Parenting Help

Joining us to talk about right-spotting is Stevie Allen, Board Certified Behavior Analyst with Green Mountain Behavior Consulting. Stevie has developed an impressive amount of experience supporting both students and adults using Acceptance and Commitment Training, through her work at Two Roads Academy and now as a behavioral systems analyst and executive coach. In this episode we discuss the importance of right-spotting, and how shifting our behavior as adults in this way can support the behavior change we want to see in our kids.

In this episode, we flip the tables a bit and find that I am the one being interviewed. We talk about the acceptance and commitment training approach used at Vigeo Behavior Consulting, and some of the themes that are emerging in our parent and teacher coaching. This audio is published with the gracious permission of Dr. Lynne Kenney, a pediatric psychologist on the language and executive functions team at Wellington-Alexander Center for the Treatment of Dyslexia in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Kenney is the nation’s leading pediatric psychologist in the development of classroom cognitive-physical activity programs for students grades K-8. Dr. Kenney develops curriculum, programming, and activities to improve children’s cognition through coordinative cognitive-motor movement, executive function skill-building strategies, and social-emotional learning. This interview was a part of the Cogni-Suite Executive Function Training this fall, and I was honored to be asked to be a part of that learning. Please take some time to see the amazing work Dr. Kenney is doing to enhance learning through the integration of neuroscience and movement at lynnekenney.com

Dr. Sean O'Dell joins me to talk about the challenges parents face when they are advocating for their children in medical and educational systems. We talk about difficult conversations, maintaining focus on our goals for our children as they grow, and navigating the many providers and services our children may need.

Dy Thompson of Behavior Cusp, LLC joins us to share some insights, strategies, and tips for understanding and managing the challenges you might be working through if you or your child have ADHD.

Dr. Chris McCurry joins us to talk about how parents can support children with anxiety. We talk about what anxiety is, where it comes from, and the importance of learning to change how we relate to our anxious thoughts and feelings, rather than trying to get rid of them. Chris brings some clear strategies for helping learn how to do this.

John and I talk about parenting self-compassion, parenting challenges around anxiety and distress tolerance. Wrapping up with discussions on how to engage in values directed behaviors even in the presence of parents' or the child's discomfort.