Friend hello, and welcome to this first episode of Autism & Neurodiversity with your hosts, Jason and Debbie!

In this episode, we're inviting you into our personal journey of raising neurodivergent kids who have experienced trauma, and how that led us to develop Neuro-Developmental Mentoring, or NDM for short. We'll share how the amazing breakthroughs in neurodiversity research have helped us better understand and nurture our children's growth and how they can help you too.

As we navigated the complexities of raising neurodivergent kids, we realized that traditional approaches weren't always enough. That's why we created the NDM Circle Community, a safe space where parents and professionals can find personalized resources and support for working with neurodivergent children, teens, and young adults.

This episode is all about rewriting the narrative for neurodivergent families and offering a fresh perspective on what true support can look like. Whether you're a parent, professional, or simply curious about neurodiversity, this podcast will give you the insights you need to foster well-being and development in truly meaningful ways.

About Jason & Debbie:

Debbie is a skilled Certified Parent Coach and Jason is a veteran Clinical Therapist who founded NeuroDev, a school and mentoring program for neurodivergent young adults, together we have 5 children, 3 of which are adopted and neurodivergent that we've raised into adulthood. ⁠

We practice and teach NDM or Neuro-Developmental Mentoring, a neuro-science backed, field-tested approach to support your child, teen, or young adult's well-being and development.⁠

📩 Want more insights and practical tools? Be sure to join our email list for inspiration and updates.

👉 For deeper support, join our NDM Circle Community at NDM.Circle.so—a space for parents and professionals navigating the complexities of parenting neurodivergent young people.

We're so honored to have Dr. Abby Jenkins and Dr. Todd Corelli both licensed psychologists with 30+ years of experience between them, to be our first guests on our show.

We’ve learned over the years that not all psychological evaluations are created equal. We invited Abby and Todd to share what goes into getting a good one because they do great ones. They also have great perspectives to share relating to a neurodiverse type diagnosis.

They do assessments and administer psychological and psycho-educational evaluations in order to clarify each individual’s psychological functioning, learning profile, and any learning difficulties for a wide range of potential problems including ADHD, executive functioning, other learning disorders, depression, Bipolar Disorder, anxiety disorders, Autism, personality disorders, trauma, addiction and many other diagnostic issues.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• What does a good psychologist do?
• What goes into getting a good psych eval and why it’s worth investing in a good one.
• What is needed to diagnose Autism or other neurodiverse diagnoses.
• What they say to parents hesitant to put labels on their child.
• What advise they have for parents.

Featured on the Show:

• Where to find Dr. Abby Jenkins: abbyjenkinsphd.com
• Where to find Dr. Todd Corelli: drtoddtalks.com
• For more support visit: NDM.Circle.so

👉 If this episode resonated with you, we’d love for you to leave a quick 5 star review sharing your favorite takeaway. It helps us create more meaningful content for listeners like you.

📩 Want more insights and practical tools? Be sure to join our email list for inspiration and updates.

🔵 For deeper support, consider joining our NDM Circle Community at NDM.Circle.so—a space for parents and professionals navigating the complexities of parenting neurodivergent young people.

In this first solo episode with Debbie, she talks about some of the challenges in neurodivergent parenting. You love your son or daughter and want them to be happy. You want the best for them, but it's hard to figure it out what to do.

There's a lot of conflicting advice and approaches out there. How do you know if you're doing it right? How do you know what's going to help your loved one?

Listen in as she points out from personal experience what positive results really boil down to- every time.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• How do you know if you’re doing it right?
• Why you can say and do all the “right things” according to experts and still get a negative result.
• What positive results really boil down to- every time.
• Why doing the work on yourself is so worth it even if it’s hard.

Featured on the Show:

• Visit NeuroDevMentoring.com to learn more about out our specialized program for neurodivergent young adults.
• Follow Debbie on Instagram!

👉 If this episode resonated with you, we’d love for you to leave a quick 5 star review sharing your favorite takeaway. It helps us create more meaningful content for listeners like you.

📩 Want more insights and practical tools? Be sure to join our email list for inspiration and updates.

🔵 For deeper support, consider joining our NDM Circle Community at NDM.Circle.so—a space for parents and professionals navigating the complexities of parenting neurodivergent young people.