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Parenting Neurodivergent Teens & Young Adults
I help parents of Neurodivergent teens and young adults guide their child into a successful, independent, and thriving adulthood with less conflict, distress, and resistance. Deep dive discussions of practical ideas and strategies for effectively parenting Neurodivergent teens and young adults, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD), Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)…
Episodes
Parenting Neurodivergent Teens & Young AdultsIntroducing Takeaways with Dr. Ed: “Can’t or Won’t?” Is the Wrong Question
This bonus episode is the first episode of Takeaways with Dr. Ed, our new series of five-minute Micro-Episodes from the NDU Parent Meetings. Each Micro-Episode…
Parenting Neurodivergent Teens & Young AdultsEpisode 7: When Neurodivergent Parenting Strains Your Relationship
Have you and your partner ever walked away from the same hard moment with your teen or young adult and found that you disagreed completely about what should…
Parenting Neurodivergent Teens & Young AdultsEpisode 6: When Survival Mode Becomes the Norm, Learned Helplessness & Chronic Parental PTSD
Amy J.'s children have been out of high school for two years. Her phone rings and she still feels it in her body — the same PTSD jolt she got every time the…
Parenting Neurodivergent Teens & Young AdultsEpisode 5: Exit Strategies For Preventing Meltdowns & Navigating Around Family Derailments
A parent once asked Shari Murray the obvious objection: if my child is always given a way out of doing hard things, how will they ever build resilience? Her…
Parenting Neurodivergent Teens & Young AdultsEpisode 4: Enabling Versus Support, and How Trust Actually Gets Built
Your young adult has not left the house in four days. You have noticed, and you have also noticed something less comfortable: part of you is relieved. The…
Parenting Neurodivergent Teens & Young AdultsEpisode 3: Predictability, Not Control — What Your Teen's Resistance Is Really About
Shari Murray's son used to panic every single time she pulled into a gas station. Fifteen minutes of it. What are we doing, why are we doing this, do you…
Parenting Neurodivergent Teens & Young AdultsEpisode 2: The ADHD-Autism Overlap and the Misdiagnosis That Costs Families Years
If your teen or young adult has an ADHD diagnosis and an oppositional defiant diagnosis sitting beside it, this episode is worth twenty minutes of your time…
Parenting Neurodivergent Teens & Young AdultsEpisode 1: Why Traditional Parenting Backfires With a Neurodivergent Teen
If you are parenting a neurodivergent teen or young adult, you have probably had the experience of doing exactly what the parenting book said and watching it…