Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
Your guide to parenting a struggling teen or young-adult, whether they’re home, transitioning home, or presently in treatment.
Parents, say goodbye to exhausting confusion, overwhelm, panic and the unhelpful patterns that keep you and your family stuck. Learn how to develop healthy responses and set healthy boundaries with your teen instead of acting out of fear and anxiety.
Experience the relationship-changing power of focusing on your own behavior instead of futile attempts to control your teen.
Your guides to Parenting Post-wilderness are Beth Hillman, a life coach for parents of struggling teens and mom to a post-wilderness teen, and part-time co-host Seth Gottlieb, a wilderness therapy guide turned teen and young-adult recovery coach. Their unique combination of experience and training yields candid conversations chock full of practical, actionable tips and tools to smooth the challenges both parents and teens experience surrounding treatment.
Every week, you can expect conversations around:
- Parenting a struggling teen or young-adult;
- Setting healthy boundaries with your teen;
- Treatment options for your struggling teen or young adult;
- Bringing your kid home from treatment;
- Parenting skills to support your struggling child;
- Teen substance abuse, drug addiction, gaming addiction, suicidal ideation, or other teen mental health concerns;
- How to end power struggles and instead foster healthy communication with your teen or young-adult;
- And much more.
Listen in to discover how parents like you have learned to influence equanimity in the home and rebuild connections with the teens they love.
Connect with Beth on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or find more information about working with Beth at www.bethhillmancoaching.com.
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
151. Advocate for Your Child at School: 10 Tips for a Successful IEP Meeting With Andrea Svendsen
There’s no handbook on how to advocate for your child at school, especially when things get hard.
Navigating IEP meetings can feel overwhelming, intimidating, and downright confusing. You know your child needs support, but between the legal jargon, emotional stress, and resistance from schools, it’s hard to know how to show up as a strong advocate for your child, no matter their age.
That’s why I invited Andrea Svendsen to join me for this conversation. Andrea has decades of experience in both public education and advocacy, and she brings an incredible combination of insider knowledge and heart. In this episode, she shares 10 practical tips to help you show up confidently at your child’s next IEP meeting, even if you’re feeling totally unprepared.
We talk about what your rights actually are, how to organize and present your concerns, and how to stay kind and collaborative while still standing firm in your values.
I know you’ll walk away feeling more equipped, less alone, and ready to advocate for your child in a way that builds trust and gets results.
In this episode on how to advocate for your child at school, we discuss:
- Why your role as a parent is just as important as anyone else at the IEP table;
- What to do before the meeting to feel prepared (and what to bring);
- How to write an effective “parental concern statement”;
- The difference between working with an advocate vs. a lawyer;
- Why kindness is a powerful advocacy tool;
- How to stay grounded during emotional meetings;
- How to involve your teen or young adult in their own support plan;
- What to do after the meeting to ensure your child’s needs are truly being met;
- And more!
You can connect with Andrea on her website, send her an email at Andrea@svendsenllc.com, or send a text or call her at 6309155776.
Looking for support?
🗺️Need help setting healthy boundaries with your teen AND following through? My free guide will help you do so by creating your own Parent Home Plan!
🤍Influence lasting change in yourself and your struggling teen with my private coaching or parent group program specifically created for parents of struggling teens.
Have a question or need support? You can email me at beth@bethhillmancoaching.com
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