Attuned Spectrum | Parenting Support for Raising PDA & Autistic Children
Chantal Hewitt
8 episodes
1 day ago
In this episode, I’m diving into how I teach the first foundational pillar of Attuned Parenting — parent well-being and co-regulation. As a neurodivergent parent myself, I understand how overwhelming it can be to support a child when you’re already running on empty. But here’s the thing: you are the foundation. When we focus on our own regulation first, we can better co-regulate with our children. In this episode, I talk about: Why more tools often don’t create real change for autistic and PD...
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In this episode, I’m diving into how I teach the first foundational pillar of Attuned Parenting — parent well-being and co-regulation. As a neurodivergent parent myself, I understand how overwhelming it can be to support a child when you’re already running on empty. But here’s the thing: you are the foundation. When we focus on our own regulation first, we can better co-regulate with our children. In this episode, I talk about: Why more tools often don’t create real change for autistic and PD...
The Shift That Calmed My PDA Child’s Meltdowns (When Nothing Else Worked)
Attuned Spectrum | Parenting Support for Raising PDA & Autistic Children
15 minutes
2 weeks ago
The Shift That Calmed My PDA Child’s Meltdowns (When Nothing Else Worked)
If you’ve been trying everything to support your PDA or Autistic child through meltdowns and nothing is working, this episode will help you understand why — and what actually helps. In this episode, I share the single shift that changed everything in our home when it came to supporting my PDA autistic son. For years, I approached his meltdowns like a behaviour problem to fix. What I didn’t realise was that the strategies I was using were increasing his overwhelm, not reducing it. You’ll learn...
Attuned Spectrum | Parenting Support for Raising PDA & Autistic Children
In this episode, I’m diving into how I teach the first foundational pillar of Attuned Parenting — parent well-being and co-regulation. As a neurodivergent parent myself, I understand how overwhelming it can be to support a child when you’re already running on empty. But here’s the thing: you are the foundation. When we focus on our own regulation first, we can better co-regulate with our children. In this episode, I talk about: Why more tools often don’t create real change for autistic and PD...
