Parent Tools
Empowering your child by helping them understand their amazing brain!
Empowering Your Neurodivergent Child
Empowering Your ADHD Child
Empowering Your Dyslexic Child
Empowering Your Autistic Child
Our Brains:
Empowering neurodivergent minds
Talking to your child about their diagnosis is tricky. Our Brains was built to help.
With vibrant images and interactive activities, this book will help you talk to your child about their unique brain using empowering, strengths-based, affirming language. Check it out!
What’s Next? A Guide for Parents
1. Understanding Your Child’s Report
Your child’s report contains an incredible amount of helpful information – but how do you “translate” all that rich data into actionable next steps? Click here to find out!
2. Explaining a Diagnosis to Your Child
A step-by-step guide for explaining testing results and a diagnosis to your child.
3. Getting Support at School
Helping you navigate school meetings and advocate for your child in collaboration with – not in conflict with – the school team.
4. Additional Resources
This “living” spreadsheet includes the most highly recommended books, parenting classes, workshops, podcasts, and other resources for parents just beginning their journey.
Understanding Medication
Medication is a tricky decision. Use this question guide to help you decide if it’s right for your child.
Teaching Self-Advocacy
How to help kids become strong self-advocates!
What to Say to Bullies
A plan to help kids stand up and stay safe.
Managing Screen Time Pt 1
The difference for neurodivergent kids.
Managing Screen Time Pt 2
Building the skills to press pause.
Understanding Your Neurodivergence
June 2025
In this episode, I chat with Emily about how we can help neurodivergent kids understand their brains in empowering, relatable ways. We discuss using honest, metaphor-rich language, collaborative assessments, and the importance of neurodiversity-affirming support. It’s a meaningful conversation about building confidence, self-advocacy, and connection.
TILT Parenting
February 2025
In this episode, I discuss the importance of open conversations about neurodiversity, how to navigate assessments with trust, and why a strengths-based approach can be transformative for families.
Explaining Autism, Dyslexia, ADHD, Behavior and more!
January 2023
Step-by-step guidance for parents on how to explain a diagnosis to your child.
Big Brains Raising Little Brains
May 2023
Many neurodivergent kids have neurodivergent parents. Sometimes this helps us understand our children better – sometimes it means our neurodivergence clashes! Listen in on what you can do to support your little one’s brain while taking care of your own.
Talking to Kids about Neurodiversity
March 2022
“What do I say to my child?”
Explaining ADHD To Your Child
Step-by-step guidance for parents on how to talk to your child about their ADHD diagnosis in an empowering and neurodiversity-affirming way!
Recorded August 2022
Helping Children Understand Learning Differences
April 2023
A conversation with Lindamood Bell about helping kids understand their differences, the effect of the pandemic, and getting curious about a child’s lived experience.
Talking to Your Child About Assessment
October 2022
We often think about how to relay testing results to professionals and educators, but what about the kids themselves?
Reducing Stigma for Kids with ADHD
March 2023
How to talk to your child about ADHD in a way that reduces stigma and empowers them to own their unique brain!
Talking to Kids about their Diagnosis
August 2022
A conversation with Educational Therapists Rachel Kapp and Stephanie Pitts about empowering students with the language to understand their diagnosis and advocate for what they need.
Handouts & Resources
How to Prepare Your Child for Testing
A handout for parents with language for talking to your child before their assessment.
Now in English and Spanish.
Explaining Neurodivergence - Conversation Script
This handout will walk you through, step-by-step, how to talk to your child about their diagnosis using empowering and positive langauge.
Brain Visuals
A simple map of our amazing brain!
Child-Friendly Assessment Summary
A tool for organizing assessment results in child-friendly language. Use this tool on your own, or with the support of your child’s practitioner to plan the conversation with your child.
Videos & Visuals for Explaining Differences
A spreadsheet with videos, images, and child-friendly explanations for common diagnoses and neurodivergence. Check back often for updates!
What's Next? Spreadsheet
This spreadsheet is constantly updated with resources to help parents following their child’s evaluation.
Words Matter
Join us on Instagram for child-friendly language to explain all kinds of brains.
Child Feedback Language Guide
Suggested language for explaining common developmental diagnoses to kids.
