First things first! We start with your own well-being and care as parents or caregivers of neurodivergent adults. Here, you get kindness, understanding, and practical ideas to care for yourself even if you're short on time, money, and energy. This chapter includes workbook exercises to focus on your needs and clickable hyperlinks to the best resources to support your own mindset and self care journey.

Chapter 2 brings you up to speed on the most current knowledge about neurodivergent traits in adults. Updating your understanding will help you build trust and connection with your loved one so they feel more understood and loved, no matter what. This chapter includes workbook exercises to build on your knowledge and clickable hyperlinks to the best educational resources about adult neurodivergence.

This chapter is all about helping you communicate as effectively as possible with your neurodivergent loved one. This chapter includes workbook exercises to help you practice what you've learned and clickable hyperlinks to the best resources about communication with neurodivergent adults.

This chaper is critical for families of adults who don't have comprehensive professional support. This chapter is like a "Casework 101" class for parents and caregivers struggling to find help for neurodivergent loved ones. This chapter includes workbook exercises to clarify what you've learned and clickable hyperlinks to the best resources for locating the best professional, community, and social services for neurodivergent adults.

This chapter helps you explore possible living and housing options for your neurodivergent adult child. So many considerations go into this including your budget, knowledge of government programs, safety, health, happiness, friends, work, and transportation access. This chapter includes workbook exercises to help focus on you and your loved one's needs and clickable hyperlinks to the best housing related resources for neurodivergent adults.

This chapter is all about job and career exploration for neurodivergent adults. There are many options for meaningful work, paid or unpaid, that can boost your loved one's confidence and self-esteem. There are just as many considerations for what types of work may or may not work for each person. This chapter includes workbook exercises that will help you and your loved one dig deeper into the possibilities and clickable hyperlinks to the best employment related resources for neurodivergent adults.

Just the thought of legal and financial planning can feel overwhelming for parents and caregivers of neurodivergent adults. This chapter gives you an overview of considerations and how to approach it so your loved one can be protected no matter what. This chapter includes workbook exercises to help personalize this process to your needs and clickable hyperlinks to the best legal and financial planning resources for parents and caregivers of neurodivergent adults.

Here, we're all about helping you to help your neurodivergent loved one find and enjoy healthy and safe relationships outside of your family. Social relationships can look different for neurodivergent adults than they do for other people. This chapter outlines key considerations for helping your loved one find a healthy community and meaningful connections. You'll also get workbook exercises to build on your and your loved one's real experiences and clickable hyperlinks to the best social and relationship related resources for neurodivergent adults.

Chapter 9 focuses on nurturing healthy relationships with family and friends. These connections can be a blessing. They can also get strained when a neurodivergent child becomes an adult or when an adult child or parent receives a diagnosis or even suspects they may be neurodivergent. This chapter includes workbook exercises to focus on your individual circumstances and clickable hyperlinks to the best resources for nurturing healthy relationships with family and friends.

Chapter 10 is one of my favorites! It's all about celebrating and finding joy among the very real challenges you and your loved ones face everyday. This chapter includes workbook exercises to help you find easy and practical ways to bump up the happy vibe in your family and clickable hyperlinks to the best resources that can help you do it.