10 episodes
Parenting Neurodivergent Kids Together Tanya Valentin
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- Kids & Family
Welcome to Parenting Neurodivergent Kids Together brought to you by The Neurodivergent Family Toolbox parenting programme.
In this podcast with a distinctly New Zealand flavour, 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.
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Exploring ARFID with Elen Nathan from The Playful Place
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 support our children if they are affected by ARFID?
If you missed Elen's other two episodes on Sensory Systems here are the links:
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/78epUpjiXJb
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/tG4jyrjiXJb
You can connect with Elen Nathan at:
https://www.theplayfulplace.co.nz
Click here to find out more about the Neurodivergent Family Toolbox
If you would like to join the conversation by being a guest on the show, please email Tanya at tanya@tanyavalentin.com.
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Making Sense of Our Emotions
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 we aren't feeling or experiencing these things. There can be many times when we wish things were different.
I have often felt like this but have not had the language to talk about my experience until I came across the Five Gates of Grief by Francis Weller.
In this episode:
I talk you through these five gates of grief and how they could relate to you.
I share with you the three-step process I use when I am processing difficult emotions.
If you experience grief over aspects of your parenting journey then I hope that you feel seen by what I share in this episode.
Frances Weller’s deep and profound work can be accessed here: https://www.francisweller.net
Click here: https://tanyavalentin.co/the-neurodivergent-family-toolbox-week-by-week-breakdown/
to find out more about The Neurodivergent Family Toolbox.
You can contact me on Instagram and Facebook @tanyavaletinnz to chat about the Neurodivergent Family Toolbox or the contents of this show
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Supporting Your PDA Child With Kate Kleinau
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 did to support her son's recovery from burnout.
How embracing radical acceptance and adapting the way she parents her children has led to calmer, connected moments with her son.
Her work supporting other PDA mums.
Does this resonate for you?
Do you think your child might be PDA? The PDA Society has some great resources:
https://www.pdasociety.org.uk/
You can find out more about Kate's work here:
https://raisingpda.com/
Connect with her on Facebook and Instagram at
Raising PDA Kids- Kate Kleinau, OT
Click here to find out more about the Neurodivergent Family Toolbox
If you would like to join the conversation by being a guest on the show, please email Tanya at tanya@tanyavalentin.com.
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Enabling Your Good Life With Pip Brunn
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:
Pip's lived experience as a mum of 6 neurodivergent children (including her daughter Lucy who has a rare chromosome disorder).
The Enabling Good Lives approach and its guiding principles and what these mean for us in our lives.
How we can live these principles in our own lives and use this approach to empower us to advocate for ourselves and our loved ones.
Additional information and resources for the Enabling Good Lives Approach:
https://www.enablinggoodlives.co.nz
Good Start To Life Practice Guidance:
//www.hqsc.govt.nz/assets/Consumer-hub/Partners-in-Care/Publications-resources/Good-start-in-life-practice-guidance-Mar-2020.pdf
https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/monitoring/uncroc
https://www.enablinggoodlives.co.nz/system-transformation/mid-central-updates/midcentral-leadership-team/pip-brunn/
Click here to find out more about the Neurodivergent Family Toolbox
If you would like to join the conversation by being a guest on the show, please email Tanya at tanya@tanyavalentin.com.
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The Eight Sensory Systems With Elen Nathan - Part Two
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 should do a follow-up. So Elen came back on a Sunday to record this episode with me and it is a real gem.
In this episode:
Elen unpacks the 8 sensory systems and the hyper (extremely sensitive ) and hypo (low sensitivity) of these.
We also chat about rethinking children's so-called 'behaviour' from a sensory perspective and how we can use this lens to be more supportive parents.
This is essential listening for all parents and educators.
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 by being a guest on the show, please email Tanya at tanya@tanyavalentin.com.
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The Nine Sensory Systems With OT Elen Nathan From The Playful Place - Part One
Today I am joined by occupational therapist and sensory integration practitioner, Elen Nathan.
In this episode:
Elen gives us an introduction to the nine sensory systems and why these are important for us as parents to be aware of.
Elen and I chat about practical examples of what this could look like for our children, how we can be more aware of our child's sensory world and how this can contribute to their sense of safety.
We chat about the importance of tuning into and trusting our intuition as parents when it comes to knowing what is right for our children.
We talk about how we can change our parenting approach and provide accommodations to meet our children where they are to better support them.
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 by being a guest on the show, please email Tanya at tanya@tanyavalentin.com.
Join our FREE Parenting Community
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