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
2 Methods to Give Clear Directions and Get Cooperation
How often do you find yourself shouting a request up the stairs or on your way out the door to…
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Ode to Joyous – You!
One of the best gifts you can give your kids and family is managing your own overwhelm and taking care…
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The Death of a Pet is a Parenting Opportunity
Life events like the death of a pet are an opportunity for parents to communicate your values and beliefs to…
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3 Steps to Creating a Reward System that Works!
The Power of Reward Systems Psst…hey you. Yeah, you! The one who looks frazzled and, I’m guessing, wishes you were…
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Surviving the Holidays: 3 Keys to Healthy Body, Mind & Heart
I look forward to the holidays every year. Time spent with family, the spirit of giving, tidings of great joy,…
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Trying to Blend a Family?
It’s not easy to bring two families together and merge them into one. The different routines, personalities, traditions can all…
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Early Intervention for Learning Problems: A Quick Guide
The Power of Language “Language underwrites all academic performance,” says educational psychologist Marie Wynne. “I wish I had a nickel…
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Democracy in Action
On Saturday afternoon, sitting in a volunteer training to be a non-partisan observer for the U.S. November Elections, I began taking notes…
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Tackling Homework Struggles: Take a Brain Break!
It’s Been a Long Day When kids get home after a long day at school, they generally need a little time…
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.