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Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Cara Fleming is a school psychologist at the high school level, as well as a transition consultant.
What’s a transition consultant? I’m glad you asked. Transition consultants help kids successfully make the leap from high school to college and/or the workforce.
Cara was great to interview. We laughed a fair amount, looked at things in new ways, and discovered some interesting things along the way. Cara talks transitions, testing, and shares why she isn’t a geneticist. Her knowledge and enthusiasm really shine through. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the show.
Cara can help with questions around transition from high school, and also performs independent testing for families looking into Special Education diagnosis in the New England area. She can be contacted at CaraFlemingTransitions@gmail.com.
As usual, I can be found at ADHDessentials.com.
Or email me at brendan@ADHDessentials.com.
P.S. This was the first episode I recorded for the podcast. I’ve learned some things since then (mostly on the technical end - editing & recording stuff), but I’m pretty happy with it.
SHOW NOTES:
2:27 The child HAS to be involved in the transition process
3:31 Kids need to have something they can succeed at
5:49 Disability Awareness
7:18 Disability documentation and the transition to college
8:08 Some colleges specialize in students with disabilities
10:13 Self-Advocacy and College
11:46 ADHD Supports in College
14:06 504 vs. IEP
16:42 Why Special Ed Teachers want to be useless
18:31 But, what if my kid isn’t going to college!?!
19:01 Licenses and 504s
19:56 How to ask for accommodations in the real world
22:28 Know your disability
23:15 “How can I do a better job for you?”
23:38 Sparkle! Sparkle! Sparkle!… Documentation
25:55 Empathy for testers and school staff
27:47 Credentials to look for in outside evaluators
29:05 The Historical Perspective
30:04 ADHD leaves a footprint in cognitive testing
31:55 Transition Plans for the Post-High School World
32:45 A Three-Legged Stool on a Really Nice Rug
32:59 The Academic Leg (which Cara turns into a prong)
33:12 Performance based tasks of attention
33:35 Cara changes the stool by adding a fourth leg/prong
34:32 Cara recaps the leg/prongs
34:48 The rug is for transition planning
35:35 ONET
38:14 You have to know what’s bad about the job you want
38:55 Cara talks about transitioning from a Geneticist to a poet (to a school psychologist)
40:37 What Cara loves about her job! (Besides the kids)
41:16 Why helping kids understand who they are matters
42:31 Self knowledge shifts the locus of control to the individual
43:43 Cara’s daughter turning 15 gave her a new empathy for parents
45:06 Ending Essentials
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
As I spoke with Dan and Stacy, our guests for this episode, I was struck by how clearly their love for each other and their kids came across. Dan's thoughfulness about how ADHD affects their family of four, and Stacy's understanding and acceptance of the struggles it presents were moving. As was their clear support for one another, and their children.
I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it.
As usual, I can be found at ADHDessentials.com.
Or email me at brendan@ADHDessentials.com.
Episode 004: Routines, Giggles, and Belonging with Dan and Stacy
2:44 Child Evaluation leads to Parental Diagnosis
4:42 ADHD has always been there
8:22 Counting Down for Compliance, not Completion
8:51 Routine, Practice and Habit
12:37 Kids as “Little Recorders of Us”
14:19 Giggles in the Walls
16:25 The Value of Routines
17:07 Disrupted Routines
18:32 Relationships and Belonging
24:44 Overcoming Fear at Disneyland
35:19 Evening Routines
36:06 Love and Humility
38:36 Catching Lessons
39:04 Empathy and Marginalization
41:25 Ending Essentials
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018
Episode 3 finds me talking to Michele Monteiro. She's a special education teacher at a school for kids with social, emotional, and other disabilities. Many of her students have ADHD.
We talk aobut how students taking, or not taking, their prescribed medication affects both themselves, and their classmates, the importance of letting kids earn back your opinion of them when they mess up, and the transformative power of chef Boyardee and ramen.
Side Note:
During our conversation, Michele and I express frustration with the the fact thatn not all educators are able to understand/respect the social and emotional challenges of their students. No offense is intended. I’ve worked with a great many teachers and administrators who deeply value social emotional learning. And, given that you’re here, I’m sure you do too.
Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoy it.
As usual, I can be found at ADHDessentials.com.
Show Notes:
2:10 Bit by ADHD
3:40 Time Blindness
6:31 How not taking Prescribed Meds affects classroom
10:16 Shame and ADHD
16:18 Effort Grades
17:26 Separating attitude from performance
18:08 Earning point back by doing well afterward
19:15 Teaching Self-Care
21:06 Why Projects don’t work for Michele’s population
22:08 Emotions Beat Academics
22:31 ADHD & Comorbidities
23:12 Why Michele Loves Her Job
24:38 The Value of Kids Putting Their Heads on Their Desks
27:31 Managing the Emotional Drain
27:47 The Value of Shared Experience
29:23 The Transformative Power of Chef Boyardee and Ramen
30:23 On Self-Care
31:55 Self Care Outside of School
32:31 Being Goofy in Class
34:22 Ending Essential
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Monday Jan 08, 2018
ADHD Essentials, Episode 2!
In this episode, I'm talking with Sam Gardner. Sam is the mother of a daughter with ADHD. (Even better, her daughter is in middle school!) Sam shares the frustration, joy and adventure of being part of a family affected by ADHD. We talk about selfcare, the importance of learning how best to manage your kid with ADHD, and the importance of recognizing growth in yourself and your child.
Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoy it.
As usual, I can be found at ADHDessentials.com.
Ep 2 Sam Gardner Show Notes
2:00 How School reveals ADHD
2:40 Why you might not be a Helicopter Parent
3:30 Managing Teachers when you have a kid with ADHD
4:27 School Struggles
5:17 Letting Go and Letting the Kid Take the Lead
7:45 The Importance of Breaking Parental habits to Help the Kid
9:21 ADHD Outside of School
9:34 Fearlessness and Getting Lost at Target
11:07 Disney’s “The Circle”
12:31 Social Media & Technology Challenges
17:23 Good Things ADHD Adds
20:27 The Value of Having Friends Who also have kids with ADHD
20:50 The Ripple Effect of Joining the School Play
22:05 What Parents Have to Learn
25:40 Self Care
30:05 How an Outside Perspective Helps you See Growth
34:24 On Medication
36:57 Judgment from Other Parents
39:10 Ending Essential
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Monday Jan 08, 2018
It's the very first episode of the ADHD Essentials podcast!
In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. David Nowell. He's a clinical neuropsychologist, international speaker, and renowned expert on ADHD.
This episode is an overview of ADHD. We talk about it all! How ADHD works in the brain, the role of dopamine, behavior management, reframing perspectives, even mindfulness. It's a wide ranging discussion filled with science, stories and strategies.
Dr. Nowell can be found at DrNowell.com.
And, as usual, I can be found at ADHDessentials.com
Thanks for listening!
Ep 1 Dr. David Nowell Show Notes
1:30 10 Second Grocery Store Description of ADHD
3:52 ADHD/Asthma Metaphor
4:37 Diagnosis Based on Severity / Functional Impairment
6:12 ADHD Genes, and heritability
8:32 ADHD Brain Basis
11:16 ADHD Look-a-likes
12:20 Major Life Changes and ADHD
13:12 Major Life Changes from the Kid’s Perspective
18:52 Systems for Kids to Manage ADHD Now and in the future.
19:39 Raising a Healthy, Well Adjusted 26 Year Old
22:44 Managing ADHD with Bright Line Rules
35:33 On Attention
38:51 Reframing the Point of Homework
40:44 Stories about ADHD Testing
42:32 How to get paid $800/hr… Sort of.
44:08 Brief Recap
44:35 Mindfulness as an ADHD Treatment
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Welcome to the origin episode of ADHD Essentials! I'm your host, Brendan Mahan, M.Ed., M.S. I'm a former teacher and school counselor, turned ADHD coach, speaker and consultant.
In this episode we'll be talking about the plan for the pod, and how it came about. I'll also share some of my credentails, and preview some of the upcoming episodes and guests!
The format is a little different than how the rest of the show's episodes will work. In this one, I'm joined by my friend friend Eric Tivers, host of ADHD reWired. Eric's been encouraging me to do this for sometime, so I couldn't think of anyone better to start out with. In this origin episode, he'll be interviewing me. Moving forward, however, I'll be the one asking the questions.
Eric can be found at ADHDreWired.com.
And I can be found at ADHDessentials.com.
Thanks for listening!
Ep. 00 with Eric Tivers Notes
1:39 How Eric and Brendan met
2:00 Brendan is 5’6”, but his message is “the stuff of giants”
3:15 Preview of Guests
5:02 The Concept Behind the Podcast: 3 Silos
6:04 What Parents will get from listening
7:20 What teachers will get from listening
8:09 On The Importance of Science
9:55 What Brendan is Most excited about
11:28 Brendan’s Qualifications
12:41 Parent Groups?
15:38 Bright Line Rules
17:57 Contact Info