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Hello and welcome back to The Illustrated Motherhood Podcast. I am so glad you are here. Today I talk to you about having the hard conversations with the people interacting with your child/ren. I talk to you about why it it important and how it can be really difficult for us. 

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Welcome back to The Illustrated Motherhood Podcast. I am so glad you are here. Today I speak to you about guilt. Not mom guilt, not dad guilt... just guilt. I give some personal experiences and some ways I have worked through the guilt others put on me and the guilt I put on myself. EVERY SINGLE DAY. 

I talk about the shift I have made recently in how I hold space for that guilt. How I give myself grace and how I remind myself of how amazing my children are. 

I hope you are heard today. I hope you are seen. Because I see YOU. I hear YOU and I am YOU!

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Welcome back to The Illustrated Motherhood Podcast. I am so glad you are here. Today we have a special guest, Dr. Paolo Gerbasi. Not only is he a medical doctor but he is also my dad! Today I asked him to give us some background on the changes he has seen since starting medical school to now. He gives us some good insight on the medical changes and how he is using his personal experiences  to help current residents become more aware of disabilities.

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Welcome back to the Illustrated Motherhood Podcast. I am so glad you are here. Today we start Autism Acceptance Month off by listening to a child with autism. She is brave. She is smart. She is so kind. Please welcome Alexandra to the show. 

Please stay tuned this month for more on autism, accepting, advocating and loving all people. 

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Welcome back to The Illustrated Motherhood Podcast. I am so glad you are here.  Today’s special guest is Teinka owner and CEO of Little Legends Occupational Therapy and CEO of Little Legends Foundation. 

Today she joins us to talk about all things Occupational Therapy. She tells us about how OT can support your child, gives us some differences between school and private OT as well as gives us some at home things to work on while you wait for OT services. 

Find her on IG: littlelegandstherapy

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Welcome back to the Illustrated Motherhood Podcast. I am so glad you are here!

On todays episode I welcome my husband Mitch. He joins us to give insight to how he worked through the stages of grief. He talks about how these stages have changed him as a parent to two autistic children.

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Welcome back to The Illustrated Motherhood Podcast. I am so glad you are here. Todays episode we talk about the stages of grief. We will talk about moving through those stages and how we navigate all the stages. This one can be tough. Accepting our feelings and allowing our feelings can be hard. However, it is crucial to move through them all and allow ourselves to do this. 

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Welcome back to The Illustrated Motherhood Podcast. Todays episode is returning guest Sara Evans from American Institute for Research. Today she gives us information about YOU becoming an active participant in the IEP process and how to help you feel empowered when you walk into the meeting.

For the guides and resources discussed in this episode please look below:
**to access the links directly simple click the link below**
 
*AIR: https://www.air.org/
*Progress Center: https://promotingprogress.org/
*Progress Center Resources for Families: https://promotingprogress.org/resources-tools/for-families-students
*IEP overview: https://promotingprogress.org/resources/parent-tip-sheet-overview-iep
*IEP tip sheet: https://promotingprogress.org/resources/iep-tip-sheet-parents-iep-team
*IEP meeting Guide: https://promotingprogress.org/resources/parent-iep-meeting-guide
*Montana Empowerment Center: https://mtempowermentcenter.org/

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Welcome back to The Illustrated Motherhood Podcast. I am so glad you are here. Today's special guest is Anna Potuzak- MS, CCC-SLP (Speech and Language Pathologist with Certificate of Clinical Competence).

Anna is a speech-language pathologist who provides therapy to those with autism through social communication, play, and language-based interventions. She has experience in alternative augmentative communication, sensory integration to support speech and language development, cognitive communication, childhood apraxia of speech, speech sound disorders, and feeding.

*Below is a link to ASHA to find out more information.
https://www.asha.org/?srsltid=AfmBOoq7KFZSETHh_ifDdtMllYBymk04VePw4RlKCcd1NDJpDggQJIBL

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Welcome back to The Illustrated Motherhood Podcast. I am so glad you are here. Todays special guest is Kelly Melius a play and engagement specialist. She joins us to talk about the importance of creating meaningful interactions between families and their children-specifically children suspected of or having a Neurodivergent brain. Kelly is also the founder of Blue Kangaroo ACC in Montana. 
I hope you enjoy this wonderful episode.

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