Dr. Amy Patenaude, Ed.D., NCSP

Psyched2Parent: Turning Brain Science into Tiny Wins for Parents

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Psyched2Parent turns brain science into tiny wins for parents raising big-feeling, strong-willed, big-hearted, big-brained kids, especially the ones who hold it together at school and unravel at home. I'm Dr. Amy Patenaude, a school psychologist, parent coach, and your school psych in your pocket. Each week, I help you decode what's underneath the behavior, understand your child's brain and nervous system, and figure out what to do next at home and at school. You'll get parent-friendly explanations, tiny wins you can actually use, scripts for hard moments, and practical guidance for navigating...

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Dr. Amy Patenaude, Ed.D., NCSP

Episodes

Over-Functioning Parent in Recovery: How to Stop Rescuing and Build a Capable Kid 15.12.2025 21:09

Over-Functioning Parent in Recovery: How to Stop Rescuing and Build a Capable Kid Have you ever "helped" so much that you ended up doing 80% of the work—homework, emails, projects, the whole thing? In this episode, we talk about why over-functioning is so tempting (especially with anxious, big-feeling kids) and how it can quietly chip away at kids' confidence. You'll learn the simple CAR metaphor...

ADHD or Anxiety, or Just the Season We're In? A Calmer Way to Make Sense of What You're Seeing 15.12.2025 18:04

ADHD or Anxiety, or Just the Season We're In? A Calmer Way to Make Sense of What You're Seeing When your child can't focus, melts down, avoids homework, or spirals at bedtime, it's easy to wonder: Is this ADHD? Anxiety? Or are we just in a fried, overloaded season? In this episode, we zoom out from the moment and look for patterns over time—while also using a nervous-system lens (fight/flight/free...

Trailer for Psyched2Parent: Turning Brain Science into Tiny Wins for Parents 02.12.2025 2:44

Feeling like parenting is an endurance sport and no one handed you a map? In this trailer, Dr. Amy, a school psychologist, mom of two, endurance athlete, and creator of Psyched2Parent, shares what this podcast is all about and why she is right there with you in the messy middle of parenting. Psyched2Parent is where brain science meets real family life. Dr. Amy takes what she sees every day in scho...