If you haven’t heard of spoon theory, it’s a metaphor for understanding our capacity to do things. Today, we will dig into what spoon theory is and how it can help us, as neurodivergent people or parents of neurodivergent people, understand the finite energy we have to accomplish things each day.

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Today, we are starting a little mini-series on teaching strategies you can use at home. We are kicking off the series with scaffolding and the related strategy of gradual release. These are deliberate strategies teachers use to help kids master a skill WITHOUT throwing them in the deep end, letting them fail, or doing it for them. We talk about what these strategies are, why they work, and how you can use them at home with your kids.

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Today, we're talking about the dynamic nature of neurodivergence. If you have ever wondered why you or your kid can do a routine one day but not the next, or remember math facts in the morning but not in the afternoon, we are getting into it! We talk about what neurodivergence being dynamic means, what this looks like, the factors that commonly make symptoms better or worse, and how we can use this knowledge to support ourselves and our kids.

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It’s hard to believe but Parenting Neurodivergent Humans turns 1 next week! To celebrate our anniversary, we are re-releasing our very first episode: Getting Neurodivergent Kids Back to School. In it, we talk about why the back-to-school season can be so hard for neurodivergent kids and share lots of little tips to help make things a bit easier.

Thanks for all your support this year! We have loved building the Parenting Neurodivergent Humans community with you and can’t wait to see what year two brings ❤️

You can find Dr. Morgan’s favorite back to school finds here and college & dorm finds here (aff).

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When your kid isn’t listening or breaks a household rule, what do you do? In this episode, we dive into the tricky topic of discipline. First, we talk about the differences between logical consequences and punishments. Then we talk through why logical consequences are better and how to use them.

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Preparing the environment is just a fancy way of saying setting up the environment for your kid (or yourself!) to be successful. Preparing the environment doesn’t guarantee that your kid will do the thing independently, but it does make it possible! It’s like building the foundation of the house.

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You can find our Motivation, Activation, and Momentum episode here.

In this episode, we are going to jump into a topic that we have had on our list forever- giftedness. Giftedness is often misunderstood and can even be contentious. So let’s get into it. What is giftedness? How is giftedness measured? Why is giftedness a neurodivergence? And why is giftedness being a neurodivergence contentious?

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We are now on Patreon! If it’s within your budget to support us, we would greatly appreciate it. You can find us on Patreon here.

To submit questions or topic ideas for future episodes, send us a dm on Instagram or click here to submit anonymously using our Google form.

You can find Breann’s group, Connected Parent Collective here.

You can find the research we talked about here.

If you are looking for something more approachable, you can listen to a WHYY podcast on giftedness as a neurodivergence here or read an Ed Week article on the research here.

The school year is almost here! So this week, we are talking about three quick and simple things you can do now to help set yourself and your family up for success.

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