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Can My HSC Also have ADHD, and what’s the difference?

Highly Sensitive Child| School| ADHD| Sensory| Highly Sensitive
May 11, 2022•1 min read

Are the symptoms from ADHD or the meltdown cycle?

In a world where you can whip out your phone and Google whatever you want,

We are often a victim of information overload.

This can be especially challenging when you are trying to figure out what the heck is going on with your kid.

Between pinterest pins from mommy blogs giving out “expert” advice,

Clinicians evaluating your child based on a 30 minute conversation,

Your own gut knowing that that things you’re trying aren’t quite working,

And your mother in law’s unsolicited advice…

Not to mention that ANYONE can make a podcast now.

How can you really tell the difference between two similar looking diagnoses? 

Today, I’m going to talk about ADHD and the Highly Sensitive Trait.

Ready to book a call? Click the link below:

megghanthompsoncoaching.com/talk

For families with high school aged teens:

megghanthompsoncoaching.com/teentalk

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I help parents who are worried about managing their child’s explosive and out of control emotions to develop an individualized system to manage their kid’s explosive feelings when they don’t fit the examples in typical parenting books. I know you are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to stop scouring the internet for new strategies, throw out those traditional parenting books that don’t match your kid, and develop an individualized system to manage your kid’s explosive feelings.

Megghan Thompson, LCPC, RPT-S

I help parents who are worried about managing their child’s explosive and out of control emotions to develop an individualized system to manage their kid’s explosive feelings when they don’t fit the examples in typical parenting books. I know you are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to stop scouring the internet for new strategies, throw out those traditional parenting books that don’t match your kid, and develop an individualized system to manage your kid’s explosive feelings.

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