Resources
Here are my self-help suggestions for creating your 6 Ss: Skills, Support, Systems, Strategies, Structure, and Strengths
Skills
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Two FREE Parenting Webinars - Attend LIVE or get access to ALL recordings with a single registration!
The college admissions process can seem like a black box. Especially for neurodiverse students, navigating key elements of this process. From academic performance, to testing, to identifying colleges that meet a student's needs and preferences - it all can be challenging. Join us to learn more about how applications are evaluated, changes in the admissions landscape due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how an intentional approach to the college process can reduce stress and improve outcomes for the whole family. Are you helping your teens and emerging adults more than you think you ‘should’ be? Do you find yourself dreading the end of a semester or wondering if your kid will ever get a job? Is parenting your young adult causing conflict in your marriage, as well? The pull between supporting and enabling is a difficult issue for most parents, and with complex young adults, it feels like time is running out to get it ‘right.’ In this workshop, you’ll learn the 4 phases of parenting and how to know when to let your kids manage things on their own (even risking failure) and when (and how) to appropriately support them for success |
“Sanity School” Parent Training Course
(Online Behavior Therapy)
Training program for parents of children with ADHD and related challenges offers reality-based strategies for parents (Behavior Therapy). Online classes are affordable, accessible and effective, reinforced with a workbook, weekly emails, an online forum, and group Q & A calls with a coach.
(Online Behavior Therapy)
Training program for parents of children with ADHD and related challenges offers reality-based strategies for parents (Behavior Therapy). Online classes are affordable, accessible and effective, reinforced with a workbook, weekly emails, an online forum, and group Q & A calls with a coach.
Develop Stronger Intuition Course with Karen Salmansohn
If your gut and your brain don't always agree, bestselling author Karen Salmansohn offers an awesome digital course: Develop Stronger Intuition. Learn insights and strategies to better understand why your "Spidey senses" go off and how to begin to trust them again.
If your gut and your brain don't always agree, bestselling author Karen Salmansohn offers an awesome digital course: Develop Stronger Intuition. Learn insights and strategies to better understand why your "Spidey senses" go off and how to begin to trust them again.
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Manage and Avoid Drama Llamas with Karen Salmansohn
Free your mind, heart and schedule from having to deal with toxic people. Enjoy more inner peace and better relationships. Start learning the “toxic people taming tools” developed by international, best selling relationship author Karen Salmansohn. |
Support
Parent’s Guide to Motivation — download (free)
If you want your kids to clean up their rooms, finish their homework, stop talking back, or simply respond well anytime you ask them to do something… this guide is a great place to start.
If you want your kids to clean up their rooms, finish their homework, stop talking back, or simply respond well anytime you ask them to do something… this guide is a great place to start.
Journey.Cloud is an online journaling/planner/mental wellness diary. Take advantage of being able to use it on multiple devices with cloud security, use the Coaching tutorials to increase your journaling frequency and effectiveness, and even save social media posts and location data in a secure way. Set goals, track your habits and build a healthier and more fulfilling life.
Systems
Freedom Filer will help you manage your paperwork with a pre-made system.
It is important to understand that they will send you the entire packet, which have too many labels. If you would like to purchase this through my affiliate link and send it to me, I will create the system YOU need to manage YOUR files, then send it to you, for no additional cost.
It is important to understand that they will send you the entire packet, which have too many labels. If you would like to purchase this through my affiliate link and send it to me, I will create the system YOU need to manage YOUR files, then send it to you, for no additional cost.
Strategies
Parenting with Impact: Dr. Hallowell’s Keys to Unlocking ADHD
Find peace in parenting when Dr. Hallowell’s most essential wisdom is combined with parent coaching strategies and methods in this 4 part Parent Training video. Workbook included.
Find peace in parenting when Dr. Hallowell’s most essential wisdom is combined with parent coaching strategies and methods in this 4 part Parent Training video. Workbook included.
Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg, PhD
When it comes to change, TINY IS MIGHTY. Start with two pushups a day, not a two-hour workout; or five deep breaths each morning rather than an hour of meditation. In TINY HABITS, B.J. Fogg brings his experience coaching more than 40,000 people to help you lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or achieve any goal of your choice. You just need Fogg’s behavior formula: make it easy, make it fit your life, and make it rewarding. Whenever you get in your car, take one yoga breath. Smile. Whenever you get in bed, turn off your phone. Give yourself a high five.
The simple way to learn how to create powerful habits that support the changes you want to make in your life.
When it comes to change, TINY IS MIGHTY. Start with two pushups a day, not a two-hour workout; or five deep breaths each morning rather than an hour of meditation. In TINY HABITS, B.J. Fogg brings his experience coaching more than 40,000 people to help you lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or achieve any goal of your choice. You just need Fogg’s behavior formula: make it easy, make it fit your life, and make it rewarding. Whenever you get in your car, take one yoga breath. Smile. Whenever you get in bed, turn off your phone. Give yourself a high five.
The simple way to learn how to create powerful habits that support the changes you want to make in your life.
A Parent’s Guide to Helping a Child With Learning Disabilities e-book and Workbook
Learn more about what Learning Disabilities really are and how best to support your children with Learning Disabilities, both to successfully manage the disability, and to help your child shine.
Learn more about what Learning Disabilities really are and how best to support your children with Learning Disabilities, both to successfully manage the disability, and to help your child shine.
Making Decisions with Confidence e-book and Workbook
Learn more about gaining confidence in making decisions with this e-book and accompanying workbook - designed to take a deeper dive into the concepts in the e-book and make things personal. This helps you evaluate your deepest thoughts and explore any ideas you may have for changes you’d like to see in your decision-making habits.
Click here to grab a copy of the e-book
Click here to grab a copy of the Workbook
Learn more about gaining confidence in making decisions with this e-book and accompanying workbook - designed to take a deeper dive into the concepts in the e-book and make things personal. This helps you evaluate your deepest thoughts and explore any ideas you may have for changes you’d like to see in your decision-making habits.
Click here to grab a copy of the e-book
Click here to grab a copy of the Workbook
Structure
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The Perfect Notebook is my favorite disc-bound system for myself. This has more than I can use - I don't like how they've laid out the dailies, but I love their dot grid pages and create my own layouts from that by ordering refills. Only problem there is that my month-at-a-glance can't be by my weekly spread. But I am ok with that.
The best part of this, to me, is the discs allow me to add/pull out pages as necessary, so I always have pages for notes, and it's never overstuffed with old information. And I can move pages based on priorities, unlike a bullet journal. |
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Specifically for students, though, I recommend the Order Out of Chaos® Academic Planner. The traditional agendas that my kids get at school are chock full of garish colors and the subjects are out of order for the day. With this one, you can customize the class list per the student's schedule, tab the months how you like, and they can plan out when they will have time in the evenings for studying. You can watch a video here for better information.
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Strengths
The VIA Character Strengths Survey is the only free, scientific survey of character strengths in the world. Take this simple, 15 minute character test and discover your greatest strengths. Research shows that knowing and using your character strengths can help you:
Other things I really like
I like these figdet toys for two reasons: they are quiet, and they are lightweight, so they can be played with inside or outside of a pocket without bothering anyone else. It's not easy to "accidentally" hit someone with these, even if a kids "yeets" it at someone, and it would take a lot of time to tear these up.
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I really like the Ulla Smart Hydration system to remind me when I need to drink water. It will flash very brightly after it hasn't been moved, or at least tipped, for a certain amount of time.
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When my son was younger, we couldn't figure out why he kept chewing his shirts, pencils, headphone cords - I wish I'd known about ARK THERAPEUTIC's line of chewelry (chewable jewelry) and pencil-toppers. Ark Therapeutic is a US-based manufacturer driven by occupational therapists who put kids' needs first. I know I can trust that the products are safe, and they have different hardness levels for different colors. I was able to put them to the test who prefers to fold them before chewing, and he really liked the brick chewelry that I gave him.
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Tile Bluetooth trackers can save a lot of time and frustration if you or your kids are prone to losing things. There are three main types - the traditional Mate that attaches to key chains, Sticker for most anything else, and Slim for your wallet or passport case.
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