Beneath the Behavior: Supporting Neurodivergent Kids With Science, Not Shame
Beneath the Behavior is a podcast for parents of neurodivergent kids who want understanding instead of blame.
Hosted by pediatric psychologist Dr. Mark Bowers, each episode explores what’s really going on beneath a child’s behavior—from a brain and nervous system perspective—so parents can respond with more clarity and less self-doubt.
This podcast isn’t about quick fixes or perfect parenting. It’s about slowing things down, making sense of hard moments, and supporting neurodivergent kids with science, not shame.
Episodes are short, focused, and grounded in real clinical experience. If parenting feels harder than it should, you’re not alone—and you’re in the right place.
Beneath the Behavior: Supporting Neurodivergent Kids With Science, Not Shame
Latest Episodes
Low Demand Parenting: When It Helps, When It Hurts, and How to Use It Without Getting Stuck
When Anxiety Looks Like Defiance: How fear hides inside behavior
When Kids Hold It Together at School and Fall Apart at Home: Masking, safety, and what the nervous system is really doing
Understanding Co-Regulation for Neurodivergent Kids
Why Transitions Are So Hard for Neurodivergent Kids
Fan Mail
I just stumbled upon your Facebook post today- And, I feel like you cracked the case wide open with my daughter. I’ve always wondered what I was doing wrong, if something was wrong with her, what we are missing. I found your podcast and I'm literally in tears in the pickup line, knowing that there is hope for us. Please keep doing what you are doing. So many of our parents NEED this, need YOU.
Cocoa, Florida