Neurodiversity – A Parent’s Guide
Let's All Talk Mental Health
01:01:11
Autistic teenagers face greater challenges during adolescence compared to their neurotypical peers. In this session with Dr Tamasine Black, we will explore these unique challenges and provide strategies to improve coping mechanisms, resilience, and connection with peers. We will discuss how to facilitate social cohesion, peer acceptance, and nurture a positive sense of self. Additionally, we will consider practical ways to help autistic adolescents manage increased stress and exhaustion, empowering them to navigate this critical stage of their lives more effectively.
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Charlotte Armitage
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Dr Charlotte is a psychologist specialising in children, technology, and mental health. She is the founder of Be Device Wise, which supports schools and local authorities to create healthier device-use behaviours. Her book, Generation Zombie: Why Devices are Harming Your Children and What You Can Do About It (Hachette UK, 2025), explores the psychological impact of screens on young people.
Charlotte works widely with schools, parents, councils, and the media, and is a member of the Health Professionals for Safer Screens and the NHS West Yorkshire Trauma Informed Network. She created the national No Phones at Home Day campaign and regularly speaks in the media on child development and device use.
This year, Charlotte is leading large-scale conferences with Leeds and Derbyshire councils, training hundreds of schools in the Device Wise Programme. She also delivered a TEDx Talk at Manchester Bridgewater Hall on “How Devices are Harming Kids and What We Can Do About It.”
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Neurodiversity – A Parent’s Guide
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