With 2019 coming to a close, I want to sit down and review my top ten favorite episodes from over the last year. These episodes include the most viewed episode, as well as my personal favorites. Did your favorite episode make the cut? Find out now!

When your goal is to help your child live their happiest, most independent life, you can get stuck going over a few obstacles. What should be the first step you take to improving their quality of life? How should you handle autism regression? Today I'm covering five obstacles that I see parents and professionals get stuck on the most – and how you can conquer them!

Julie Hornok is an award-winning author, a nonprofit founder, and an autism parent. And on top of that, she is one of the most encouraging individuals I've interviewed on this podcast thus far. Julie is on a mission to inspire other mothers like her, who are battle-scarred and weary, and need to be reminded that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

No matter how long you've worked in the autism field, you never know everything. I can vouch for this, and so can today's interviewee, Kristen Colyer. Kristen is the director of Maryland's Pieces of Wonder center; she is a BCBA; and she is currently going to school to obtain her PhD. Now, she is going to share her knowledge with you, along with what she believes is the biggest problem that BCBAs are faced with.

If your child has autism, chances are they're also a very picky eater; there might only be a few foods that they will even consider eating. Furthermore, I know that eating problems are usually connected to problem behaviors. It's time to turn your child's eating habits around, and I'm here to tell you how, with my seven tips for picky eaters.

As a parent coach and a father to a son with autism, Len Arcuri is a wealth of knowledge. He shares his abrupt fall into the autism world; how switching to a gluten casein free diet has literally saved his son's life; why having a growth mindset is so important; and how you and your spouse can become a team and fight autism together.

In the previous episode, I explained what automatic negative reinforcement is, and why it is important. Now it's time for Dr. Timothy Vollmer's interview, which ties into that episode. Dr. Vollmer shares his thoughts on automatic negative reinforcement, how to approach it, and gives insight as to what might trigger it.

The four functions of behavior are what every behavior analyst looks for on a daily bases; however, I consider the last function to be the "forgotten function". Today I'm going to explain all four functions, including the forgotten function, and how they are used to lower extreme problem behaviors.

Although I have talked about stimming and scripting in previous episodes, today I go in-depth on what that really means. Every person has self-stimmed or scripted at one point, but for children with autism, it can become harmful. That's why I'm here to tell you how to combat it!

Following the previous episode, today I am very excited to interview autism attorney, Gary Mayerson. Gary founded the first law firm in the nation focused on the representation of individuals with autism. After nearly 20 years he has served on some of the most important autism-based cases, and is also the board chairman to the nonprofit organization, Job Paths.