DOES PARENTING FEEL LIKE IT’S ABOVE YOUR PAY GRADE LATELY?
You’re definitely not alone!
Students aren't the only ones who need support. In this world where we are raising the first generation of digital natives, and there are more opportunities to feel disconnected than to feel connected, Classroom Matters is offering a space for parents and caregivers to get the help they need to foster compassion and patience in their parenting journeys. Here are some of the areas they cover in coaching sessions:
Reframing how you think about what drives your child's behavior
Cultivating compassion for, patience for, and acceptance of the child you have instead of yearning for the child you think you want
Learning the language and lens of meeting your child where they are
Identifying tools and strategies to use at home to scaffold executive function skills
Co-regulating instead of co-escalating
Setting realistic and developmentally appropriate expectations and non-negotiables
Devoting unadulterated time to connecting with your kid
Connecting before you correct and separating moments of connection from moments of correction/compliance
Regularly modeling executive function skills at home
Helping you identify your own EF strengths and weaknesses
additional support:
Identifying tools and strategies to effectively parent your neurodivergent child
Learning the nitty-gritty details of ADHD, ASD (and other learning differences), how it shows up for your kid, and how it impacts relationships and learning. (Tangentially, you may need to embark on a discovery of your own ADHD and its impacts.)
Learning and understanding terms like PDA, RSD, and other ADHD characteristics.
Reframing your thinking about ADHD and coming from a strengths-based perspective.