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ADHD Experts Podcast

245- Find Your Path: A Roadmap for Choosing a College, a Career, or Something Different

ADHD Experts Podcast

ADDitude

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

When ADHD is in the picture, the leap to college often overwhelms, but, as Rick Fiery points out, this isn't the only path. Learn about post-H.S. options for your teen with ADHD, and how to increase the likelihood of college success.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:12.0

Hey everyone, good afternoon welcome to Attitudes weekly ADHD experts

0:17.8

broadcast and Susan Cloughton today we'll be talking with Rick

0:20.6

fiery of inventive lives about helping teens and young adults of ADHD and other related conditions find their path after high school and beyond.

0:28.0

The leap from high school to college can be tough.

0:31.0

It's simply following, know the guidance counselors career

0:34.0

suggestions or taking the college path because it's what's always done is just

0:38.6

rarely leads to success. So Rick Firery will talk about why college is not the only option after high school and why

0:46.0

career success may well follow a different path.

0:49.2

He'll talk about how to help your student find their passion, a foundation for any successful career, as well as a variety of other

0:56.2

options available after high school gap year career training, entrepreneurship and other options.

1:01.7

So let me introduce Rick Feary first and thank him so much for giving us his time today.

1:08.4

He is an MSNBA, the co-founder of Inventive Labs in Ainsha in Massachusetts.

1:14.0

He created with his co-founder of Tom Bergeron, Invented Labs to help you in adults with learning differences

1:19.2

find alternative paths to success, such as gap years and entrepreneurship programs.

1:25.0

You may well be interested in watching Rick's TEDx presentation for more details.

1:28.8

I think you'll find it fascinating.

1:30.7

Prior to Inventive Labs, Rick was a CEO of a number of startup companies that he created a group of

1:35.4

selling them to strategic buyers.

1:37.8

He has a bachelor's and a master's in civil engineering from the University of Virginia as well as

1:42.0

an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

1:44.0

Rick, we so much appreciate your time.

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