Hey there it's Debbie. I'm doing something a little different on the pod today. In fact, I wanted to share an episode of another podcast with you that I thought you'd really like. It's called In It, Raising Kids who Learn Differently and it's for parents of children who have challenges with reading, math, focus, and other learning differences like ADHD and dyslexia.

In It has been on my radar for many years now. I've always really enjoyed the practical and

supportive conversations aimed at parents, caregivers, teachers, and sometimes kids.

I just listened to this episode with Dr Roberto Olivardia who is one of my go-to gurus on all things ADHD so I wanted to share

this with you it's called ADHD and puberty what to expect and it goes into how these

two factors can affect each other.

Such helpful and comforting info. Here's the episode.

From the Understood Podcast Network, this is in it. A podcast about the ins and outs,

the ups and downs of supporting kids who learn and think differently. I'm Gretchen

Vierstra a former classroom teacher and an editor here at Understood. And I'm

Rachel Bozek, a writer and editor with a family that's definitely in it. Today we're talking about

this sometimes challenging never boring journey that is puberty for kids who have

ADHD. For this conversation we we're bringing back Roberto Olivardia, a Massachusetts-based clinical

psychologist with more than 20 years of experience evaluating people for things like ADHD. He's also someone who himself was

diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. But first we wanted to bring in the voices of

some parents who are very much in it when it comes to raising teenagers who have ADHD and who very generously shared their experiences with us.

My name is Stephanie and I am going to tell you about my son who has ADHD and is about to turn 13 years old.

My name is Nick and I'm here to talk about my child going through puberty with ADHD.

My name is Brandy and I'm the mother of two teenage daughters.

Both have ADHD and one has dyslexia. I would say when puberty hit the number one thing that was difficult was working on self-care,

showering, brushing your teeth, washing your face. That's a struggle even as an adult with ADHD so you know and

it's a sensitive topic. Everything's a sensitive topic usually with

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