Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Welcome everyone. It's Susan Coffin. I'm here for Attitude Magazine's weekly

ADHD experts webinar broadcast. Today we're talking about something really

important and something pretty stressful which is how to

advocate for our children. Many of us feel helpless and uninformed about our children's rights

and when it comes to their education or their health care, especially true for parents of children with ADHD with autism spectrum disorders or learning disabilities.

Our kids are often misunderstood at school and they're stressed by having to work twice as hard as their

neurotyp typical peers with often almost no positive feedback. So advocating

effectively for your child is pretty much an essential to address their challenges at school.

We're so fortunate today to welcome guest speaker Penny Williams who will be talking about

her experience advocating for her child's rights at school and beyond.

And she'll give us strategies and tips based on her experience for things like working with teachers

and school administrators, how to take your requests up to the next level and escalate things if you need to.

How she advocated for her child in the doctor's office, especially when it came time to pursue

co-occurring diagnoses such as sensory processing disorder or autism spectrum disorders. is sensory

processing disorder or autism spectrum disorders.

Penny is someone who is a great resource for parents of ADHD kids.

She, like many of us, was thrust into this world when her child was diagnosed at age six, pretty typical.

But unlike many of us, she's investigated this to the max and she has written, published three really

wonderful award-winning books about parenting a child with ADHD.

One is called Boy Without Instructions, the story of her son.

Second is called What to Expect When Parenting Children with ADHD.

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