family support ACTIONABLE ADVICE

CharacterLabs is a non profit bringing educators and neuroscientists together to offer actionable advice to parents and teachers to help children thrive. For more go to my INSPIRATIONS below to watch the TED talks on Grit and Growth Mindset.

Happily Family is an excellent resource for families to get through the typical meltdowns and power struggles of raising kids. Five stars from me for Jason and Cecilia.

my REFERRALS and RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Counsellor Referrals

  • Jeremy Mason is a counsellor who has a history of creating authentic connections with individuals. He works with individuals “navigating: depression, anxiety, transition, grief, confusion, stagnation, men's issues, relationship difficulties, ADHD, and/or neurodivergence. His clients are willing to: deepen a connection to self, improve relationships, step into the unknown, explore possibility, experiment with their perceptions/patterns, and/or feel alive again.” Jeremy is unique in his ability to relay his sincere authentic calling to counseling.

  • Coach and Tutor Referrals

  • Abide Coaching with Sheila Kiechlin (quiche-lin). Sheila coaches: High School, Young Adult and Adult. “Her clients include adults who are neurodiverse, parents of neurodiverse or disabled children and adult adoptees.” Sheila is powerful in her coaching impact.

  • ADHD and Driving: Driving with ADHD presents unique challenges. Check out this resource specifically for those driving with ADHD: .

  • Research Inspired Tutoring Dr. Erik Dutilly has created a community oriented tutoring program to set your child at ease in the academic environment. With 3 levels of support, there is a opportunity waiting for your child to thrive.

  • Seth Perler is an Executive Function and 2E Coach. He is the expert coach and powerful speaker nationwide. Authentically collaborative, he brings resources to students, families and educators like no other. Seth works with students to overcome the specific challenges of executive function and twice exceptionality. Check him out!

  • Dyslexia Organization Recommendations

Boulder Valley Kids is an organization pulling together parents, teachers and administrators across Boulder Valley to meet the needs and resources for students with dyslexia.

Made by Dyslexia is a charity with a mission to “help the world properly understand, value and support dyslexia. Your kids will enjoy the opening video with the successful dyslexics who lead this charity. It includes a dyslexic difficulties test. Try it!

  • Newsletter Recommendations

  • Impact Parents “Training, Coaching & Support for Parents Raising Complex Kids, Teens & Young Adults. Powerful resource for ADHD, Executive Function Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder.” One of the best resources I have found.

  • Understood is a “leading nonprofit empowering 70 million people with learning and thinking disabilities in the United States. Tremendous resource and support. Everyone deserves to be understood.” (See their podcast channel below).

  • Podcast and Lab Recommendations

  • ADHD rewired: “is a podcast, a coach, a community for adults with ADHD.” An excellent resource for folks looking for a feeling of being understood, witnessed and held accountable. Recommended for anyone over 18 years old.

  • Executive Function Lab (EF-Lab) “Parents come here to solve problems. Helping a struggling student is all about executive function, which is the most important concept adults "should" understand, but don't. EF-Lab gives you clear step-by-step strategies that lead to plenty of quick wins, so you feel confident that your child is taken care of.”

  • In It: “Raising Kids Who Learn Differently. A podcast from Understood.org. Listen to the joys and frustrations of supporting kids who learn and think differently. Hosts Rachel Bozek and Gretchen Vierstra talk with parents, caregivers, teachers, and sometimes kids, offering support and advice for and from people who struggle with reading, math, focus, and other learning differences.”

my INSPIRATIONS

  • from students

I Want To Go Back To School: A student’s poetic response to quarantine.

This I Believe: A 5th grade student’s inspiring perspective on dyslexia and ADHD

Living with ADHD and Executive Function Disorder: This is personal perspective on having ADHD and associated Depression-Anxiety opens to a potent Venn diagram. It is IMPORTANT to scroll down to the article “Executive Dysfunction.” ~from Just Sayin’.

  • from professionals

Grit by Angel Duckworth and Growth Mindset by Carol Dweck motivate real possibility for all children to thrive and grow no matter what they are up against. Check these short TED talks out!

Empowering Self with inspiring words from Oprah Winfrey: Oprah speaks on empowering self and being the amazing you that you ARE. You will be directed to You Tube; parental supervision suggested.

media REVIEW SOURCE

Common Sense Media is a free resource for parents and educators to find kid media and learning applications.