Joining us this episode are guests Khylil Robinson who is an Autistic self-advocate, and his mother, Michele Abraham-Montgomery, also known as Chele, who specializes in Family Services, Autism Resources & Advocacy, Peer Family Coaching, Peer Best Practices, Modeling Play Therapy Techniques and IEP Reviews and Preparations. Psychologist Dr. Robert Naseef introduced us and in this Part 1, I’m very excited to share the work they are doing including Spectrum Success 911, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, connecting families with community resources and organizations of support, and Khylil’s Autism self-advocacy.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2022/11/05/step/

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OT Maude Le Roux  is back—this time to explore vision & visual processing in the DIR® model. Many neurodivergent kids face unique challenges with visual and visual-spatial processing. Don’t miss this follow-up to our vestibular system episode!

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠http://affectautism.com/2022/10/15/vision⁠

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Sari Levin is a Special Educator who has worked with families for a long time and is the Clinical Supervisor of Kinder Growth where they provide home-based DIRFloortime® services throughout New Jersey and are the first accredited DIR® organization in the state of NJ. Sari has her Advanced DIR® Certificate. Also with us today is returning guest, Occupational Therapist Stephanie Peters who is the Clinical Director with Kinder Growth and teaches certificate courses as a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader. This episode we discuss the parent support services that Kinder Growth provides including direct coaching, and what their accreditation means to them.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2022/09/24/kinder-growth/

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Returning guest, DIR® Expert Training Leader and Licensed Professional Counsellor, Mike Fields, joins us to discuss aggression. We’ll cover praxis, regulation and co-regulation, neuroception (i.e., the body scanning the environment for safety), limit setting, self-directed aggression, trauma, and more, across age groups. Aggression is one thing when your child is a toddler, but can be a very scary thing when your child gets big. DIR® folks will talk about a child not feeling safe, but it can almost sound trite when parents, of course, always want to do what’s best for their child and don’t understand why their child isn’t feeling safe.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2022/09/10/aggression/

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Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/2022/08/13/conversation/

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Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/2022/07/23/vestibular/

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Autistic Self-Advocate, Turrell Burgess, joins the podcast this episode to discuss his experience, his book, What’s with the New Kid: My Autism My Story, what led him to the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL)–the home of DIRFloortime®–and his new role as Executive Assistant & Diversity Advisor, and how he plans to impact the world in his new role. Turrell did a reading of his book at the ICDL 2021 DIRFloortime® Conference where he spoke of his experience and it is a pleasure to introduce him to the world of DIRFloortime® here!

Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast here: https://affectautism.com/2022/06/04/turrell-burgess/

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