Anyone need a really good ADHD / executive functioning coach? I have a longtime friend who I'd highly recommend in that area who's trying to make ends meet.
There's a real problem faced by "highly-capable" or "gifted" kids:
Things are easy for them, until they're not.
And when things get difficult, it's often because the kid coasted by on their IQ without developing the skills they'd need when things got more complex than they were able to brute-force with their brains.
I know this happened to me, and it's only as an adult that I learned more about why.
Autism is often co-morbid with executive function impairment and atypical sensory-processing.
Learning skills to help counter executive functioning issues and techniques to deal with over-stimulus when it comes to task completion can dramatically improve quality of life and burnout issues with tasks that suddenly seem to be too great to surmount.
Take this with some salt, I transitioned from psychology to computer science half-way through my college career.
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@axnxcamr Part of this is, absolutely every ‘gifted’ child (and especially those with any sort of ‘spiky’ academic profile) needs a comprehensive screening for neurodivergent conditions.
Oh the f'ing "lazy" flag. Got saddled with that one through my entire childhood. (Try "stuck" or "frozen" or f'ing "exhausted," MOM) It's still a stick I reflexively beat myself with if I don't apply a LOT of conscious attention to giving myself grace.
Angels Praise Dani Donovan who validated my entire existence with this one image: #adhd