Zerberts, Sensory Challenges, and Crayons in the Dryer with Eric Tivers, Parent with ADHD of a thrice-exceptional son from ADHD Essentials

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Brendan Mahan

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Zerberts, Sensory Challenges, and Crayons in the Dryer with Eric Tivers, Parent with ADHD of a thrice-exceptional son

43 minutes Posted Mar 7, 2018 at 2:29 pm.

Hardest job he’s ever had

Son doesn’t know why he did, Dad doesn’t know why he didn’t

Planning and being “on” as dad

Son has always needed/gotten less sleep

Transitioning is hard because Eric is “state-based”

Getting home after son is in bed

Working on shifting gears

Adulting is hard

Making a dentist appointment

“ADHD is frustrating and comical at the same time.”

“…and I’m responsible for a life!”

Eric is grateful for wife and her acceptance of his ADHD

“Acceptance grows when gratitude shows up.”

Phone calls are hard

Supportive spouses supplying strategies

Filling tires and taking Adderall

The struggle to bring successful work strategies home

Environmentally-based to-do lists

Dad needs checklists and reminders for homework, too!

On the transfer of concepts from one environment to another

Generalization of concepts

Stepping back professionally from Autism work

Uncarved pumpkins

Needing a plan at home as well as at work

On trying to remember names

How to fake it when you forget a teacher’s name

Wild wife memory skills

Eric the hippy

Never enough time

Fluff only after 8pm

“Dishwasher moments”

Wandering assumptions

Undermined at the gym

Father and son podcasts and projects

Creating space for son to “let him be him”

Potty humor

Son is linguistically gifted

On Pokemon

On wrestling and rough play

Activate Zerbert-Tron

Teaching boundaries and body respect

The power and challenge of reassuring hugs

Eric opens his parenting toolbox

The row your boat strategy

Developing cues to breathe deeply

Meet them where they are, and start with sensory needs

Teach self-regulation strategies

Give Feedback with self-esteem in mind

X-Ray blankets and dentist nerves

Family visits and sensory overwhelm

Ending Essentials

Eric’s not-so proud parenting moments

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Today’s episode is a conversation with my friend Eric Tivers. Eric is an ADHD coach, and licensed clinical social worker. He’s the host of the ADHD reWired podcast, and runs the ADHD reWired adult coaching groups.

But in this episode, he’s talking as a dad who has ADHD, parenting a thrice-exceptional child who is gifted, and who has autism and ADHD. We discuss the challenges of transferring skills from work to home, the role sensory stimulation plays in his life, including how overwhelming it can be, and he tells the epic tale of cleaning crayons out of his dryer.

Eric can be found at www.ADHDreWired.com.

You can learn more about his coaching groups at www.coachingreWired.com.

And the reWired podcast can be found at www.ADHDreWired.com/podcast

Let me know what you think of today's episode by emailing me at Brendan@ADHDessentials.com.

As usual, I can be found at www.ADHDessentials.com.

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