Ep 22 - Advocating for your child at school with Chrissie Davies

***Don't forget to register for our FREE ADHD Families Festival*** In this episode of the ADHD Families Podcast we chat with the incredible Chrissie Davies about advocating for your child at school.  Chrissie highlights so many gold nuggets of information in this podcast like what can we request from our child's school and how we can best communicate with our school.  Here are the key points and timestamps: 2.40m - What Chrissie does5.00m - Chrissie's Family's story7.00m - Educational advocacy - helping your child at school8.00m - Why Chrissie labels ADHD as a disability13.00m - Getting your child diagnosed early14.00m - ADHD polarising teachers17.00m - Teachers are human beings 19.40m - Unconditional positive regard20.15m - Shifting our expectations around school21.20m - Communication and collaboration25.00m - Other accommodations to request at school30.00m - Exclusion at school - Gating 32.30m - Tracking behaviour34.30m - Give yourself processing time39.26m - Stability and consistency43.43m - About Chrissie's book, Love me Love my ADHD About Chrissie: Chrissie Davies has been putting the chill into children for 25 years. After a long and successful career in Specialist Education, Chrissie is now a sought-after speaker, author, child behaviour specialist and educational advocate. She also has an incredible passion for loving, raising and teaching ADHDers and is a loud and proud neurodivergent woman raising amazing kids who move through the world in their own unique way. Chrissie radiates vibrancy and positivity, and through her work inspires families and teachers everywhere to embrace the highs and lows, and most importantly provide kids with unconditional regard and relational safety - especially on their stormy days. Website – www.chaostocalmconsultancy.comInstagram - @chrissiechaostocalmFB - @ChaostoCalmConsultancy