Shawna Laine

I am an advocate for neurodivergent kids and the beautiful souls who love and support them. My work comes from lived experience: raising three neurotypical adult children and one wonderfully spicy seven-year-old who is on the spectrum (ASD and ADHD), navigating school systems, and learning (often the hard way) how deeply relationships matter. My purpose is to empower families to become confident advocates for their children, while also raising awareness and bringing meaningful knowledge to educators so that we can better understand and support neurodivergent kids together.

Books

Coming Soon: The Not So Perfect Parent: A Guide to Neurodivergent and Slightly Feral Kids

A Guide to Neurodivergent and Slightly Feral Kids is the first book in The Not-So-Perfect Parent Series, written for parents raising children in a world that wasn’t built for their nervous systems.

Written by educator and parent Shawna Laine, this book names the parts of parenting most people whisper about: the grief, the exhaustion, the advocacy, and the quiet resilience it takes to keep showing up. It’s not about fixing kids. It’s about understanding behavior through the lens of regulation, navigating systems that miss the mark, and learning when structure helps more than consequences.

With personal stories, practical insight, and a touch of humor, this guide reminds parents that “high-functioning” doesn’t mean thriving, advocacy is unpaid labor, and falling apart at home often means your child worked hard all day to hold it together.

Above all, it’s a reminder that your child isn’t broken — and neither are you. You’re not doing it wrong. You’re doing something hard.

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Parenting neurodivergent kids can be overwhelming, exhausting, and deeply emotional—especially when your experience doesn’t look like everyone else’s.This space is for parents who want connection instead of judgment. Here, we share real stories, real moments, and the experiences that shape this kind of parenting—without pressure to have it all figured out.

You’re not alone, and you’re not doing this wrong.

Teaching is complex, emotionally demanding work, especially in classrooms that are filled with diverse needs. This work honors the challenges educators face while exploring how relationships, empathy, and nervous-system awareness support neurodivergent students. Through shared stories and reflection, the focus is on building trust strengthening collaboration with families, and creating classroom environments where students feel safe, supported, and ready to learn.

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