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Kerri Ciskowski is a DIRFloortime® Expert and Occupational Therapist in central New Jersey who does in-home support through her service Therapy Keeper for families who are typically raising autistic kids. Today we’re talking about in-home Floortime coaching which supports parents in unpacking "behaviours" and finding connection and joy with their neurodivergent children.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2024/09/13/in-home/

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ToniAnn Loftus is DIRFloortime® Expert and Speech-Language Pathologist. She trained at the Rebecca School and now owns and operates Seaport Speech and Feeding, a clinic in Manhattan. Today we are discussing inclusion in schools with a specific focus on speech and language and how she can bring the Developmental, Individual differences, and Relationship (DIR®) Model into the classroom to make it accommodating for all students.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2024/08/30/communication/

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The topic of this episode is trauma through a DIR® lens. Maude Le Roux recently did a course on this topic through the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL) and here she covers how to work with trauma clients through the Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs). This complements the previous trauma-related podcast episodes I’ve done with Galina Itskovich, and Erin Forward and Taylor Anderson, and focuses on the DIRFloortime® aspect of the work.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠

https://affectautism.com/2024/08/16/trauma-dir-lens⁠

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The topic of this episode is to give an overview and review of Functional Emotional Developmental Capacity (FEDC) 4 of the Developmental, Individual differences, and Relationship (DIR®) model from last episode, an overview of the FEDC 5, and to discuss how one moves through FEDC 4 into FEDC 5.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2024/08/02/fedc5/

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The topic of this episode is Functional Emotional Developmental Capacity (FEDC) 4 of the Developmental, Individual differences, and Relationship (DIR®) model, based on the presentation our guests in March at the New York City DIR® conference called, "The Spectrum of FEDC 4".

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2024/07/19/fedc4

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This episode we are discussing intentionality in Functional Emotional Developmental Capacity (FEDC) 3, which is called "Intentionality and Two-Way Communication" in the Developmental, Individual differences, and Relationship (DIR®) model, and moving from FEDC 3 into FEDC 4, "Complex Communication and Shared Problem Solving."

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2024/07/05/fedc3/

Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an Affect Autism member for bonus content and support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: ⁠⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/support/⁠

This episode our topic is one that is a top request by parents: sleep. Although neither this episode's guest nor I are sleep experts, we want to come at the topic from a Floortime lens and present some helpful information. My guest is Colette Ryan, an Infant Mental Health Specialist, who is finishing up her PhD with Fielding University on the topic of parent self-efficacy–which we will podcast about in a few months. She is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader with The International Council on Development and Learning.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2024/06/21/sleep/

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I’m speaking with Marla Cable, the Assistant Director of the Resource and Training Centre at Giant Steps Autism Centre in Montreal, Quebec, which houses the developmental approach, individualized private school in the public interest with both English and French instruction, serving students aged 4 to 21 with an autism diagnosis. We heard about the school just over a year ago, but they have now moved into their new facility and Marla is here to tell us about the new Autism Centre.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2024/06/07/giant-steps-centre/

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Andrew Klein is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and a pediatric Occupational Therapist at Emerge Pediatric Therapy in Durham, North Carolina where he has a specialized role in facilitating reflective supervision with his colleagues. He is also a certified trauma professional through PESI. He started his career at the Rebecca School in Manhattan where his Floortime journey began and he is the father or two active young girls. The topic for this episode is Reflective Practice in DIR®.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2024/05/24/reflective-practice/

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Our topic this episode is DIRFloortime® in medically complex children with guests DIR® Speech-Language Pathologists Erin Forward and Taylor Anderson.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2024/05/10/trauma-informed-care/⁠

Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an Affect Autism member for bonus content and support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: ⁠⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/support/⁠