Notes for parents & helpers
Deep dives on neurodivergent-affirming care and the kinds of therapy that help kids feel safe. New here? Start here.
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Stimming: What It Is, Why It Helps, and When to Gently Redirect
Stimming helps many neurodivergent kids regulate and express themselves. Here is what the research and autistic adults say, and when to step in.
After-School Restraint Collapse: Why Kids Fall Apart at Home
If your child holds it together at school and falls apart the minute they get home, there is a name for that, and it makes a lot of sense.
Autistic Shutdown: When Overwhelm Goes Quiet
Shutdowns are the quiet side of overwhelm, and they are easy to miss. Here is what they look like and how to help.
Meltdown or Tantrum? How to Tell the Difference and What Helps
Meltdowns and tantrums can look alike from the outside, but they need very different responses. Here is how to tell them apart.
Behavior Is Communication: A Deep Dive for Parents of Neurodivergent Kids
What your child’s behavior might be telling you, drawing on the nervous system, attachment, masking, play and DBT research.
Attachment-Based Therapy: Connection Over Compliance
Why connection comes before compliance, and how rupture and repair help kids trust that relationships can handle hard moments.
DBT Skills for Kids and Teens: A Parent’s Guide
What DBT skills are, the five adolescent skill modules, a few skills to try at home, and how to adapt DBT for neurodivergent kids.
Regulation Before Reasoning: Your Child’s Nervous System, Explained
Why “calm down” rarely works, what the window of tolerance is, and how co-regulation helps kids through big feelings.
Child-Centered Play Therapy: Why Kids Heal Through Play
What Child-Centered Play Therapy is, what a session looks like, and why it can be a great fit for neurodivergent kids.
What Is Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy? A Parent’s Guide
A plain-language guide to neurodivergent-affirming therapy: what changes in the room, why masking is not the goal, and how parents fit in.