Dr. David A. PalmerRewire the Response™Book a Call Speaking, Media & Ideas
Speaking, interviews, articles, and practical tools for parents, educators, and organizations supporting neurodivergent kids.
Understand what is happening. Respond with more clarity. Build what matters next.
Signature Speaking Topics
Help classrooms, schools, and districts build more consistent, practical adult responses. That response capability is trainable, observable, coachable, and improvable. Each session brings the work into practice.
Flagship leadership keynote
Build a shared approach to the adult-response capability gap so behavior systems translate into consistent practice.
Best for: Principals, administrators, special education leaders, student services teams, and system-level audiences.
Practical educator workshop / webinar
Practice useful next moves for the hard moments when a student shuts down, refuses, or escalates.
Best for: Classroom staff and mixed practitioner audiences.
Conference session / professional learning
Strengthen early recognition, adult decision-making, and prevention by noticing the build-up before the breaking point.
Best for: Conferences and professional learning days.
Thought-leadership session
Challenge consequence-first thinking and move into practical response design that supports regulation and connection.
Best for: Educators, school leaders, and practitioners ready to examine consequence-first approaches.
From early recognition to real-time decisions and schoolwide consistency, every session returns to the same work: building adult response capability.
Book a 20-Minute Speaking CallFeatured Talk
Dr. Palmer speaks on neurodivergence, emotional regulation, adult response, family-school dynamics, and what changes when we stop reacting only to visible behavior.
Watch on YouTubeThe ideas behind Rewire the Response
Four ideas shape Dr. Palmer’s work across parent coaching, school support, speaking, and media.
Look beneath visible behavior before choosing a response.
Adult state changes how every strategy lands.
The same behavior can require a different response depending on state, capacity, and need.
The goal is not merely to stop today’s behavior. It is to strengthen what a child, family, or team can handle tomorrow.
For parents, these ideas become CALMER. For schools, they support more consistent adult responses.
Read and Listen
Articles, essays, and podcast conversations exploring neurodivergence, big emotional behavior, adult response, and regulation.
Explore The Rewired CollectiveFor Parents
Look beneath refusal and resistance before deciding what response fits.
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A practical conversation for the moments that feel personal and quickly become reactive.
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Learn the Rewire Core 4 and begin reading hard moments differently.
ExploreFor Educators & Leaders
Examine the adult, instructional, environmental, and systems conditions around behavior.
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A personal educator lens on ADHD, neurodivergence, and the adults who make belonging possible.
ExploreWho I speak to
One Rewire foundation, clearly adapted to the role and room.
Selected Experience
Dr. Palmer brings more than 30 years across teaching, special education, school leadership, coaching, and parenting neurodivergent children.
What Hosts Say
“Dr. David was an amazing guest. He is passionate about sharing his story and helping others—and it shines through when he is speaking.”Podcast host review
Speaking and media inquiries
Dr. Palmer brings practical, memorable ideas about neurodivergence, big emotional behavior, adult response, and regulation to parent groups, schools, conferences, and media conversations.
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Available for keynotes, workshops, panels, podcast interviews, and selected media appearances.
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