The Fringy Bit reBoot

In this episode, Heather and Jon talk about hidden disabilities and the mindset shift needed to view and advocate for accommodations for our fringy kids appropriately.

Gifted, 2e, ADHD, Autism, SPD, Executive Functioning Issues, Other Neurodiversities

Mentioned in this episode:
Children Come First Conference
Wisconsin Association of Talented & Gifted
The Wilderness
Dr. Ross Greene

Heather & Jon welcome Aurora Remember to the podcast this week!  Together we chat about managing our intense personalities as adults, differences between intense men and intense women, and enjoy a few laughs along the way.  A quick note - we recorded this interview pre-concussion and apologize that we weren't able to air it before the fall challenge mentioned in the podcast.  Be sure to check out her site for other great resources!

Mentioned in this episode:
Aurora Remember
Self Reg
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Overwhelmed
Talk Like Ted
The Explosive Child
How to Be an Adult

Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, most of us with gifted or 2e kids have our own giftedness and different wiring to contend with.  Paula Prober joins Heather & Jon in this episode to talk about strategies to care for ourselves as gifted adults with rainforest minds!

Mentioned in this episode:

Your Rainforest Mind, blog & book, by Paula Prober
How Soon is Now?
Trauma and the Soul
The Plant Plus Diet Solution

Tagged: gifted adults, paula prober, rainforest mind, 2e

After an unexpected 2 month hiatus (thanks, concussion!), WE'RE BACK!! Glad to be back with the Bits and to be able to finally share this fantastic interview with Mark Talaga, therapist with the Center for Identity Potential.  Mark talks to Heather & Jon about typical signs that your child might be avoiding risk, typical causes of avoiding risk, and strategies to help your child learn to take appropriate risks.  Enjoy!

It's that time of year for many students . . . Back to School!  And while this can be exciting or dreaded or anxiety-producing, for our Fringy Families, it's often a magical mixture of all the Big Feels.  Join Heather & Jon as we chat all things back to school.

Mentioned in this episode:
     2enewsletter
     episode 52 on Executive Functioning with Scott Lutostanski

Join Heather and Jon as they talk about ears, getting dizzy, and the vestibular sense.  Many of our differently wired kiddos have differently wired senses of balance and movement.  This episode will talk about ways to meet those differing needs.

Mentioned in this episode:
     Atypical
     The Good Doctor
     Brains On!  Podcast
     super smooth ceiling spinner for DIY vestibular fun

The world has a bunch of icky stuff bubbling up right now.  And our differently wired kiddos (and selves!) can be particularly impacted by the state of it all.  Join Heather and Jon as they talk about supporting and talking to our kiddos through these tough topics.

Mentioned in this episode:
     GHF:  Gifted Homeschoolers Forum
     Rat-a-tat-cat

When you have a differently wired kid (gifted, 2e, asd, spd, adhd, etc), meltdowns happen.  When meltdowns happen in the midst of 2 parents, it is inevitable that you both will see things differently and have your own unique ways of intervening.  Join Heather & Jon as they discuss the challenges of co-parenting through a meltdown.

Mentioned in this episode:
     Renegade
     Office Space
     Cosmic Yoga

These differently wired kids of ours can be a challenge to guide, correct, and discipline.  Whether autism, sensory processing, adhd, giftedness, or some magical 2e mixture of them all, these differences can often tempt us into power struggles and other unhelpful strategies.  The struggle is real, but in this episode, Heather & Jon do their best to give some practical ways to lead our children (and ourselves!) through it.

Mentioned in this episode:
     Your Rainforest Mind, by Paula Prober
     SENG Conference
     Deb Douglas & self-advocacy
     Ross Greene & Collaborative Problem Solving
     Brene Brown & Shame