TPP 005: Julie George on the Role of Executive Functioning in Differently-Wired Kids
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the background of Julie George and why is she a trusted expert for differently‑wired kids?
In adolescence, you know, this is a h this is a critical development time, right? I mean, our brains are just pruning everything out. And so this is whether you have whether you're differently wired or have a, you know, diagnosis, it doesn't matter. You're gonna struggle with those executive functionings during adolescence period.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Rever, and today's episode features a conversation with the fabulous Julie George. Julie is a behavior and educational consultant who provides therapy to twice exceptional and autistic adolescents. She focuses on the areas of social skills, executive functioning, and Emotional regulation. But this episode is specifically about executive function, which Julie will fully explain in our conversation. But for now, let me just say that if you're not clued into the importance of the role of executive functioning in your child's world, this interview is going to rock your socks.
I'm super excited to share Julie with you because as you'll hear, she's incredibly knowledgeable about differently wired kids. She's very generous with her insight and shares a ton of things. about what's really going on in our kids' brains as well as what we as parents can do to support them in developing their executive functioning skills. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Hey Julie, it's so great to have you on the podcast today. How are you doing? I'm great. Thank you so much for having me on the podcast. I'm so happy to have you on the podcast. You're one of my go-to people. And quickly to give listeners some background on who you are and the experience that you have working with differently wired kids.
I know that you have a BA in special education and an MA in elementary education, and also that you're a board certified behavioral analyst and an ABA therapist. But beyond that, can you kind of describe for us briefly what kind of work do you do and you know what your areas of specialization are?
Yeah. So I currently have a private practice in Seattle and I see kids who are struggling with social skills, executive functioning skills, and emotion regulation. And my ages are about 10 up into high school. I don't generally see I don't generally work with young adults at this point in time. And the kids kind of range. It started off as I worked with a lot of kids that had um autism, but that's morphed into I have kids that are twice exceptional. So I get a lot of the gifted and you know paired with autism or kids that have just ADHD or just some kids that don't have a diagnosis at all, but they just are struggling with one of those areas and they come in and and they seek out uh therapy for that.
So those are kind of the main and then I also um tend to work with girls on the spectrum as well as kind of my other area of interest. My twice exceptional kids and my girls are kind of my two main areas of interest, the the the things that I really enjoy doing in my practice.
Oh, interesting. I I guess I knew that you worked with girls, but you know, there there is a prevalence, especially for the autism spectrum of boys. It seems to be more common. The studies have shown that it's much more common in boys than girls. But I have been reading lately that it shows up differently in girls as well. And I'm curious just before we get into our conversation on executive functioning, what is it about working with girls that is unique?
So a girls are, I mean, they it's so interesting because when I think about autism spectrum, you know, you kind of have the autism and it's a spectrum, but twice exceptional is the subset. Like when you get kids that have autism and twice exceptional, they're kind of their own little group and they're very different. You know, it's different in terms of how you work with them. And girls subset out differently too. And one of the main ways that they subset out is that they do their autism looks different.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the background of Julie George and why is she a trusted expert for differently‑wired kids?
0:00–5:28
2
How do autism symptoms present differently in girls and why is this important for parents?
5:28–9:03
3
What exactly is executive functioning and which brain‑based skills does it include?
9:03–13:28
4
When do executive‑function deficits typically emerge and how do they affect children’s development?
13:28–17:24
5
Why is middle school a critical period for kids with executive‑function challenges?
17:24–21:38
6
What are the four practical steps to support executive‑function development at home?
21:38–26:09
7
How can visual supports, routines, and motivation be used to improve task initiation and organization?
26:09–32:46
8
What final advice does Julie give parents for coaching twice‑exceptional children toward independence?
32:46–39:44
Speakers
2 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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