Are you a mum of an autistic/ADHD child who is questioning how to best support your child? Do you feel overwhelmed, isolated, and torn between juggling family needs and work? Would you love to share it with a fellow mum who gets it?
Hi, I’m Jo, a Parenting Coach for Mums of Autistic/ADHD Children up to 11 years old (no diagnosis needed). I share my lived experience with my son and knowledge of how to support your amazing child and navigate the journey.
If you feel like you’re in survival mode, it doesn’t have to stay that way. Your time is valuable, and I can quickly transform your world. Every behaviour has a trigger, and I’ll guide you to tailored solutions for parenting your child with clarity and compassion so you both feel calm. I’ll support you in stepping into a more prepared and confident version of yourself in family and work life. I coach women who are resourceful, and eager for change, empowering you to see your child’s amazing strengths and respond positively to your circumstances.
How I support you:
Understand, Accept, and Strengthen Communication with Your Child: I help you to understand, embrace, and navigate your child’s unique needs. I show you how to connect and communicate to enable them to share those needs and feelings, gain their cooperation with routines, reduce anxiety/aggression, meet their sensory needs, ease the transitions to and from nursery/school, cope with holidays, and make friends. We create personalised strategies so you can move forward quickly.
Engaging with Others to Gain Their Support: I share how to reconnect with your partner and siblings so they feel heard and loved, and navigate those tricky conversations with family, work, nursery/school, and key professionals so they understand your child’s needs and support you.
Balance Family Needs, Your Wellbeing, and Your Career: I support you to balance family needs, work, and your well-being so you can enjoy parenting and live the life you want.
My Story: I know how hard it can feel, my son ‘Bookasaurus’ is bright, and autistic with ADHD. I love my son, but when we were told ‘You might want to look into autism’ it threw all of my career and family expectations out of the water. I was fearful of the future and kept asking myself, ‘Is he or isn’t he autistic?’ I bottled it all up rather than face the judgement of others – until I started working with a coach who helped me see that he just sees things differently. I realised that I could help fellow mums of autistic and ADHD children, while supporting Bookasaurus as we went through the diagnosis and EHCP process, build productive relationships with everyone around us, and later support him in the leap up to Junior School. Bookasaurus is now very happy because I know how to parent and support him, he’s in a school that meets his needs, and I am a much more relaxed mum!
I’m here for you, to listen with understanding so you can download fully, and to guide you in finding the best solutions for you and your child, seeing you smile and the whole family thrive. I take you from overwhelm to feeling truly connected and in control. This journey is for your children, relationship, career, and most importantly, you.
If you’d love to find out more about working together to transform your parenting experience, visit my Coaching for Mums page.
You can also find me on:
Instagram – @jo.learningtoloveautism
Linked In – www.linkedin.com/in/jo-long-b8a380247
I look forward to getting to know you!