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This week\u2019s episode features a conversation with ADHD coach Margit Crane Luria (now Yafa Crane Luria) of Blocked to Brilliant. Margit, who has ADHD herself, brings a powerful perspective to the podcast as a passionate advocate for children and teens with ADHD. Her mission? To change the way ADHD and ADD is perceived by the rest of the world (educators, parents, and society at large) while also helping kids and teens with ADHD embrace their creativity and gifts and become the world changers they naturally are.\nWe cover a lot of territory in this episode which, incidentally, is the first TiLT Parenting Podcast we\u2019ve done on this topic. In forty minutes, we explore the myths, the misconceptions, the challenges, and the gifts of ADHD. If you have a child with ADHD, or you know of other children with ADHD (which we all do!), this is one episode you won\u2019t want to miss.\nYafa Crane Luria is a 30-year veteran teacher and school counselor, a Positive Discipline Trainer, and the author of the Mom\u2019s Choice Award\xae-Winning book: How To Train Your Parents in 6 \xbd Days and the Amazon Kindle bestseller: Getting Schooled: 102 Practical Tips for Parents, Teachers, Counselors, and Students about Living and Learning with ADHD. Margit specializes in helping ADHD families who have tried everything and are still frustrated and confused by their child\u2019s or teen\u2019s Blocked but Brilliant brain. Fun fact: Yafa was one of the first adults to be diagnosed with ADHD, back in 1980.\nTHINGS YOU\u2019LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:\n\nHow ADHD and ADD are defined and what the markers look like in children\n\nWhat obtaining diagnosis can be challenging because of co-existing symptoms\n\nWhy ADHD / ADD has such a negative stigma associated with it and why that needs to change\n\nWhether or not ADHD is being overdiagnosed\n\nThe many (awesome) gifts that come with having ADHD\n\nA thoughtful way to consider the use of medication in children with ADHD\n\nHow change can happen in the brains of people with ADHD\n\nWhat parents who suspect their child has ADHD should do to get started\n\n\xa0\nRESOURCES MENTIONED:\n\nYafaCrane Luria / Blocked to Brilliant\n\nADHD Videos\n\n\nWhy French Kids Don\u2019t Have ADHD (Psychology Today)\n\n\nFrench Kids DO Have ADHD (Psychology Today)\n\n\nUnderstanding the Challenges and Gifts of Dyslexia with Heidi Nord (Tilt Parenting Podcast)\n\n\nThe Role of Executive Functioning in Differently-Wired Kids with Julie George (Tilt Parenting Podcast)\n\nSupport the show\nConnect with Tilt Parenting\n\n\nVisit Tilt Parenting\n\nTake the free 7-Day Challenge\n\n\n\nRead a chapter of Differently Wired\n\n\nFollow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices