If you have a differently wired child who is athletic and/or is into sports, this episode is for you. My guest is Susan Stout, the founder Own Beat Athlete, a new resource aimed at helping athletic coaches understand their athletes who march to a different beat. Susan knows from personal experience as an athlete herself, a former coach, and the parent of an athletic differently wired child, that many great athletes can be challenging to coach because of their wiring\u2014they can be easily frustrated, disruptive, forgetful, inconsistent. But she also knows that they can be a teams\u2019 greatest asset. Susan\u2019s goal is to equip others with what she wishes she knew when she was a coach, and support and bring out the best in the many athletes who didn\u2019t fit the mold, with a specific focus on athletes with ADHD, learning differences, and anxiety.\nThis is a really interesting conversation and Susan\u2019s resources are a great starting point for listeners who want to bridge that gap of knowledge between their child\u2019s behavior and their sports coach. I hope you enjoy it.\nSusan Stout is an advocate for athletes who are wired differently and struggle to participate or reach their potential in sports. She specializes in ADHD, learning differences and anxiety. Susan is the founder of Own Beat Athlete, a project to provide athletic coaches with the understanding and tools they need to help their differently wired athletes thrive. She brings to the work her perspective as a swimmer, coach, teacher, lawyer and mom to an avid and talented young athlete with ADHD and dyslexia.\n\xa0\nThings you\u2019ll learn from this episode\n\nHow and when parents should let athletic coaches know about a child\u2019s wiring\n\nWhat kind of unique gifts differently wired athletes bring to their sports\n\nWhat the common challenges are for differently wired kids participating in sports\n\nHow parents can talk with their kids about learning how to self-advocate for themselves with their coaches\n\nSusan\u2019s thoughts on how willing coaches are to better understand and support their differently wired athletes\n\nHow Own Beat Athlete supports coaches (and parents of athletes) to know how to practically support and problem solve with challenges related to neurodifferences\n\nWhat parents should look for to know whether or not they should step in\n\n\xa0\nResources mentioned for coaching differently wired athletes\n\nOwn Beat Athlete\n\nOwn Beat Athlete / Susan Stout on Twitter\n\nSusan Stout on Facebook\n\nOwn Beat Athlete\u2019s Coaches\u2019 Toolkit\n\nSupport the showConnect with Tilt Parenting\n Visit Tilt Parenting\n Take the free 7-Day Challenge \n Read a chapter of Differently Wired \n Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram \n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices