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This week on In It, a crossover episode!

Co-host Rachel Bozek chats with Mallory Yee, PhD, who is a host of Shining With ADHD, a parenting podcast from The Childhood Collective. Mallory is also a licensed psychologist specializing in kids with ADHD.

On this episode, the two talk about how they handle moments and situations when their personal and professional lives meet.

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For a transcript and more resources, visit the In It page on Understood.org.

Timestamps

• (04:30) Relating to our kids’ teachers
• (09:20) Being able to look back and laugh
• (12:54) Mallory on our personal vs. professional selves
• 14:29) Rachel on taking experts’ advice in real life
• (16:00) Thinking about our own advice and expectations

Related resources

• Shining With ADHD from The Childhood Collective
• Hygiene battles: Tips from an ADHD expert
• Social media and parenting: How much is too much?

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The news is often scary, confusing, and sometimes overwhelming. And kids who learn and think differently may have an especially hard time with intense news cycles.

In this episode of In It, hosts Gretchen Vierstra and Rachel Bozek talk with returning guest Dr. Kristin Carothers. Kristin is a clinical psychologist based in Atlanta and New York City who specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy and behavioral interventions. She’s also an adjunct associate professor of psychiatry at Morehouse School of Medicine and an expert contributor for Understood.

Kristin offers tips and strategies to help parents and caregivers navigate difficult news cycles with kids who learn and think differently.

To get a transcript of this show and check out more episodes, visit the In It podcast page at Understood.

We love hearing from our listeners. Email us at init@understood.org.

Related resources

• How scary news can impact kids who learn and think differently
• What is perseveration?
• Racism and violence: How to help kids handle the news
• ADHD parenting tips from a Black clinical psychologist

Timestamps

(3:18) Understanding the effect the news is having on your child

(6:45) Flexible thinking

(9:50) Respecting different points of view

(13:32) Perseveration

(17:08) Managing the impulse to overshare

(17:44) Understanding levels of disclosure

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You may have read or heard that kids with ADHD are at a higher risk for addiction. Is this true? If so, why? And what can we, as parents and caregivers, do about it?

In this episode of In It, hosts Gretchen Vierstra and Rachel Bozek talk with Dr. Roberto Olivardia. Roberto is a Massachusetts-based clinical psychologist. He has spent years evaluating people for learning and thinking differences including ADHD. And he was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult.

He shares helpful information to help families understand the relationship between the risk of addiction and ADHD.

To get a transcript of this show and check out more episodes, visit the In It podcast page at Understood.

We love hearing from our listeners. Email us at init@understood.org.

Related resources

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Suicide and Crisis Hotline
• 5 common concerns parents have about ADHD medications for kids
• Study finds that ADHD medication reduces risk of drug abuse for people with ADHD
• ADHD medication misuse, sharing, and abuse: What you need to know

Timestamps

(02:01) Chemistry of ADHD

(02:40) Helpful statistics about risk and ADHD

(06:15) Self-medication studies

(13:28) Risk of addiction

(15:34) Talking to younger kids

(21:22) The importance of communication

(22:16) Assertiveness skills for kids

Understood is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you want to help us continue this work, donate at understood.org/give