TPP 022: Supporting Children with Learning and Attention Issues with Understood.org
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is Understood.org and why is it a go‑to resource for parents of differently wired kids?
We also have this amazing thing called through your child's eyes. It starts with videos and it's a real child talking about their challenges and they're telling their story. And then it goes into a simulation. So it's sort of like gamifying, right? It's a simulation of what it might feel like to have that issue. And it's rigged. You're not going to be able to win these simulations because what it's doing is it's showing you what it looks like, what it feels like to do the world through your child's eyes. I have to tell you, there's one for executive functioning issues. I tried it and I cried after 60 seconds. I actually wrote a blog post about it. It's un-understood about, you know, now I understand what it feels like to have executive functioning issues.
And it's a title. I don't understand what it feels like, but I have a much better understanding of my son now because if that's what his world is like every day, of course he's frustrated.
Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber. And in today's episode, I'm going to be sharing with you a fantastic resource that if you have a child with learning and attention issues, which could be anything from dyslexia and dysgraphia to ADD and ADHD, not to mention a whole gambit of differences in between, should absolutely be right up there in your list of top go-to resources. The resource we're talking about today is called understood.org. Launched around two years ago, Understood provides a ton of free services and content for parents. On their website, their mission reads like this.
We want to empower parents to understand their children's issues and relate to their experiences. With this knowledge, parents can make effective choices that propel their children from simply coping to truly thriving. To talk about Understood, I have with me Amanda Morin, who in addition to being one of Understood.org's experts, is also a former teacher and early intervention specialist and author, and is the mother of several differently wired kids herself. In our conversation, Amanda shares her own journey as a mother and introduces us to the different ways parents can tap into everything that Understood has to offer for parents. Thanks for listening to the Tilt Parenting Podcast. To learn more about Tilt,
Hey, everyone, Debbie Reber with the Tilt Parenting Podcast. And today I have with me parent advocate, education writer, author, and former classroom early intervention specialist, Amanda Morin. Welcome to the show, Amanda.
Hi, thank you. Welcome for having me. Thank you for having me rather. You read all of that off. I feel exhausted hearing what what you described me
as. That's pretty impressive stuff. And also, what I didn't mention is that you're part of the understood.org team. And so today, we're going to talk about exactly what understood is and the powerful ways that it supports parents raising differently wired kids. But before we get into that, I would really like to know more about your personal story. So could you fill us in on how you came to be doing the work you do on behalf of differently wired kids and their parents?
Sure. I actually have sort of multiple answers to that question. Like you said, I was a classroom teacher for a long time and an early intervention specialist. So that means I was working with kids from the ages zero to five who had learning disabilities or other kinds of disabilities that got in the way of sort of their development and learning. And what we would do is we would work with those kids and families to help them develop. Sort of either learn new ways to get around challenges or learn new ways to sort of catch up because sometimes kids do catch up with early intervention. Mm-hmm. So that was my professional background. And then I also have three children of my own. And when my first child was born, it was sort of this, okay, I don't know what I'm doing because I'm a new parent.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is Understood.org and why is it a go‑to resource for parents of differently wired kids?
0:00–4:56
2
How did Amanda Morin’s professional background shape her work with Understood?
4:56–8:49
3
What personal challenges did Amanda face raising three differently wired children?
8:49–14:40
4
How does the ‘Through Your Child’s Eyes’ simulation help parents experience learning challenges?
14:40–21:10
5
What are the key tools on Understood.org (Parenting Coach, TechFinder, Toolkit) and how do they work?
21:10–26:16
6
How can parents access daily expert chats, webinars, and the safe community groups?
26:16–32:34
7
What back‑to‑school resources does Understood provide and how are they organized?
32:34–36:16
Speakers
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