356: Teaching Kids to Communicate their Sensory Needs
Teach neurodivergent kids with ADHD and autism to communicate sensory needs through interoception and body awareness, building emotional regulation and self-advocacy.
Teach neurodivergent kids with ADHD and autism to communicate sensory needs through interoception and body awareness, building emotional regulation and self-advocacy.
Selective eating in ADHD and autism isn’t defiance. Learn how sensory needs, anxiety, and pressure impact eating—and what actually helps your child thrive.
Childhood anxiety makes more sense when you look beyond symptoms to environment, connection, and the hidden stressors shaping your child’s experience.
If bedtime feels like a battle, this episode unpacks why neurodivergent kids struggle with sleep and what truly helps, from circadian rhythms to calming a racing mind.
Teaching neurodivergent kids friendship skills: reading social cues, building empathy, staying authentic, and knowing when to step in or step back.
Compliance-first systems harm neurodivergent kids. This episode explores dignity, nervous systems, and why choosing humanity over control changes everything.
That “disrespectful” behavior is stress, not defiance. Learn why correction backfires and what actually helps your child calm and learn.
When pressure rises, your child’s nervous system reads threat and shuts down. Discover how to pull back, support regulation, and reduce power struggles.
Learn how to build bravery in anxious, neurodivergent kids using emotional regulation, trust, and nervous system support.
Where is the line between supporting and enabling neurodivergent kids with ADHD and autism? A compassionate, executive-function-informed reframe for parents.