When you’re parenting and mentoring autistic and neurodivergent young people, there are several factors that can compound the challenges. Only focusing on one factor can lead to power struggles. This topic often comes up in conversations with parents of our students at TechieForLife. In this episode, Jason offers insights into understanding the factors to be aware of and what solutions are needed.
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To effectively and sustainably parent, teach, coach, or work with autistic and neurodivergent children, teens, and young adults, you want to be showing up from a higher brain state not a stressed lower brain state. Self-mentoring is a simple and profound tool to help you engage and recharge your brain so you can access your own wisdom, intuition, and resourcefulness to better mentor and support neurodivergent young people.
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*Trigger warning, specific talk about suicide. This is a difficult topic that comes up for many autistic and neurodivergent young people. The rates of suicide are higher in the neurodivergent population than among neurotypicals. We are sorry if you are having to deal with suicide or the possibility of it in someone you love. Our goal of this podcast is to support you and the autistic and/or neurodivergent young people you care about. So in this episode, Jason offers his insights and perspectives from his experience working with neurodivergents.
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Parenting or working with an autistic and/or neurodivergent child, teen, or young adult comes with challenges. I want you to enjoy your experience more. I want to support you in showing up as the parent and supporter you want to be. You don’t have to wait for things to get better, for your young person to change, or for people to give you the support you need to enjoy things now. Listen in, to find out what I’m talking about.
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There a some common misunderstandings about what depression is and isn’t, what causes it, and what helps it.
In this episode, Jason offers some important things to understand about depression and especially how it effects autistic and neurodivergent young people and what they need to overcome it.
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The male to female ratio of autism diagnosis is approximately 4:1. The diagnostic criteria is based primarily on male samples and does not account for how females present. This may be contributing to later and under diagnosis in females. Dr. Ingrid Boveda recently presented her findings at a conference we attended and we’re excited for you to hear from her. We discuss the differences in behavior and tips for better supporting autistic females.
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When you have a neurodivergent child, teen, or young adult, it can be challenging to figure out what supports and accommodations are helpful or needed.
Whether you are completely new to this with a fresh neurodivergent diagnosis or you’ve been at this a while, I have some perspectives to offer you on this episode to help you approach these decisions with more confidence. Because I know it can be overwhelming to either know where to start or what to do when you and they are struggling.
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Autistic and neurodivergent children, teens, and young adults need us for the long-haul. When you’re a parent, caregiver, or mentor in some capacity it can be easy to get burned out. In this episode, Jason dives in to one of the biggest contributors to burning out for him and offers some tips for combating it.
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Parenting a neurodivergent young person into adulthood can a messy and challenging process. Join us for this episode where we talk with Karen who is an educational consultant and mother to an autistic adult daughter.
She shares her perspectives from professional and personal experiences on what we can do to better support our neurodivergent young people and avoid some of the common pitfalls. Some great gems of wisdom you won’t want to miss in this one.
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There are plenty of things to get stressed about when you are parenting a neurodivergent young person. The extra support demands, the crisis that pop up, the unmet expectations and societal judgements, and our own lack of self care to name a few.
When we’re stressed it’s hard to show up as the parent we want to be. I want you to know you don’t have to continue parenting like that. Listen in to learn how to ease your suffering.
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