide this development and support learning outcomes.
Skills and Behaviors
Memories for producing skills and behaviors are stored in neural circuits.
Neurodivergence
Neurodivergence reflects differences in neural circuit development and function.
Teaching Strategies
Targeted learning experiences shape neural circuitry through neuroplasticity.
NeuroToggle®
NeuroToggle® guides neural circuit development through intentional instruction.
Where to Start
The Concept and the Full Framework
This page introduces the concept. The books explain the principles, relevance, and full NeuroToggle® framework in greater depth.
Book 1
Neuroplasticity Principles
Explains the principles of neuroplasticity and why they matter for neurodivergent learners.
Focus: the biological foundation of how learning changes the brain.
Book 2
The NeuroToggle® Framework
Presents the full NeuroToggle® model for building, strengthening, expanding, and timing neural circuits through instruction.
Focus: the complete instructional framework and application model.
NeuroToggle® Is a Pedagogical Framework, Not a Fixed Protocol
NeuroToggle® connects neural circuit change to instructional strategies through a neuroplasticity-based pedagogical framework informed by decades of neurobiology research and well-established pedagogy. It was developed as a pedagogy rather than a fixed protocol because learning and neural circuit development differ across learners.
Protocol
The structured set of exercises and procedures learners follow within a framework or intervention model.
Pedagogy
The structured method and practice of teaching, adapted to the learner’s cognitive landscape and needs.
Different learners may require different exercises and instructional strategies due to differences in cognitive landscape, developmental profile, and learner interests, while the same underlying structure of guiding neurobiological development through neuroplasticity-informed instruction remains relevant across learners.