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	Podcast:		Beautifully Complex
	Episode:		216: Helping Kids & Teens Develop a Strengths-Based OS, with Matthew Zakreski, Psy.D.
	Category:		Kids & family
	Duration:		00:31:51
	Publish Date:		2023-04-06 16:08:23
	Description:		Instead of viewing ADHD and autism through the medical model, we need to view them through a strengths-based model as the neurodiversity movement does. A strengths-based model uses interests and strengths to help with challenges. We talk a lot about it in terms of parenting and educating, but now it’s time to teach our kids to operate through a strengths-based lens. In this episode, Dr. Matt outlines the steps to help your child develop a strengths-based perspective specific to their own strengths and weaknesses. This puts challenges and non-preferred tasks through a lens that the child or teen cares about, making it much more doable. As Dr. Matt reminds us, “Rising tides raise all boats.”
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