From Academic Struggles to Social Challenges: Understanding & Supporting Processing Speed Differences
THE AUTISM ADHD PODCAST
Holly Blanc Moses
4.8 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Ever wonder why it takes three hours to do 20 minutes of homework? Or why they freeze up when you ask them to get dressed? Join me, Holly Blanc Moses, and special guest, Leila Beikmohomadi, as we take a deep dive into processing speed differences in ADHD and autistic children and teens. We also share our lived experience with processing speed differences!
What Parents, Therapists & Educators Will Learn:
- What processing speed actually is (hint: it's not about intelligence)
- How slower processing speed shows up at home and school
- Why anxiety makes processing speed even slower
- The mental health impact on kids who feel constantly behind
- Practical accommodations and strategies that actually work
- Why "hurry up" never helps and what to do instead
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About Holly Blanc Moses
Holly Blanc Moses is a neurodivergent psychologist, speaker, consultant, continuing education provider and host of The Autism ADHD Podcast, Autism ADHD TV and parent masterclasses.
About Leila Beikmohomadi
Leila Beikmohomadi is a neurodivergent psychologist who provides mental health therapy and evaluations at Crossvine Counseling.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Autism-AdHD podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | It's the place to be for nerd diversity affirming parents and professionals. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm your host, Holly Blanc Moses, the mom nerd aversion therapist. |
| 0:15.7 | Here we chat about emotional regulation, mental health, social support, executive functioning, |
| 0:23.5 | learning, and more, all aimed at empowering us to support kids and teens with compassion |
| 0:29.8 | and understanding. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm thrilled that you join me today and I've got some pretty exciting news to share with you. |
| 0:37.6 | For those rock star therapists listening right now, |
| 0:41.6 | I've created continuing education training that is tailor-made for you. |
| 0:47.7 | Take a deep dive into cutting-edge strategies that you can start using today. |
| 0:54.4 | The CEs you've wanted for so long are finally here. |
| 0:59.6 | Go to hollyblankmosis.com forward slash C.E. Training and sign up. |
| 1:07.0 | You are going to love it. |
| 1:09.5 | The link is also available in the show notes. |
| 1:12.8 | Now, if you are a parent or educator listening |
| 1:15.9 | and you know a therapist or a psychologist |
| 1:19.1 | that is passionate about supporting kids and teens, |
| 1:22.7 | I greatly appreciate it if you could pass on this great news. |
| 1:27.2 | Thanks so much again for your support, |
| 1:29.6 | and let's get started. Welcome everyone back to the Autism, ADHD podcast. |
| 1:46.9 | And before we jump into this amazing episode, I want to share this lovely review. |
| 1:55.1 | It's on the last episode on Working Memory. |
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