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56. Making Support Decisions with Debbie

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.

55. Avoiding Burnout with Jason

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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54. Your Job is to Meet Your Child with Karen Mabie

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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53. Stressed Parenting with Debbie

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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52. Helping Neurodivergents Develop Their Spark with Jason

How do you know you’ve done your job to help your neurodivergent child, teen, or young adult develop? We don’t necessarily know what their full capabilities and disabilities will be. In this episode, Jason talks about what it can take to help someone with neurodivergent disabilities develop and live their best life.

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51. Turn Fails into Wins with Debbie

Do you feel like you struggle and fail a lot as a parent. Or do you watch your neurodivergent child, teen, or young adult suffer through fails over and over again?

How we respond to these fails can actually support development or hinder it making things so much harder. You really can turn fails into amazing wins. Listen in to learn what I mean by this and start experiencing more developmental wins.

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50. When to Remove Yourself from The Equation with Jason

Are you making things worse by trying to be an involved parent of your neurodivergent teen or young adult?

It may be time to remove yourself from the parent/child equation.

In this episode, Jason explains unhelpful parent/child dynamics that can do damage to your relationship and hinder your ability to influence your teen or young adult. Learn when it’s time to back off and when it’s safe to go back in.

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49. Building Connection with Debbie

Do you sometimes have a hard time connecting with your neurodivergent child, teen, or young adult? Whether you’re neurotypical or neurodivergent yourself, there are many things that might be getting in the way of connection -positive connection that is foundational to effective parenting and mentoring.

Listen in as I discuss one of the biggest things that gets in the way of connecting and some simple things you can do to open up your connection despite all the challenges.

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48. College Readiness with Eric Endlich Ph.D.

There is an important difference between college capable and college ready. Listen in on our discussion with Eric as we talk about what parents can focus on to prepare their neurodivergent teens for making the transition to college or independence.

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44. Problem Perspectives with Debbie

Life is full of problems and parenting a neurodivergent child, teen, or young adult offers some unique ones. In this episode, I share a different way to look at problems that helps you tap into your best problem solving mode. I also explain why the way you view negative behaviors may be adding to your struggles instead of allieviating them.

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