EP 3 – A Different Take on Kids with ADD, ADHD, OCD, and Autism with Anne Maxwell, LCSW

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A Different Take on Kids with ADD, ADHD, OCD, and Autism

 

What if there is nothing wrong with kids who have ADD, ADHD, OCD, and Autism? 

What gifts, talents, and abilities do they have?

What is it like to empower them?

 

Join Dr. Adriana Popescu on this episode of Kaleidoscope of Possibilities for a lively and informative discussion with Anne Maxwell, LCSW, RPT-S, a psychotherapist who specializes in working with kids who have been diagnosed with these labels.

This show offers invaluable tools, fascinating stories, awareness, and possibilities for kids, families, teachers, and mental health professionals. 

 

In this episode:

• How Anne’s background and experience allowed her to see these kids from a different perspective
• Kids with ADD/ADHD, OCD, and Autism – What if their “disabilities” are actually abilities?
• Questioning the diagnoses and the mental health system
• Anne’s revolutionary book, Would You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree? 
• Kids, schools, and how to create new perspectives in the system
• X-Men, superpowers, and abilities we all have
• Empowering parents and kids
• Anne’s classes and creations

 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Anne’s website: annemaxwelllcsw.com/

Would You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree? book

Access Consciousness®

 

About Anne:

Anne Maxwell, LCSW, RPT-S, has over 25 years of experience working with children who struggle with not fitting in, being labeled with “disorders,” and with being different. She has developed a unique and empowering approach to working with these kids, their families, and teachers. In addition to her clinical practice, Anne travels around the world teaching classes and speaking to parents, teachers, and psychotherapists who work with or on behalf of children.  

 

“Behavior is a form of communication…so what are people saying?” – Anne 

 

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