In this episode, we are speaking with Avigail Gimple who earned her BA and graduate degree at Touro college graduate school for Special Education. She married Daniel Gimpel in 1998 while teaching 3rd grade in an inclusion classroom.  In this school, she developed a successful intervention program for her students struggling with ADHD symptoms. She and Daniel emigrated to Israel soon after their marriage.  Avigail earning advanced degrees in teaching children with Dyslexia and cognitive education for children with ADHD symptoms. In 2003, she and her husband, with three small children moved to Moscow, Russia.  She observed that kids with ADHD have very similar symptoms in New York, Jerusalem and Moscow.  Upon returning to Israel, she immersed herself in developing treatment options for ADHD for her own six kids and struggling students.  She built a teacher’s training program which she teaches at Hertzog college. She lectures in schools and to parent groups across Israel.  In private practice she educates parents to become ADHD coaches to their children. She is the author of HyperHealing, The Empowered Parent’s Complete Guide to Raising a Healthy Child with ADHD Symptoms (a #1 best seller on Amazon), and HyperHealing, Show me the Science! She  published her first book “HyperHealing” in 2021.  Her second book HyperHealing, Show me the Science will be available for pre-order in September 2022. 

Key Points:

Intro: 00:24

Background & experience 01:01

What causes ADHD?  04:33

How can someone overcome ADHD symptoms naturally and what are your thoughts on ADHD medication?  09:38

30 day challenge diet 11:15 

Doing a screen fast 11:30

The importance of gut health 13:20

Other alternatives from medication 17:27

What can parents and teachers do to help children overcome ADHD symptoms? 18:15

Being clear with classroom rules and the rewards and consequences. 19:13

Why using the number 8 can help 21:36

Any last words 22:22

Four Go-To Questions 23:14:

1. Who and what inspires you?

2. What is something you wished you knew when you were younger?

3. What's the essential part of your daily routine? 

4. Best advice you’ve ever received?

Connect with Avigail:

Website: www.hyperhealing.org 

LinkedIn: @AvigailGimpel

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hyperhealing.adhd/ 

Facebook: Avigail Gimpel

YouTube: HyperHealing Mom

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