TPP 225: ADHD Essentials for Parents, with Brendan Mahan

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

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today I’m excited to be bringing to the podcast Brendan Mahan, an expert in ADHD and Executive Functioning, and the host of the ADHD Essentials Podcast. In this episode, we cover a lot of ground—everything from ADHD and time awareness, to balancing screen time and remote schooling to dealing with anxiety and uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. Brendan also breaks down what he calls the “Wall of Awful”—his brilliant analogy for understanding task resistance—as well as his strategies and tips to get past it. Get ready for many “aha” moments and realistic takeaways for parents of all differently wired kids, not just those with kids who have attention issues. Brendan Mahan, M.Ed., MS., an internationally recognized ADHD/Executive Function expert, a highly engaging, sought-after speaker, and the host of the ADHD Essentials Podcast. A former teacher, mental health counselor, and principal, Brendan provides workshops for parents, educators, and businesses throughout New England. He has presented for the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the Massachusetts School Administrators Association, and the International Conference on ADHD. Brendan helps individuals, families, schools, and businesses manage the challenges of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and neurodiversity through an approach that blends education, collaborative problem-solving, and accountability with compassion, humor, a focus on strengths and growth, and his trademark “Wall of Awful” model. Things You'll Learn from this Episode How Brendan uses his personal experience to help teachers better understand and support children with ADHD How ADHD affects time awareness when it comes to school assignments and homework What is meant by the “Wall of Awful” and why it especially impacts children with ADHD Strategies to help children tackle difficult tasks How to support ADHD kids in the new school landscape of remote learning, especially when it comes to screen management Brendan’s hacks for parenting as someone with ADHD Resources Mentioned: Brendan Mahan’s ADHD Essentials Website ADHD Essentials Podcast Email Brendan: brendan@ADHDessentials.com Jessica McCabe’s How to ADHD YouTube Channel Wall of Awful videos with Jessica McCabe (How to ADHD) Support the show 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?
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0:51.0	That's BGS. Edu. A lot of the anxiety that kids are experiencing when they
0:57.6	have to do virtual school is getting chalked up to school resistance and I don't think that's what it is.
1:05.0	I think that when a kid sits down to do their virtual schooling,
1:10.0	what happens is they get reminded that things are not normal anymore.
1:15.0	They get reminded that we're living in the pandemic and things are scary and
1:21.0	uncertain and unclear and inconsistent. And I think that brings about a very real
1:27.6	existential dread that the kid can't even name or identify if they wanted to half the time.
1:36.0	Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at
1:40.8	inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids.
1:45.6	I'm your host Debbie Reber and I just want to say before we get into anything that if you are in the middle of back to school entry, I hope it is going as smooth as possible.
1:56.4	Wherever you are in that transition, I am right there with you.
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