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
Practical Zen Brain Hacks for Parents: How to Keep Your Cool So Your Kids Can, Too
The parent-child relationship is a battlefield of personalities, talents, deficits, wills, egos, and many other aspects of the humble human’s…
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Flexibility + Structure = Moderation
Staying Conscious of Moderation While I have a strong preference for dark chocolate over any other “sweet,” Halloween definitely tests…
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Stop Yelling
It sounds easy to stop yelling, but it’s not. Many of us really would like to change our behavior. But…
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How to Deal with Disrespect in Younger Kids
How do you deal with disrespect in younger kids? Elaine:So, we hear a lot of questions from parents of younger…
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Pacing Yourself for the Marathon of Parenting
Raising kids is a marathon, not a sprint. Actually, it’s more like a never-end-a-thon, a life-long event that requires endurance,…
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Their Eyes are Watching You!
Actions Speak Louder Our kids don’t miss a trick – they’re watching you. Children learn more from what we do…
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What To Do When Your Child Hates Math
Addressing the Negatives Not all kids in school like math. I had one kid who loved it enough to ask…
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Make Your Own Happy Holidays
Ah, the holidays! For years, I felt that my family never saw the best of me because I was always…
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Mindful Planning to End the Year with ADHD (Calmly)
December comes around, and suddenly, it feels like I am riding a rollercoaster. The family visits, parties, traveling, shopping, school…
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.