Dr. Matt Zakreski

Simply put, Neurodiversity Playbook is a “pocket Dr. Matt” to help gifted and neurodivergent kids and their families navigate the world. Grounded in neuroscience, and chock full of case examples, it explains how our brains impact our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Neurodiversity Playbook addresses the common challenges of being gifted and neurodivergent that are often overlooked: making friends, maintaining relationships, communicating feelings and needs appropriately, regulating emotions, and being able to identify contextual factors to understand why people are acting the way they are. Using his unique blend of clinical advice and humor, Dr. Matt provides tangible skills and advice for cracking the code of living in a neurotypical world.