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Three-year-olds are exhausting! Energetic, emotionally reactive, and uninhibited-all the things that can make a parent begin to question if their child has ADHD! Today, Dr Justin looks at the developmentally normal behaviours of a three-year-old and shares four things they need in order to learn, grow, and thrive.
Plus, three tips for neurodivergent parents trying to hold it all together while navigating the chaos of family life and struggling with their own ADHD.
In this episode:

• ADHD, ODD, or just three?
• Developmental Milestones - Preschoolers (happyfamilies....)
• Little People, Big Feelings (Webinar) (happyfamilies....)
• What Your Child Needs From You (happyfamilies....)
• Why saying "use your words" isn't helpful
• Theory of mind
• Diagnosing ADHD
• What 3-year-olds need
• Neurodivergent parents
• Challenges of ADHD as an adult
• Help For the ADHD Parent (happyfamilies....) - from the Happy Families team
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Related links:

• Parenting an ADHD Child (happyfamilies....)
• Women in Australia with ADHD - FB support group ( / womeninaustraliaadhd )
• ADHD Mums - Australian resource and podcast (adhdmums.com.au)
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