How does deprogramming from a Christian Campus Cult in the 1980s connect with supporting parents as they navigate neurodivergence today? Delia Tetelman shares her story. Deprogramming didn’t stop with leaving the cult, it’s helped her with parenting, unschooling, mental health, and disability justice.
Delia and I are part of the admin team for a free support group, Unschooling Every Family. The group helps families who are just beginning to learn about ableism and non-coercion.
https://unschoolingeveryfamily.com/
2:17 What is Unschooling?
11:49 Delia’s background in a toxic family system and high control religion
20:48 Christian Campus Cult indoctrination in the 1980s
31:28 Deprogramming and the house of cards
46:05 Life after the cult
51:58 Reflective parenting
57:59 Neurodiversity and mentalization
1:09:28 The link between deprogramming and connection parenting
Help with high control religion and coercive control:
Steve Hassan’s “BITE model”
https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model-pdf-download/
National Domestic Violence hotline
https://www.thehotline.org/
Mentioned in this episode:
Cults to Consciousness podcast
https://www.youtube.com/c/CultstoConsciousness
Maranatha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maranatha_Campus_Ministries
Peter Fonagy discussing mentalization on “The Life Scientific”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dpj2
Reflective Parenting
https://www.reflectivecommunities.org/what-is-reflective-parenting
Reflective Communication in unschooling and/or neurodivergence
https://unschoolingeveryfamily.com/start-here/4/#guide-3-connection-parenting-reflective-parenting
Treating Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents
A Relational Approach by Efrain Bleiberg
https://www.guilford.com/books/Treating-Personality-Disorders-in-Children-and-Adolescents/Efrain-Bleiberg/9781593850180
Trauma Geek resources on the intersection of neurodiversity and mental health
https://www.traumageek.com/
Rayne Depukat, neurodivergent and homeschooling coach, ASL translator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayne-depukat/
Autistic Values
https://neuroclastic.com/the-identity-theory-of-autism-values-are-not-opinions-to-autistics-we-are-our-values/
All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship, by Jennifer Natalya Fink
https://www.jennifernatalyafink.com/
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