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Welcome to Empowering Exceptional Minds —the podcast where we dive into real conversations about neurodiversity. We interview parents, individuals, and professionals to explore the challenges, strengths, and unique experiences of diverse learners and thinkers.
We discuss ADHD, Executive Functions, dysgraphia, autism, dyscalculia, dyslexia, written expression, auditory processing, visual processing, learning disabilities, evaluations, assessments, parenting and professional development.
We discuss ADHD, Executive Functions, dysgraphia, autism, dyscalculia, dyslexia, written expression, auditory processing, visual processing, learning disabilities, evaluations, assessments, parenting and professional development.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
45 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
57 episodes
since Aug. 19, 2025
episodic
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Do you know what you need to do—but somehow just can't get yourself to do it?
In this episode of Empowering Exceptional Minds, Maayan Glaser-Koren talks with educational therapist and executive function coach Eric Kaufman about the everyday challenges adults face with executive functioning.
They di…
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Did you know that many "behavioral issues" in children aren't behavioral at all—they’re sensory?
Following up on our last conversation with Aaron about sensory integration, we’re taking a deeper dive into the specifics of how our nervous systems process the world around us. In this episod…
Why might a student press incredibly hard on their pencil, bump into things, avoid sports, or completely fall apart after holding it together all day at school?
In this episode of Empowering Exceptional Minds, Maayan sits down with occupational therapist Aaron DeNardo, founder of Laughing Giraffe T…
What happens when a life-altering diagnosis arrives at 48 — not in childhood, but in the middle of adulthood, after decades of unexplained struggle? In this episode, we sit down with Robert Caldwell, journalist, science fiction author, and self-advocate on Alabama's Interagency Autism Coordinating …
Words get stuck. Letters flip. The hand can't keep pace with the mind. For millions of people, dysgraphia turns something as simple as writing into a daily battle — one that's often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or dismissed as laziness or carelessness.
In this episode, we sit down with Kelli Fetter…
IEPs can feel overwhelming—especially when you're hearing terms like IDEA, FAPE, LRE, push-in, pull-out, and service minutes.
In Part 3 of our IEP & 504 series, I’m joined by Kara Orlando, founder of Kind Mind Executive Function Coaching and former school psychologist.
We break down what these …
IEPs can feel overwhelming—especially when you're hearing terms like IDEA, FAPE, LRE, push-in, pull-out, and service minutes.In Part 3 of our IEP & 504 series, I’m joined by Kara Orlando, founder of Kind Mind Executive Function Coaching and former school psychologist.We break down what these te…
In the newest episode of Empowering Exceptional Minds, we’re talking about parental burnout—especially the kind that can happen when you’re constantly advocating, coordinating, worrying, problem-solving, and supporting a neurodivergent child.
I’m joined by Roopa Belur, clinical director, therapist,…
Is gaming really the problem—or is it telling us something important about what a child needs?
In this episode, we move beyond the “screens are good vs. bad” debate and look at gaming through a developmental and regulation-focused lens. Games can provide connection, creativity, mastery, immediate f…
The night-before-school-starts anxiety is real — and if you're raising a neurodivergent kid, so is the pressure to get it "right." In this episode of Empowering Exceptional Minds, we sit down with a mom and educational therapist Jasleen Kaur Monga to break down how to ease the back-to-sch…
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