Specialized Support for Parents of Neurodivergent Children and Teens
The Parenting Neurodivergent Kids Together Podcast is a podcast with a distinctly New Zealand flavour.
In the Parenting Neurodivergent Kids Together we chat with parents, neurodivergent folk and experts who share their insights and experiences on navigating the unique and complex path of raising neurodivergent kids.
Hosted by Tanya Valentin, mum of 3 neurodivergent kids, family coach and passionate AuDHD advocate, this weekly podcast shares candid conversations, triumphs, challenges and helpful strategies to support you in raising your neurodivergent children.
Aleesha White, founder of Moody, shares her journey of supporting neurodivergent individuals and their families. She discusses the challenges she faced as a high school student with seizures and her subsequent passion for helping neurodivergent people. Aleesha emphasizes the importance of creating inclusive opportunities and supporting neurodivergent individuals outside of the traditional classroom environment. She […] Read more…
For many parents of neurodivergent children, bedtime is one of the hardest and most stressful times of the day. If this is true for you and your family, you’re not alone, as many neurodivergent individuals find sleep challenging. In this episode, I chat with Laura Hellfeld, neurodivergent nurse and sleep consultant. Here are some of […] Read more…
Today, I am joined by Elen Nathan from The Playful Place to give us insight into ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). Here is what we chatted about: What is ARFID? What causes ARFID and how can we know if our child (or we) are affected by ARFID? What can we do as parents to […] Read more…
In this solo episode, I talk about a topic that is often shut down in parenting communities. The topic of experiencing grief for various aspects of our parenting journey. In our Instagram society, where we just see the highlights, the happy moments the joyful moments of parenting we can feel ‘wrong’, ‘broken’ and isolated because […] Read more…
Today on the show I chat with Kate Kleinau, who you may know from her Facebook and Instagram accounts as Raising PDA Kids. In this episode, Kate and I chat about: How her son’s autistic burnout in his early childhood years led her to discover that he was PDA. The things she and her husband […] Read more…
Today on the show we chat with Pip Brun, a neurodivergent human, a mum of 6 and a passionate advocate for the rights of disabled people. Pip is a passionate member of the Enabling Good Lives mid-central leadership group in New Zealand. In this episode, we chat about: Additional information and resources for the Enabling […] Read more…
A funny thing happened when I sat down with Elen Nathan from the Playful Place for our first chat on the sensory systems. We just clicked and geeked out about the sensory systems and our neatly planned agenda for the episode went out of the window. After recording part one we immediately knew that we […] Read more…
Today I am joined by occupational therapist and sensory integration practitioner, Elen Nathan. In this episode: To get your free sensory system screening tools: https://sensationalbrain.com/free-resources You can connect with Elen Nathan here: Website: https://theplayfulplace.co.nz/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePlayfulPlace Click here to find out more about the Neurodivergent Family Toolbox If you would like to join the conversation […] Read more…