Connie McReynolds PhD

Kathryn interviews Author Connie McReynolds PhD.So your child has been on Ritalin or one of the other ADHD drugs -- and you're thinking perhaps even possibly for life. Or maybe your youngster has been diagnosed, but no amount of school behavioral therapy or special education is easing your child's struggle. Until now, the interventions that have been proposed for children who are diagnosed with some aspect of ADHD have failed to get to the root cause of ADHD. In other words, doctors, psychologists, administrators, teachers and parents are treating symptoms, but not the cause. According to Connie McReynolds PhD, the real cause of ADHD is that a child's brain has auditory and visual processing shortcomings. That's not a hearing or seeing issue—it's that the brain cannot fully hold or interpret the information coming in. She is a licensed psychologist, professor certified rehabilitation counselor, and podcast host of Roadmap to the Brain.Kathryn also interviews Author Natasha Daniels.When Natasha Daniel's healthy 42-year-old husband suddenly died of a blood clot, she and her three children were thrown into the darkness of grief. Her children experienced difficulty eating, sleeping, and focusing. People treated them differently and they lost some friends. They had to learn how to navigate in a world that felt upside down. Daniels goes beyond the surface platitudes that many other children's grief books provide and offers validation of the physical and social implications one often experiences with grief. It also helps children understand that often our grief is so big because our love is so big. She is an anxiety and OCD child therapist. She also hosts the AT Parenting Survival Podcast and has a Youtube Channel, Ask The Child Therapist.