Joining us this episode is Jehan Shehata-Aboubakr, a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) at Clinical Communication Consultants in Thornhill, Ontario (just north of Toronto) where she practices with a functional pragmatic and DIRFloortime® approach. She is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader with the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL) and faculty with Profectum. We have been working together on advocacy, trying to get developmental approaches funded here in Ontario and it’s a pleasure to finally feature Jehan on the podcast!

Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast here: http://affectautism.com/2019/05/27/scripting

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

Occupational therapist, DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, and owner of A Total Approach just outside Philadelphia, Maude Le Roux discusses the difference between remediation and accommodation for children with developmental differences including autism and when and why we remediate or accommodate, under the lens of the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model or DIRFloortime®.

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/2019/03/25/remediation-vs-accommodation/

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

Licensed Mental Health Counselor and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader Gene Christian joins us from Spokane, Washington this episode to share how adults with extreme developmental differences can benefit from Floortime. His description of how to bring out the early social-emotional capacities through playful interactions really informs our practice as parents and professionals. He really provides the rationale to support nonverbal adults who are dysregulated, seemingly stuck in their own worlds, to intent where they can have meaningful communications with the caregivers in their lives.

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/2019/02/25/intent/

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

Speech-language pathologist and DIR-Expert Training Leader Amanda Binns joins us to discuss the framework and strategies outlined in her new co-authored publication, "The speech-language pathologist’s role in supporting the development of self-regulation: A review and tutorial⁠," giving examples and descriptions.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2019/01/21/devt-of-self-reg/

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/