Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine.

Hello, everyone.

My name is Wayne Callan, and on behalf of the Attitude team, I'm pleased to welcome you

to today's ADHD Experts presentation titled, The Power of Family Engagement, How Involved

Parents Can Foster a Child Self-Advocacy Skills.

Decades of research tell us that a parent's close bond and engagement with their child

leads to academic success.

For children with learning differences, this engagement is also paramount to their social

and emotional well-being.

In large part because it unlocks self-advocacy skills.

In this webinar, we will learn about the impact of empowering student advocacy and harnessing

parent engagement on social, emotional development, academic achievement, and overall mental

health for students with learning differences.

Leading today's presentation is Dr. Michael Nakola.

Dr. Nakola is a professor of practice and share of the Division of Human Development

and Quantitative Methods at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education.

He teaches courses on adolescent development and the intersection of counseling, mentoring,

and education within urban public schools.

Among his publications, Professor Nakola is the lead author of Understanding Youth, Adolescent

Development for Educators and Building Healthy Communities for Positive Youth Development.

Professor Nakola's three-volume edited collection on possibility development for young people

around the world addresses the ways in which youth perspectives on their future are both

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