At Peace Parents Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Are you ready to start working to deeply understand and support your PDA child or teen and lead your family to peace? Join the waitlist for the next cohort of my signature Paradigm Shift Program at https://www.atpeaceparents.com/paradigm-shift-program

To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.

You can also connect with me on:

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And information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.com

Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.

xoxo,

Casey

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Are you dreading the start to school with your PDA child or teen? 😬

You are not alone! 

During this free training, I explored seven steps to help you feel more confident and empowered with skills that can help you solve problems and get your child or teen the support and access to learning that they deserve and have a right to 💪.

Structure of the free mini training:

👉Tough love and radically accepting the constraints we can’t change in the moment.

👉Identifying decision points vs. strategies for advocacy

👉 Strategic communication with schools

👉Identify specific needs and solutions (one problem at a time)

👉 PLATO framework for making non-violent communication requests (Citation: Marshall Rosenberg, Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Compassion)

👉Collect data on response (e.g. Yes, No, but… or No) to inform decision making.

These are skills we apply, practice, and refine in the context of your real life and home in our signature Paradigm Shift Program (https://www.atpeaceparents.com/paradigm-shift-program)

To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.

You can also connect with me on:

Instagram - www.instagram/atpeaceparents

TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparents

Facebook - www.facebook.com/atpeaceparents

YouTube - www.youtube.com/@atpeaceparents

And information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.com

Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.

xoxo,

Casey

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In this episode I talk with At Peace Parents coach Kendahl Damashek about parenting twice exceptional children - who are both gifted and PDA. Kendahl shares her personal experience being 2E and raising 2E children.

You can learn more about her and her coaching services at https://www.atpeaceparents.com/kendahl-private-coaching-1

To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.

You can also connect with me on:

Instagram - www.instagram/atpeaceparents

TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparents

Facebook - www.facebook.com/atpeaceparents

YouTube - www.youtube.com/@atpeaceparents

And information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.com

Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.

xoxo,

Casey

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In this episode I share how Polyvagal Theory - cutting edge understanding of how the human nervous system works - can help us parent our PDA children and teens. Specifically, I look at how it helps us answer the following paradoxical questions:

1 - Why do things seem to get worse after I dive in on accommodating?

2 - How can my child turn their responses on or off if the behaviors truly aren't under their conscious control?

3 - Similarly, how can equalizing be social in nature if not under their control?

4 - Why, after making so much progress with my PDA child, do I personally feel so awful in my own nervous system?

To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.

You can also connect with me on:

Instagram - www.instagram/atpeaceparents

TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparents

Facebook - www.facebook.com/atpeaceparents

YouTube - www.youtube.com/@atpeaceparents

And information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.com

Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.

xoxo,

Casey

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In this episode I share the lessons I learned THE HARD WAY about advocating for my PDA son. Because you are truly not alone if you're feeling angry and exhausted after trying to convince teachers, doctors, therapists, grandparents, even spouses what your child needs and why - I've worked with hundreds of families who have gone through this.

I share these lessons in the hope that it will short cut the process for you, so you can preserve some of your limited energy.

Interested in the two books I mention - Non-Violent Communication and Boundary Boss. You can find links to both on our resources page, and if you buy through those links a commission will go towards our scholarship program. www.atpeaceparents.com/resources

To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.

You can also connect with me on:

Instagram - www.instagram/atpeaceparents

TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparents

Facebook - www.facebook.com/atpeaceparents

YouTube - www.youtube.com/@atpeaceparents

And information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.com

Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.

xoxo,

Casey

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Parents often ask me how their three-year-old PDA child could possibly be masking before they've even started preschsool and seen much of how other kids behave. It's a great question, and one I asked many times as well.

In this episode I dig into the answer, according to Polyvagal Theory.

To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.

You can also connect with me on:

Instagram - www.instagram/atpeaceparents

TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparents

Facebook - www.facebook.com/atpeaceparents

YouTube - www.youtube.com/@atpeaceparents

And information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.com

Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.

xoxo,

Casey

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In this episode Dr. Alex Klein and I answer questions that families submitted. If you'd like to submit a question for one of our future conversations, here is where you can do so: https://www.atpeaceparents.com/submit-question-klein-ehrlich

Here's some of the questions we took on for this episode:

• How do you know if the behavior you are observing as a parent is from ADHD or PDA? What are the differences and similarities?
• Why are psychologists so resistant to recognizing PDA? (Asked as “What is wrong with Psychologists that they can’t see this as a neurotype!?!” 😊)
• Are psychologists helpful at all if they aren’t PDA themselves? Is it even worth trying to find a psychologist?
• What do you do if ABA is recommended by a doctor, but intuitively you don't think it is the right fit? 

To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.

You can also connect with me on:

Instagram - www.instagram/atpeaceparents

TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparents

Facebook - www.facebook.com/atpeaceparents

YouTube - www.youtube.com/@atpeaceparents

And information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.com

Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.

xoxo,

Casey

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Does your child refuses to write or draw? In this episode I share my story of my son's avoidance of both and how supporting his nervous with PDA accommodations enabled him to come back to them over time.

The story also illustrates the general logic of supporting a child through and out of burnout.

To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.

You can also connect with me on:

Instagram - www.instagram/atpeaceparents

TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparents

Facebook - www.facebook.com/atpeaceparents

YouTube - www.youtube.com/@atpeaceparents

And information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.com

Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.

xoxo,

Casey

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Paradigm Shift Program

Knowing the difference between boundaries and rules, and when to use each, can be really helpful when parenting a PDA child or teen.

To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.

You can also connect with me on:

Instagram - www.instagram/atpeaceparents

TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparents

Facebook - www.facebook.com/atpeaceparents

YouTube - www.youtube.com/@atpeaceparents

And information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.com

Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.

xoxo,

Casey

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In this episode I reconnect with my longtime dear friend, Lauren Stern Noel, who is also a developmental therapist and DIR-Floortime therapist working with Autistic children and children with developmental disabilities. We talk about playing with PDA children, and how it can look different than what parents might have expected.

Lauren serves families and schools directly in the greater Chicago area and you can learn more about her services and work at her website: https://www.playtimekids.org/about-lauren

Lauren's full bio is here: Lauren Stern Noel has been working with children with autism spectrum disorders and developmental differences since 2003. She is a credentialed Developmental Therapist through the Illinois Early Intervention program, a certified Infant Mental Health Specialist through Erikson Institute, and a Fellows-level certified DIRFloortime® therapist through Profectum™ Academy. Lauren believes that relationships and a strong social-emotional foundation are the basis for play, development and learning.

Lauren earned a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree in child development from Tufts University.

To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.

You can also connect with me on:

Instagram - www.instagram/atpeaceparents

TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparents

Facebook - www.facebook.com/atpeaceparents

YouTube - www.youtube.com/@atpeaceparents

And information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.com

Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent!

xoxo,

Casey

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Paradigm Shift Program