"Hair on fire" days are nothing new. It can be really hard to consistently bring enough energy, the right energy, or the ability to maintain your own energy into every session when life is being — life.

But what if there are some ways you can consistently boost your energy and be more effective for your kids?

In this episode, we're going to give you some of our go-to strategies and routines that help us "keep our cup" full for our kids and boost our effectiveness as therapists.

Knowing how to reframe with strengths-based language can help your speech kids build positive self-identity and bring joy to parents & families.

In this episode, you'll discover:

- Why reframing with strengths-based language is so important for your kids and families

- "What" commonly used harmful words and phrases often go unnoticed

- "How" you can reframe your language to be more positive and neurodiversity affirming

- Specific examples of how to use these (eg, "say this" instead of "that")

Want to dive deeper into how to integrate strengths-based language into your IEPs? Check out Chris's webinar on how to create Neurodiversity affirming IEPs: https://www.speechdude.com/neurodiversity-affirming-free-webinar-evergreen-1

Parents - Be sure to check out Jessie's upcoming free Sensory Masterclass for Parents on 10/17. Click here to register: https://asdinsideout.mykajabi.com/sensory-communication-masterclass-october-2022

Total communication is such an important part of being neurodiversity affirming. Yet, there are so many myths floating around about how to introduce AAC. In this episode, we'll talk about:

- The importance of AAC and total communication

- 5 AAC mistakes you can avoid

- Best practices for introducing AAC

- Bonus: AAC stories you won't believe!

“It’s a world of laughter, it’s a world of tears”...Theme parks can be either a sensory wonderland or sensory overload for kids.

On this episode of Making the Shift we’ll talk about:

✔ The 4 sensory patterns (briefly, just in case you don’t know…)

✔ Which sensory patterns each of our family members have (we have one of EACH type in this colorful family!)

✔ Takeaways from how each of us reacted to and experienced the craziness of Disneyland…

✔ The disasters…

✔ The learning experiences…

✔ The good, the bad, and the ugly…

✔ How we coped…

✔ How we communicated and compromised…

✔ And tons of examples of sensory patterns “in the wild”...

✔ Plus...a special announcement!

Let's pull back the curtain on ADHD, relationships, and communication styles & techniques...

Here’s what we’ll talk about:

✔ Chris’s story growing up as an ADHD kid (the bumps, the bruises and the victories)...

✔ The ADHD life hacks that have helped him survive and thrive…

✔ What it’s like for me (a neurotypical woman) to be in a relationship with an ADHDer…

✔ How we’ve learned to communicate more effectively with each other…

How to teach self-regulation in a healthy way is a hot topic. We know it’s the key to increased engagement, which leads to more progress and better outcomes...But what if what we believe about how children develop self-regulation is actually wrong??

In this episode, we'll explore:

✔ The real differences between co-regulation & self-regulation

✔ How kids actually learn to self-regulate ✔ What are fair expectations to place on children of different ages and developmental periods…

✔ When and how to teach self-regulation

✔ And MORE

Ft. SLP Danielle Kent, leader of Teaching & Raising Problem Solvers, and mom of two kids with "amazing brains".

Sensory strategies are a lifelong sidekick for autistic kids (and their families). Sensory approaches must also shift with your kids’ ages and development.

In this episode, you’ll see:

✔ How your sensory focus changes with age and effective use of sensory strategies to help us lead kids of all ages into long-term happiness and independence…

✔ What developmental signs you can use to assess if you’re focusing on the right strategies…

✔ The foundational progress that you must achieve before moving from each stage to the next with your kids…

✔ Some high-powered ways to support your kids’ regulation REGARDLESS of their age…

Are you an SLP or SLPA and want to learn sensory strategies?? Come to our upcoming Free Sensory Patterns Masterclass! Click below to save your seat:

https://asdinsideout.mykajabi.com/sensory-masterclass-aug-2022

We’ve all had autistic clients/students that are highly interested in a single subject (or even an object or type of object). From a neurotypical perspective, these special interests might be hard to understand, and they may even seem to get in the way of therapy. But once you understand them, they actually present a unique opportunity for you as a therapist.

Autistic SLP, Sam Rowntree, is joining us to give you insight into special interests from an autistic perspective, as well as to teach you how to use these interests to increase engagement with autistic kids and build a deeper relationship.

Connect with Sam on Instagram @the_aussiespeechie

Autistic brains process information differently. Find out why we need to recognize Autistic brains as a different neurotype rather than classifying them as “deficient” or as something that we are trying to fix.

✔ Discover the research that recognizes Autistics as their own neurotype...

✔ Why classifying Autistics as deficient in many cases is actually harmful and has ZERO positive impact on their lives…

✔ Find out about the Double Empathy Problem and how it may be affecting the way you see Autistic individuals…

✔ How reframing the way you see autism can change everything about the way you see your kids…

✔ And why making this shift is the best thing you’ll ever do for the Autistic people in your life…

Historically, we’ve observed autistic kids by gathering data about things like eye-contact, stimming, or if they exhibit certain social skills. But new research has shown us this needs to change….

Come find out exactly why it’s time to ditch data that promotes masking. And discover how you can replace those observations with better data that guides neurodiversity affirming therapy, builds on strengths, and promotes positive self identity & engagement.