368: Preparing for the Back-to-School Transition, with Penny Williams
The end of summer brings a very specific kind of dread for so many of us parenting neurodivergent kids — that creeping feeling that starts in July and gets louder every single day school gets closer. I know it well. I spent years bracing for the school year instead of preparing for it, and there is a real difference between the two.
In this episode, I'm sharing the five areas I've learned, through thirteen years of trial and error, that make the biggest difference in a smoother back-to-school transition: mornings, bedtime, homework, school meetings, and overwhelm itself.
We talk about why…
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