TPP 373: Parent Lean-In — How Can I Prepare My Child for the Transition to Middle School?
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the purpose of this Parent Lean‑In episode and who is the guest?
I'm Debbie Rieber and welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I get a lot of questions from listeners looking for help navigating complex situations with their kids. So in this new mini-episode format, I'll be answering listener questions, sometimes all on my own, sometimes with one of the parent coaches from the Differently Wired Club, and sometimes with an author or expert who's become a trusted resource. Think of these bite-sized, short and sweet parent-lean-in episodes as a quick check-in. one answer featuring strategies, tips, or reframes that can support you in your parenting world.
To submit a question for a parent lean-in episode, just go to tiltparenting.com slash lean. That's tiltparenting.com slash L E A N I N. Alright, here's today's episode. Hey everybody! I am here with Seth Perler, my friend, my colleague. Who is generously joining me for this parent leaning episode? If you're not familiar with Seth, he is an executive function coach and consultant with extensive experience addressing extraordinarily diverse learning needs. He's been on the show a bunch of times before. We talk a lot about executive function. My kid has interviewed Seth for a conversation before. And Seth is really passionate about meeting the unique needs of. students and he places heavy emphasis on addressing social, emotional, lifestyle, and executive function issues to really help students create.
amazing lives for themselves. I know that's kind of your big picture mission. So You guys, if you're not familiar with Seth, he has a ton of resources on his website, which is SethPurler.com. He also recently launched this awesome community called the Executive Function Lab. He coaches people there on how to get results. He offers a ton of tools and is just a great community. So you can find out more about that at executivefunction lab.com. So hello. And the
summit, which is coming up the summer, executive function summit.com in in August.
And how many years has that been running now?
I think it's the sixth year.
Oh my goodness, Tifos. Yes, that's another amazing event. So check out Seth for all the things, but as you'll hear from this episode, he's he's also yeah. I learn every time I talk to Seth, he's got a lot of great insight. So welcome to the show, Seth. Hey,
Debbie.
So this question was called in from a listener. I'm gonna play it for y'all and then we will get to some ideas.
Hey Debbie, my name's Ashley and I have a question about my son who's currently a fifth grader. And of course I'm already thinking ahead to him going into sixth grade and middle school and just the sheer amount of changes that will happen in that time. Um, with multiple teachers, you know, navigating different classrooms. He will go from not having homework to having homework. Um, just a lot. And to be honest, I feel really overwhelmed at that prospect. His fourth grade was very challenging. This fifth grade year has actually gotten a lot better as we've made adjustments to his IEP. And I'm just wondering what are the ways in which we can prepare him. what are um ways to get him ready for that. And really I'm curious to know if you have experience or have any recommendations to get connected with people that do like part time school, like maybe go for partial days and do more school work at home.
Um I'm just worried that a full day of middle school ongoing for a year is gonna be too much.
Okay, so I have some thoughts. I'll kick us off and then Seth will we'll hear what you have to say. So gosh, as I read this, I really like I felt this parent's anxiety. I have been there. Like at every stage, I'm always kind of looking at the future, the next six months, the next year, the next school year, and trying to anticipate all of the potential problems so that I can proactively plan for all of them so that I can prevent anything bad from happening. So I get into this like really you know, kind of hyperactive control mode.
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Chapters
3 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this Parent Lean‑In episode and who is the guest?
0:02–10:32
2
How does the listener’s question frame the challenge of moving a neurodivergent child to middle school?
10:32–14:25
3
What initial strategies does Debbie suggest for talking with your child about the transition?
14:25–19:42
Speakers
2 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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