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Emile Gouws joins us this episode as Affect Autism’s first interview with a self-advocate! Emile is a special educator, a PhD student, vice chairman of the National Executive Committee of Autism of South Africa, and represents neurodiversity at the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum. It is a true pleasure to have Emile on the podcast and hear about his inspiring journey.

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/2021/02/06/inspiration

Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://www.icdl.com/parents

Dr. Gil Tippy has been thinking for years that the education system should just be shut down in order to start over. Then the pandemic hit and it shut down. This prompted him to wonder what people are seeing in education now, how did schools react to having to go online, and what began to be revealed in education? He wrote his upcoming book chapter on the topic "Good Autism Education is Just Good Education" because he wants people to know that there are other ways to educate people than how we are currently educating them and shares his thoughts and ideas.

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/2021/01/30/good-ed

Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://www.icdl.com/parents

This episode, I’m speaking with clinical psychologist, Dr. Amanda Kriegel from Floortime Atlanta and Morgan Weissman from the Rebecca School about their presentation at the recent DIRFloortime® conference which was entitled, “The “R” in DIR: The Heart of Supporting Connection and Growth“. Dr. Kriegel is also a mother of two teens and has been on the Board of Directors for the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL), the home of DIRFloortime®, for five years. Morgan Weissman is an Occupational Therapist and a Floortime consultant at the Rebecca School in Manhattan and also works with families privately through Occuplay. Both are DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leaders.

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/2021/01/16/heart/

Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://www.icdl.com/parents

Infant mental health specialist, Colette Ryan returns this episode to discuss cues recognition. What does it mean to send and receive cues in interactions with our children? What factors impact cue reading and sending? How can we record these cues to help others understand our children? How do meaning making and co-regulation play in the mix?

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2020/12/19/cues/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 is part two of a two-part review of my recent conference presentation for the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL). Retired special educator and DIR® Expert Training Leader, Jackie Bartell, joined me to discuss my revelations from being a Floortime parent for 8 years now. We covered the first five revelations last time, and continue with the next five this time. Jackie’s work supporting families over the years brought amazing insights and thoughts about my revelations.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠ http://affectautism.com/2020/12/06/revelations-2

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/