With Dr. Henderika de Vries

In this Episode Hayley sits down with Dr. Henderika de Vries, former Fulbright Yale Scholar, PhD in creativity from the Sorbonne Paris Cité, to unpack what is Giftedness and what it's like to have a high potential child. We also cover the overlaps between giftedness, Autism and ADHD.

With Passages founder, Lynn Frank

Lynn Frank is a Coaching Psychologist, who specialises in working with parents of neurodivergent kids and adults with ADHD . She is a founder of the asbl Passage, the parent support group for the English speaking community in Luxembourg. Passage runs monthly support group for all parents as well as organizing events for families and the professionals who work with them.

To learn more about her services please visit www.growthstages.com or contact [email protected]

To learn more about Passage visit www.Passage.lu or contact them at [email protected]

Luxembourg’s national childrens’ and parents’ helpline services is Kanner Jugendtelefon www.kjt.lu. They have a parents helpline and online service available in English.

Kati Duggan is originally from Estonia and has been living in Luxembourg for several years. She's a mom to a neurodivergent daughter who has been diagnosed with ADHD, dysgraphia and dyscalculia. The practitioners she mentions on the show are:

Dr Bertholdt-List, email: [email protected].

Pam Charlton, [email protected]; is an educational consultant and a SENCO (special needs coordinator at St Georges). She does an educational assessment in the private session and it's a paid service.

Debbie Reber, MA is a parenting activist, bestselling author, speaker, and the CEO and founder of Tilt Parenting, a resource, consultancy, and community with a focus on transforming the lives of parents raising neurodivergent children. She is the host of the op-performing Tilt Parenting Podcast, and her most recent book is Differently Wired: A Parent’s Guide to Raising an Atypical Child with Confidence and Hope. Since 2013, Debbie, her husband, and differently wired young adult have called Amsterdam and Brooklyn home.

Jen Cooper and Kate Brassington facilitate an independent, parent-led neurodiverse community group at ISL, which has expanded to include other English-speaking schools in Luxembourg.

Both Kate and Jen are ADHD mums with neurodivergent kids who love supporting others and creating a sense of community for those who may be far from home.

Kate is a Coaching Psychologist running her private practice in Luxembourg (website: https://katebrassington.com/). She specialises in trauma-informed and ND-informed coaching for adults, and is a PhD candidateJen Cooper and Kate Brassington facilitate an independent, parent-led neurodiverse community group at ISL, which has expanded to include other English-speaking schools in Luxembourg. To learn more about Kate Brassington, please visit: https://katebrassington.com/

With Global Dietician, Diana Reid

Diana Reid MPH, RDN and founder of The Global Dietician discusses eating disorders, disordered eating and offers advice to parents who may be struggling with this at home.

If you'd like to learn more about Diana, you can reach her at TheGlobalDietician.com.

Here are the resources mentioned in the show:

1. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250831217/fattalk/

2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578994/table/appa.tab1/

3. https://insideoutinstitute.org.au/assets/dsm-5%20criteria.pdf)

Another helpful resource might be online screening tools that parents can utilize to see if their child meets some basic criteria for warning signs of an ED, and to seek medical advice.

https://staging.nationaleatingdisorders.org/screening-tool/

AND

6 things experts wish parents knew about eating disorders:

https://www.today.com/parents/parents-kids-eating-disorders-rcna191905

Marianne Donvan dedicates her life to helping refugees across Luxembourg. She's currently a humanitarian and the manager of Chiche Restaurant, which is run almost entirely by refugees. Join Hayley as she shares her story of how she went from steel trader to single mom to humanitarian.

In this Episode Hayley sits down with Dr. Henderika de Vries, former Fulbright Yale Scholar, PhD in creativity from the Sorbonne Paris Cité, to discuss how to raise creative kids and why that's way more important than you might think!

Darren Gorman, his wife and daughter have been living in Luxembourg for over 10 years. Both he and his wife work in financial services and decided to send their daughter to local school. Join us as we discuss why that was the right choice for them

In this episode Hayley sits down with father of two, Scott Christie to talk about his experiences at the European School in Mamer. Scott is originally from New Zealand, but went to boarding school in France. After settling in Luxembourg about three years ago, they decided to enroll their kids at The European School in Mamer in the English section.