TPP 161: Dr. Devon MacEachron on "What's Next?" After Diagnosis
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the main focus of today’s episode and why does it matter for parents?
The best way we can prepare our children for the future is to have them be be able to think and to be able to flexibly problem solve and and it things basic reading, writing and r arithmetic skills like, you know, showing your work and um handwriting are perhaps gonna become much less important. So we have to challenge our assumptions.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. My name is Debbie Rieber and I'm the host of this show, and today I'm bringing back to the podcast Dr. Devin McEkrin, a New York-based psychologist who specializes in assessment and educational planning for gifted and twice exceptional learners. The last time Devin was on the show, we talked about the assessment process for two-e kids. But today we want to move into the next natural step of this conversation. And actually, the next step for a parent whose child has been identified as having any sort of neurodifference, from dyslexia and ADHD to a processing speed or a sensory issue.
And that step involves really looking at this question. What now? As in, what should I do with this information? How should I feel about it?
What does the “What now?” question look like after a child receives a diagnosis?
Where do I begin? And how can I figure out a way to navigate this unknown path in a way that's in alignment with my values and will best support my child? So that's what Devin and I are going to get into today. This is a very practical episode intended to give you a framework for processing what can be overwhelming or unexpected information, and then moving forward with confidence. And a little background about my guest, Dr. Devin McEkron provides comprehensive neuropsych and psychoeducational assessments focused on discovering the students' unique. Unique profile of cognitive strengths and weaknesses, and identifying how individual differences impact learning, achievement as compared to ability, social, emotional, and behavioral functioning, and interests and affinities.
As a specialist in TUI and gifted learners, dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger's, and Academic Motivation, Devin is an expert diagnostician who provides. provides an actionable game plan to families, enabling students to achieve their highest potential. And if Dr. Devin's name is familiar to you, it might be because her short video for now this, about what you need to know about neurodiversity, went viral last year with more than 28 million views. And now? I'm gonna get on with the show. Hey Devin, welcome back to the podcast. Thank you, Debbie. It's really an honor to be
invited back.
Yeah, our conversation I'm realizing was a couple of years ago now where we talked about the diagnostic process. That was a very popular episode. Listeners, if you haven't checked it out yet, you should go back and listen to that. After you listen to this conversation. And you've had kind of a busy couple of years since then. Before we get into the meat of our conversation today, can you just take a a minute to introduce yourself and tell us what you do?
Sure, my name's Devin McCran, and I'm a psychologist in private practice in New York City and Manhattan. And I specialize in gifted learners and twice exceptional learners, but I'm happy to work with absolutely anybody. I I take a very positive psychology approach to my work and emphasize the child's strengths and interests as well as areas for development. So it's um it's perhaps a little bit different. approach that they'll take and it's very rewarding.
Yeah, and I just I have to just say this as a disclaimer. Devin was the person that we took Asher to last summer uh here in New York City for a formal assessment process and it was just such a positive experience. So I'm just gonna throw that out there. I've been sharing this in different Facebook groups where people are looking for resources. So just full disclosure that we have that kind of relationship. So I know um how good Devin is at
How should parents evaluate and question the assessment report they receive?
what she does. Um, but I also just have to mention that you were in a video and now this video that came out, I don't know, maybe a year ago that really went viral.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main focus of today’s episode and why does it matter for parents?
0:00–1:18
2
What does the “What now?” question look like after a child receives a diagnosis?
1:18–4:14
3
How should parents evaluate and question the assessment report they receive?
4:14–9:06
4
What emotional stages do parents typically experience after a diagnosis?
9:06–14:00
5
How can families turn the assessment’s recommendations into a practical action plan?
14:00–18:03
6
What are the best‑practice resources and evidence‑based tools for selecting interventions?
18:03–23:50
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How should parents involve their child in the planning and disclosure process?
23:50–29:04
8
What long‑term strategies help parents stay hopeful and keep momentum?
29:04–36:57
Speakers
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