Therapeutic consultant Shayna Abraham has been helping families navigate therapeutic treatment decisions for 20 years & shares great insights.
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87. Severe Mental Illness with Jason
Does neurodivergence automatically predispose one to mental health issues? Why is it so difficult for an autistic or neurodivergent individual to manage mental illness? In a subset of this community, severe mental illness is a very real and debilitating issue. There are steps you can take to mitigate the negative effects of those issues.
Continue reading86. Power Struggles with Debbie
Are you parenting from a behavioral or default mode? Is your child behaving or complying out of fear? Are they stuck in a fight-or-flight brain state? Fear and power tactics damage relationships and development in children, especially neurodivergent children. Learn how to parent from a position of connection and collaboration to strengthen your relationship with your child.
Continue reading85. When Comfort Now Creates Pain Later with Jason
Neurodivergent children have a more difficult time growing or developing resilience du
ring struggles. For this reason, well-meaning parents often create an environment where their children are not challenged, but instead remain in a constant state of comfort. Learn why this creates comfort and family harmony in the short term, but doesn’t provide the skills necessary for neurodivergent children to succeed later in life and how to prevent or change this mistake with your loved one.
83. Common Mistakes Parents and Mentors Make When Setting Goals with Jason
There are some common mistakes we see parents making when they set goals for themselves or to help their autistic and/or neurodivergent loved ones. Don’t make these mistakes!
Continue reading82. Parenting Goals Achieved Easier with Debbie
If you want to achieve your parenting goals easier then create a plan to set yourself up for success. Don’t rely on will-power alone. Learn how to have more fun and make it easier to work on your parenting goals.
Continue reading81. Balance of Power in a Mentoring Relationship with Jason
The balance of power in a mentoring type relationship with a young person is continually adjusting as a child develops into adulthood. As you parent, shifting ownership to them is an important part of their development. When they are autistic and/or neurodivergent and have a different timeline for developmental milestones it can create challenges as they start adulting. Here are some principals to consider when navigating these shifts. See full show notes here: JasonDebbie.com/81
Continue reading77. Staying Curious with Jason
Staying curious may be one of the essential ingredients to empathy and our ability to connect with the young people we parent and mentor. One of the goals of NDM or Neuro-developmental Mentoring,™️ the approach we developed and teach, is to shift our focus from trying to fix a problem to a focus on mentoring development. To be an effective mentor you you can’t fake curiosity. There are nuances to utilizing curiosity effectively.
Continue reading74. What You’re Doing That’s Demotivating Them with Debbie
Motivation can be a big challenge. We want our autistic and neurodivergent young people to succeed in what their motivated to pursue, create, and do in the world. One of the biggest mistakes parents and mentors make is in how they’re unintentionally demotivating their young person. Learn how to break the patterns that are sabotaging your efforts to support them.
Continue reading73. Autism at 18 and Legal Adulthood with Jason
Aging into legal adulthood is not the same thing as developing into an adult who is ready for the rights and responsibilities governmental laws bestow on adults. Our autistic and neurodivergent young people often still need our support and guidance even if they have turned 18, which is the age most states and countries consider by law to be a legal adult. This legal shift can be intimidating especially if you’re not ready for it. There are ways you can still advocate for what they need until they are developmentally ready to do it on their own.
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