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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

TPP 185: Eileen Devine on Supporting Children with Pre-Natal Substance Exposure

Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Eileen Devine, a neurobehavioral therapist and support coach, discusses supporting children with brain-based neurodevelopmental challenges resulting from pre-natal exposure to drugs or alcohol, as well as the unique challenges for adoptive parents raising atypical children. Connect with Tilt Parenting Visit Tilt Parenting Take the free 7-Day Challenge Read a chapter of Differently Wired Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you're listening to this podcast, it's probably because a child you love and care for is differently wired.

0:07.0

Are they also struggling in their current educational setting, seen only for what they're doing wrong, while longing for positive relationships with peers and others?

0:15.6

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0:21.0

A world where they can connect with others and their true potential is seen and

0:24.9

appreciated. The Strength-based Assessment Lab's mission is to build a world for your child just

0:30.7

like that. Through its innovative approach that aims to empower students, families, educators, and professionals

0:36.3

to create positive, effective, and collaborative learning experiences.

0:40.2

Be a part of shaping a brighter future for your child.

0:43.0

Visit W.

0:45.0

BGS.edU to learn more about what a strength-based assessment could mean for your family.

0:51.0

That's BGS.

0:52.0

E.dU. And so when we think about the brain, it only makes sense that if there was a brain that was exposed to alcohol or any other substances prenatally, that it would change in structure and function and the way that we would recognize that is through the behaviors because they're connected.

1:09.0

So we see those behaviors as symptoms. Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring,

1:20.2

informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids.

1:24.0

I'm your host Debbie Reber and my guest this week is Eileen Devine,

1:28.0

a neurobehavioral therapist and coach who specializes in supporting parents of children with brain-based differences.

1:36.1

In this episode, we are going to be talking specifically about the brain differences and challenges

1:41.3

resulting from prenatal exposure to drugs or alcohol, a topic

1:46.0

that is new to this podcast but is actually the leading cause of developmental disorders in

1:51.5

the Western world.

1:53.2

In addition to having over a dozen years of clinical experience,

1:56.5

Eileen is also the adoptive mother of a child with fetal alcohol syndrome.

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