Transforming Curriculum, Instruction, and Leadership to Empower Neurodivergent Students of Color
Realized Curriculum Solutions helps schools and educational organizations improve outcomes for neurodivergent students of color by removing the barriers that get in the way of learning.
We identify and eliminate the curricular, instructional, programmatic, and systemic obstacles that prevent students from reaching grade-level expectations—and replace them with practical, culturally relevant, and neuro-affirming solutions that work in real classrooms.
Our signature offer, the Curriculum Barriers Elimination Labs, is a hands-on partnership that helps your team diagnose what’s not working, redesign what matters most, and build sustainable systems that support real academic growth for neurodivergent learners of color.
Long-Lasting Impact for Neurodivergent Students of Color
Realized Curriculum Solutions partnered with the Center for Civic Education, based in California, in 2022 to develop and deliver professional development workshops for social studies teachers, curriculum development specialists, and non-profit leaders in civics education on evidence-based practices to develop, adapt, and implement curriculum solutions that are culturally relevant and accessible for students of color, neurodivergent learners, and multilingual learners for over 1 million upper elementary school, middle school, and high school students throughout the United States of America.
The Center for Civic Education secured the Civics Education Research Lab (CERL), at Georgetown University, to study the academic impact of the adapted versions of the We The People supplemental civics curriculum Realized Curriculum Solutions supported social studies teachers and curriculum development specialists adapting through the James Madison Legacy Project Expansion (JMLPE). At the completion of this research study, the faculty and staff at CERL found "the pilot study indicated that the WTP curriculum intervention resulted in large knowledge increases, especially for students of color] and [students with disabilities]," (Owen, D. 2024).
Read The Study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373040957_James_Madison_Legacy_Project_Expansion_Pilot_Study
Since 2022, Realized Curriculum Solutions partnered with the Center for Civic Education to design and deliver professional development workshops to social studies educators and non-profit leaders in civic education to develop, adapt, and implement civics curriculum solutions that empowers students of color, multilingual learners, and neurodivergent learners to become of aware of their civil liberties, the governance structures within the United States of American, and push for positive changes within their schools and communities.
He supported educators and curriculum developers with making their award-winning civics curriculum solutions, We The People and Project Citizen, more accessible and culturally relevant to students of color, multilingual learners, and neurodivergent learners through their James Madison Project Legacy Expansion (JMPLE) and Civics Empowering All Students (CEAS) federal grants. Leroy trained social studies educators on how to embed the components of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL), culturally relevant pedagogy, and CASEL's social-emotional learning frameworks to support the civics development of students in grades 6-12 throughout the United States of America.
Explore the Solution: https://civiced.org/textbooks/project-citizen/level2
In 2024, Realized Curriculum Solutions partnered with Barbershop Books, based in New York City, to support them on revising and developing their award-winning online reading intervention, Reading So LitTM for students of color, neurodivergent learners, multilingual learners, and students from economically disadvantaged communities in grades Pre-kindergarten through 3. This online reading intervention won the 2024 New Schools Venture Fund in the category of Learning Solutions and the 2025 Lipman Family Prize.
We worked closely with the Barbershop Books team to develop a learning framework aligned with the Reading So LitTM online reading intervention for the target demographic groups of learners with an emphasis on supporting positive attitudes about reading for students who are historically marginalized in their schools and communities. We adapted lesson plans and digital activities to support the diverse learning needs of their target student demographic groups with a focus on evidence-based strategies like activating students' background knowledge to make connections, asking text-dependent questions, using visual supports for students who are reluctant readers, and reinforcing the inquiry process related to the types of reading students prefer or would like to try exploring.
Explore the Solution: https://www.readingsolit.org/
In 2022, Realized Curriculum Solutions' founder and CEO, Leroy Smith, M.Ed., became a consulting partner with Innovageous, based in Pennsylvania, to support them with developing a resource guide for families with advocating for their children in schools in Rhode Island. Leroy supported the founding partners of Innovageous with creating a culturally relevant and accessible resource guide for families receiving services from Families in Action Rhode Island to equip them with skills to effectively advocate for their children's educational needs.
Our partnership equipped families of students from underserved communities with skills to address concerns with their children's school-based staff related to academics and social-emotional development. We designed a concise and informative resource guide for evidence-based strategies for families to use to bring up concerns with their children's school-based staff.
Here Is A Quick Preview Of Our Work
