Teaching Free Time to Children with Autism and ADHD
THE AUTISM ADHD PODCAST
Holly Blanc Moses
4.9 • 686 Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2019
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever heard, "I'm bored!" or "There's nothing to do!"? Do you feel like your child or client may not be capable of entertaining themselves? Well, they may be a Never Leaves You Alone Player.
On the other hand, they may spend most of their time away from others and it's hard to get them to participate in something else. They may be a Blissful Solo Player.
Managing free time can be tough for differently wired children! The good news is Dr. Emily King and I are here to help.
LISTEN NOW for step-by-step strategies on-
- Understanding and managing time
- Increasing time playing alone and with others
- Decreasing anxiety related to free time
- Improving parent-child interactions
Whether you have a Never Leaves You Alone Player or a Blissful Solo Player, this podcast is for you!
Hugs,
Holly Blanc Moses
The Mom/Psychologist Who Gets it.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Wire Differently podcast where we chat all about how to best support exceptional children. |
| 0:06.7 | I'm your host, Holly Blanc Moses, the mom psychologist who gets it. |
| 0:17.2 | So today I'm here with Dr. Emily King. Welcome, Emily. Thank you for having me. |
| 0:23.3 | So excited to be talking with you today. And why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself? |
| 0:28.4 | Okay. So I am a licensed psychologist who practices in Raleigh, North Carolina. I work predominantly with children and teens on the autism spectrum with ADHD, with anxiety, |
| 0:41.1 | and with their parents. I'm certified in DIR floor time, so I do a lot of play therapy with the |
| 0:47.0 | little ones on the spectrum to build relationships with parents and to learn how to play and |
| 0:52.7 | connect with their playmates. And then CPT with the older |
| 0:57.4 | ones. I also love writing my blog, which is parenting on your own path. And after several years |
| 1:05.6 | in private practice, I realized that people weren't really sharing their stories with each other. |
| 1:12.2 | They were sharing them just with me. So I started just talking about different patterns, writing about different patterns that I saw and heard, and then now have an anonymous parent blog post where parents can email me if they want to share their story. |
| 1:26.9 | But going backwards, my background |
| 1:28.4 | is in school psychology. I worked in schools for about five years before moving back home to |
| 1:34.3 | North Carolina, North Carolina is home and have been in private practice here. |
| 1:38.8 | Excellent. Well, I'm glad that you're here in Raleigh with me. I know. I love it. |
| 1:43.4 | Okay, so today we're going to talk about |
| 1:45.4 | how do you do free time with differently wired kids? This is not easy. Right. It's not easy. |
| 1:53.6 | No, it's not. So many parents we work with are savvy. They read articles. They have, I'm sure, |
| 2:00.4 | read that when summer comes, you should be |
| 2:03.1 | letting your kids go outside and play, just send them to the backyard. They'll be fine. Let them |
| 2:08.8 | get creative and solve their own problems and work out conflict on their own. And those things |
| 2:14.5 | are great for kids that have those skills. |
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