Mar 4, 2020
Join Tracy as she welcomes her guest Laurie Harwood Peterson to Episode #61 of her podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Laurie is the owner and director of Diagnostic Learning Services. She and her husband have five offices across the state of Texas and test for ADHD and learning challenges in children. She spends every day helping kids get identified and teaching parents how to help them. Laurie has a bachelor’s degree in Special Education. She spent 8 years teaching students with learning disabilities in grades K-12. She has a Master’s Degree in Special Education with an emphasis on assessment and a second Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling. Laurie is also the mother to two boys.
Learn about:
- the circumstances around Laurie Peterson’s ADHD diagnosis.
- Laurie’s symptoms in childhood
- how she got into diagnostic testing
- the difference between neuropsychological testing and diagnostic testing
- where diagnostic testing falls in the ADHD picture
- what signs parents should look for in their kids when considering diagnostic testing?
- the cost of diagnostic testing?
- how testing for giftedness and ADHD differs from standard ADHD testing?
- how Laurie’s ADHD makes her better at what she does?
- what Laurie feels the key to living successfully with ADHD is?
- Laurie’s number one ADHD workaround
Resources:
How to use a bullet journal - https://bulletjournal.com/pages/learn
https://diagnostic-learning.com/
https://ediagnosticlearning.com