Parenting Neurodiverse Kids Series

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Join us for our Parenting Neurodiverse Kids Speaker Series. This multi-session community series, held in Redwood City and San Mateo, offers parents and caregivers thoughtful, practical support around raising and advocating for neurodiverse children. Led by nationally recognized experts, each session is designed to help families support their children. This English speaker series will feature live Spanish interpretation.

The Hard Parts No One Talks About: Parenting Neurodiverse Kids with Compassion and Clarity

Join parenting educator Kaitlin Soule for an honest and supportive conversation about the often-unspoken challenges of raising neurodiverse children. This talk offers practical strategies, emotional validation, and compassionate guidance to help parents and caregivers navigate difficult moments with their neurodiverse kids.

Kaitlin Soule is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Mental Health Expert in California who specializes in Women and Teen Mental Health, Modern Parenthood, and Anxiety Disorders. She is the author of A Little Less of a Hot Mess: The Modern Mom’s Guide to Growth and Evolution, and the forthcoming book That Makes So Much Sense…, which explores late ADHD diagnosis in women through the lens of shame, identity, and personal power. Kaitlin is known for translating complex psychological concepts into language that feels validating, practical, and deeply human.

Two sessions:

Life with Neurodivergence: Teen and Parent Perspectives

Neurodiverse parents, children, and a young adult come together to share personal stories about living, growing, and navigating the world with neurodiversity. Through honest conversation, panelists offer insight into challenges, strengths, and everyday experiences from different points of view. Moderated by a librarian who is also a neurodiverse parent, the discussion includes time for audience questions and is designed to foster empathy, understanding, and meaningful community connection.

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Speaking Up for Your Child's Needs: Knowing When and How to Step In

Advocating for your child can feel emotional, complicated, and sometimes overwhelming. This community workshop supports parents in building confidence around when to step in, how to communicate concerns effectively, and how to partner with schools in ways that center your child’s strengths, needs, and lived experience. Together, we’ll explore practical tools, compassionate language, and curiosity-first strategies that help you move from frustration to collaboration—so your child feels seen, supported, and understood.

Amanda Morin is a neurodivergent neurodiversity activist, an award-winning author of six books, early childhood specialist, and nationally known speaker, deeply committed to fostering accessible and inclusive environments for neurodivergent individuals. She leverages her expertise in learning and child development, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), special education, advocacy, and mental health to distill complex data into easily digestible information for parents, educators, and employers who want to advance the mission of creating inclusive content, programs, and strategies to make the world accessible to all.

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Changing Perspectives: Understanding Inclusion, Ableism, and Neurodiversity

This workshop, led by nationally recognized educator Sam Drazin, guides parents through a deep, practical exploration of neurodiversity and ableism in both home and school life. Drawing from real examples and evidence-based frameworks, Sam explains what neurodiversity really means, how ableism shows up in everyday expectations and systems, and why typical deficit-based thinking limits children’s opportunities for growth and belonging.

Through engaging examples and accessible language, parents will leave better equipped to understand their child’s experience, challenge limiting assumptions, and create supportive, inclusive environments both at home and in partnership with educators.

Sam Drazin Sam is an internationally recognized educator and changemaker, and the Founder and Executive Director of Changing Perspectives. His organization’s mission is to strengthen school communities through social-emotional learning, disability awareness, empathy development, and inclusion.

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This program is supported by Measure K funding from the County of San Mateo.

Criando hijos neurodiversos: Serie de conferencias

Acompáñenos a nuestra Serie de Conferencias: Criando Hijos Neurodiversos. Esta serie comunitaria de varias sesiones, que se llevará a cabo en Redwood City y San Mateo, ofrece a padres y personas que cuidan niños apoyo práctico y considerado sobre cómo criar y abogar por niños neurodiversos. Dirigida por expertos reconocidos a nivel nacional, cada sesión está diseñada para ayudar a las familias a apoyar a sus hijos. Esta serie de conferencias en inglés contará con interpretación en vivo en español.

Las partes difíciles de las que nadie habla: Criando hijos neurodiversos con compasión y claridad

Kaitlin Soule

Kaitlin es terapeuta matrimonial y familiar titulada y experta en salud mental reconocida a nivel nacional. Se especializa en salud mental de mujeres y adolescentes, paternidad moderna y trastornos de ansiedad.

La vida con neurodiversidad: Perspectiva de adolescentes y padres

Escuche directamente de padres, hijos y jóvenes adultos neurodiversos mientras comparten sus experiencias personales de vivir, crecer y navegar el mundo con neurodiversidad.

Abogando por las necesidades de su hijo: Saber cuando y cómo intervenir

Amanda Morin

Amanda es una activista neurodivergente de la neurodiversidad, autora galardonada de seis libros, especialista en la primera etapa de infancia y conferencista (oradora de [la] conferencia) de renombre nacional, profundamente comprometida con el fomento de entornos accesibles e inclusivos para las personas neurodivergentes.

Cambiando perspectivas: Entendiendo la inclusión, el capacitismo y la neurodiversidad

Sam Drazin

Sam es un educador y agente de cambio reconocido internacionalmente y el fundador y director ejecutivo de Changing Perspectives. La misión de su organización es fortalecer las comunidades escolares a través del aprendizaje socioemocional, la concienciación sobre la discapacidad, el desarrollo de la empatía y la inclusión.

Este programa cuenta con el apoyo de los fondos de la Medida K del Condado de San Mateo.