Guiding parents and teachers to manage challenges with Complex Kids
In 2011, we started with a simple mission: to support parents who wanted to help their medically complex kids – kids with ADHD, anxiety, depression, learning disabilities, autism, sensory issues, and more -- reach their full potential. We hadn’t created the term ‘complex’ back then, and ‘special needs’ never seemed to fit. So starting as ImpactADHD®, a condition our families shared, we created the first global online resource for parenting kids who didn’t ‘fit the mold’. Complex kids are quirky, or complicated, or (cont'd below)
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Leading Articles about Managing Complex Kids
Worst Parenting Advice for Complex Kids
Complex kids are different. But as parents, we don’t always know that starting out. So we try to follow traditional…
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Confident Parenting – Why Bother?
Diane and I talk – a lot 🙂 – about the importance of parenting from a place of calm and…
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3 Steps to Respond Without Reacting
Ever walked away from a conversation thinking, “Why on earth did I say that?” Are you plagued with “foot in…
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Managing Emotions With Mindfulness: The R.A.I.N. Practice
Mindfulness can help. Derived from meditation, mindfulness training includes attention/awareness, self-regulation and compassion, and trains us to be more present…
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Signs of Adolescent Depression
Recognizing Depression Depression is a dangerous and scary disease, and it’s not always easy to recognize. We expect teenagers to…
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9 Essentials of Neuro Movement for Positive Brain Change
This interview was recorded in two parts to allow for full explanation, and to optimize your brain’s ability to process…
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9 Essentials of Neuro Movement for Positive Brain Change (part 2)
This interview was recorded in two parts to allow for full explanation, and to optimize your brain’s ability to process…
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What I’ve Learned About Parenting a Teen with Depression
I’ve lived with family members with depression for several decades. One of my babies suffers from depression, as does my…
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The Best Parenting Paycheck – Ever
My 12-year-old son gave me a gift this morning before school – the best parenting paycheck, ever! It was unsolicited,…
CONTINUED(continued) sensitive, or emotional, or hyperactive, or impulsive, or sensory – and there’s usually a medically complex explanation for their behaviors. We believe passionately that no parent should ever have to go through the journey of raising complex kids on their own. Parenting these complicated, fascinating young people doesn’t have to be isolating.
Complex kids struggle with fundamental aspects of life or learning. For their parents, traditional parenting methods often don’t work as effectively as we think they should. They may be helpful, but they always seem to fall short of really meeting our needs, which leaves us feeling inadequate, like we’re failing our kids. When our kids are different, they need something different from us.
At ImpactParents, we pledge to partner with parents and teachers to take the frustration out of daily life and guide you to manage daily challenges effectively, with confidence and good humor. This blog will introduce you to a proven method that relies on a coach approach – and it will support you in parenting, regardless of what ‘flavor’ of complex kid you are trying to support more effectively.
We’ll guide you to shift your expectations and communicate with less judgment and more acceptance. As a result, you’ll be able to give directions and offer advice without triggering defensive reactions. Your kids will see you as a member of their team and seek you out for guidance and support.
Regardless of whether your kids have autism, sensory issues, ADHD, learning challenges, or any of the many other mental health and learning challenges facing families today, the coach approach will help you become the parent you really want to be – the parent your children, teens and young adults need you to be. It will guide you to create the kind of relationship with your kids that you’ve always wanted.
Do you want to create lasting behavioral change? With this blog, we’ll guide you to lead your complex kids to become independent and successful adults, which is really what parenting is all about.