Episode 125: Teaching Learners How To Learn

Educational therapy might be a new concept to you, but it’s a growing service and helpful tool for neurodivergent learners.

Episode 124: Want to Help Kids? Help Their Parents

Helping differently wired kids sometimes requires rewiring their parents.

Episode 118: Embracing the Bright Without Quashing the Quirky

The Bright and Quirky Summit 2022 is live April 4-8, but you can access the catalog of videos and discussions on your own schedule after it’s over.

2e, Counseling, Education, Gifted, Neurodiversity, ParentingDave MorrisMarch 31, 2022neurodiversity, parenting, education

Episode 117: Letting Your Geek Flag Fly - Guidelines for Strengths-Based Supports

Learn ways to provide a better support system for neurodivergent gamers.

Episode 116: Understanding Behaviors and Emotional Regulation with Mona Delahooke

The key to understanding why and how neurodivergent people experience emotion.

Episode 115: The Rewards and Punishment Paradox with Alfie Kohn

Rewards and punishment have long been the paradigm for teaching behavior. It’s no secret it doesn’t work.

Education, Parenting, TestingDave MorrisFebruary 25, 2022parenting, behavior, education, testing

Episode 114: Raising Twice-Exceptional Children, a Book Preview

Raising Twice-Exceptional Children: A Handbook for Parents of Neurodivergent Gifted Kids

2e, ParentingDave MorrisFebruary 4, 20222e, gifted, twice-exceptional

Episode 110: 2021’s Biggest Conversations - Helping Kids With Anxiety (from episode 88)

We are featuring the most popular conversations of 2021.

Anxiety, OCD, ParentingDave MorrisDecember 31, 2021OCD, Anxiety, parenting

Episode 100: ADHD by any other name? Try “Attention Divergent Hyperactive Giftedness”

What do we really understand about ADHD, and how could a fresh perspective help our kids?

2e, Autism, Gifted, ADHD, Parenting, EducationDave MorrisOctober 18, 2021ADHD, education, neurodiversity, 2e, autism, parenting

Episode 96: Special Series, Part Three (reprise) - A Mother’s Story

An encore presentation - Lisa, the mother of a twice-exceptional son who completed suicide, tells her story.

2e, Anxiety, Gifted, Neurodiversity, Parenting, SuicideDave MorrisSeptember 9, 2021suicide, neurodiversity, gifted, parenting

Episode 95: Special Series, Part Two (reprise) - Suicide Among the Gifted and Twice-Exceptional

An encore presentation. What are the factors that influence depression? What should we watch for to know if a child is moving toward suicide? How do we talk with them about it?

Episode 94: Special Series, Part One (reprise) - Suicide Among the Gifted and Twice-Exceptional

Special Series, Part One is a reprise of an episode that was originally published August 21, 2019.

2e, Anxiety, Bullying, Counseling, Gifted, Parenting, Suicide, Self-HarmDave MorrisSeptember 7, 2021suicide, gifted, 2e, twice-exceptional, self-harm

Episode 90: Neurodiversity at University - The Transition to College

An episode to help neurodivergent people transition from high school to college.

Episode 88: What To Do When Kids Worry

Childhood and adolescent anxiety is a solvable problem, and therapy often involves parents, not kids.

Anxiety, OCD, Parenting, CounselingDave MorrisJuly 1, 2021anxiety, OCD, neurodiversity

Episode 87: Say What? Neurodivergent Code Switching

Once you’re an adult, it’s hard to relearn new methods of communication. With autism it’s even more difficult. This is the story of how Sarah Nannery did it.

ASD, Autism, Executive Functioning, Neurodiversity, ParentingDave MorrisJune 17, 2021ASD, autism