Sue Larkey Podcast (Sue Larkey)

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Guest Author Lauren Bruckner shares top tips for empowering children through mindfulness autism spectrum by using her picture book to help children 4+ years and up understand and regulate their emotions
✅ Create a classroom display using the templates provided
✅ Teach children to “zap” feelings away using their “Boss of Emotions Wand”
✅ Lauren Bruckner: Occupational Therapist, Author and Emotional Literacy Advocate
✅ Creating Magical Superpowers: Teaching Children Self-regulation”
✅ Embracing Big Emotions: Ensuring Kids Know It’s Okay to Feel”

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Diagnosis / Identifying Signs of Autism
✅ Tips for Toileting
✅ Creating Communication Enriched Environments (non-verbal children)
✅ Different Ways of Teaching
✅ Why and How to Use Visuals
✅ Being a Supportive Communication Partner
✅ Use Rewards and Special Interests to Motivate and Engage in Learning
✅ 11 Common Signs of Sensory Processing Disorder or Difficulties
✅ Using Sensory Tools to Improve Learning & Behaviour

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Introduction to AI Assistants: Brief overview of ChatGPT and other AI tools, explaining their functionality and operation.
✅ AI-Driven Accommodations: Discussion on how AI can create accommodations, especially for executive functioning challenges, and other potential accommodations AI can generate.
✅ Lesson Adaptation: Highlighting the innovative approach of adapting a planets lesson using Minecraft as an example.
✅ Simplifying Concepts: Emphasis on AI's capability to break down complex topics, illustrated by the example of summarizing an accounting document.
✅ Anxiety Reduction with AI: Explanation of how AI can offer multiple resource choices to alleviate anxiety.
✅ AI Tips for Supporting Neurodiverse Students: A rundown of top 10 tips, from providing clear prompts to exploring tools like BARD for updated information.
✅ Andrew's Insight: Quoting Andrew's perspective that AI assistants act as a highly intelligent personal assistant, aiding in generating ideas, content, and resources.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ ASD Criteria in DSM-5: Defines autism diagnostic requirements.
✅ Early Signs Vital: Symptoms must manifest in early childhood.
✅ Severity Levels Classified: Autism categorized into three severity levels.
✅ Comprehensive Assessment Essential: Evaluates communication, behavior, and sensory sensitivities.
✅ Co-occurring Conditions Frequent: Often accompanies ADHD, anxiety, OCD.
✅ Diagnostic Tools and Judgment: ADOS-2, ADI-R, and clinical insight.
✅ Girls' Diagnosis Often Missed: Masking leads to underdiagnosis in girls.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ April is an Opportunity to Celebrate & Advocate for Neurodiversity
✅ Why I love the term Neurodiversity
✅ Why important to ask about people’s personal preferences for “terminology”
✅ During April watch/learn from a Movie, or TV Show, Connect to Neurodiverse people online to celebrate neurodiversity
✅ 10 Top Tips to Understand Neurodiversity to share with your community

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Neurodiverse students need tailored accommodations and adjustments.
✅ Effective rewards motivate neurodiverse students.
✅ Tokens are visual, kinesthetic, and consistent rewards.
✅ Downloadable tips for using token systems.
✅ Caution with praise and rewards for PDA, ODD.
✅ Big Offer -> Buy 2 Sue Larkey Books Get 1 Free – this week only.
✅ Token reward systems reinforce positive behaviour.

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Buy the latest version of The Red Beast here.

✅ It is more inclusive – The original book was written for children with Asperger Syndrome, the new addition aims to reach most children on the Autism Spectrum.
✅ The new illustrations are more inclusive of typical children – so the child has a chance to see the behaviour of the angry boy in the playground from the perspective of their peers.
✅ Character names have been changed to be gender neutral and therefore more inclusive; so it’s now Danni & Charlie instead of Rufus and John.
✅ It has taken into account pupil’s perspectives. After going into schools, Kay learnt that many children disliked the picture of the Red Beast being caught in a net as it made the adults seems aggressive and uncaring. This has now been updated so the teachers are using gentle handling instead .

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ The 13 Most Important Strategies
✅ Bonus 5 Proactive/Prevent Strategies Often Missed
✅ How To Support Motor Skills Development in A Busy Classroom (& Why it matters!)
✅ Key Elements for your Individual Education Plans (IEPs)
✅ Anxiety Management = Time Management – Top Tips
✅ Special Bonus – Key To Get the Best out of Students with ADHD
✅ 21 Surprising Ways Timers can get support Students engage & Succeed
✅ Pit Falls & Common Mistakes Made using Timers
✅ How and Why to Use Visual in Classroom Preparation for Different Learning Styles
✅ Interoception – the impact and what Educators can do about it
✅ Solutions/Ideas to Sensory Processing Disorder or Difficulties in the Classroom
✅ 9 Essential Strategies for Homework
✅ 6 Key Strategies for Quick Results in Secondary School

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What this podcast contains

Although these are questions from Teacher Assistants, I think you will find this Podcast full of tips and strategies for School & Home too.

Discussed in this Episode:

✅ How to help students who don’t like making mistakes
✅ How to help students who don’t like to lose a game
✅ How to ensure you are not “helping” too much when supporting a student
✅ How to help an absconder?
✅ How to help students who “shutdown”
✅ How to accommodate a student who is stamping his feet as a stim?
✅ How to assist a student with dysgraphia, with no technology at all
✅ How to work with teachers and be collaborative?
✅ How to help staff and students understand PDA?
✅ How to support non-verbal children communicate?

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Kids with autism often drink whole bottles at once.
✅ Many kids with autism toilet time, not toilet train.
✅ Specialist schools monitor drinking, eating, and toileting.
✅ Mainstream schools need inclusive policies for sensory needs.
✅ Increased drinks at school require more toilet breaks.
✅ Sensory issues often cause school toilet avoidance.
✅ Grazing snacks can help with concentration and regulation.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Book now targets broader Autism Spectrum
✅ Revised "Red Beast" metaphor to reduce distress
✅ Updated illustrations for enhanced inclusivity
✅ Character names changed for gender neutrality
✅ Incorporated children's viewpoints from school visits
✅ Adjusted imagery to depict gentler adult handling

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Simple Classroom Adaptations That Make a Huge Difference to students and YOU
✅ Do you know what to look for to Recognise SPD?
✅ Busy Classroom Teacher Strategies to help Students Self Regulate
✅ 8 Warning Signs of Slow Processing Speed – Plus What Simple Modifications & Strategies to Help
✅ Why Do They Do That? 12 Common Behaviours Explained & Strategies to Try
✅ 3 BIG Barriers to Participation Every Educator needs to Rule Out
✅ Heaps of Resources and Sensory Tools
✅ Understand why Sensory is the Key to Engagement!

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Understand Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA): It’s a unique autism type that requires a different approach.
✅ The differences between PDA and ODD.
✅ PDA is often misunderstood – these children want to do well but struggle with demands.
✅ Build relationships through sharing experiences and following their interests. No hierarchies.
✅ Re-evaluate teaching strategies: Traditional autism strategies may not work for PDA students.
✅ Avoid power struggles by giving choices and focusing on natural consequences.
✅ Help manage meltdowns.
✅ Always offer a fresh start after difficulties.
✅ Make requests carefully – share demands and use clear choice language.
✅ Provide structure but allow autonomy within it. Be flexible day-to-day.
✅ For toileting, use subtle language about your own toileting and make it into a game.
✅ Strategies wear out quickly with PDA so keep mixing them up.
✅ Have confidence you can do it – small changes make a big difference!

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ The diagnosis that made Eliza realise why she had to parent differently
✅ Importance of consistency instead of planning for PDA
✅ Classroom strategies for PDA
✅ Focusing on Fun and meeting the child where they’re at
✅ Strategies of low-demand parenting
✅ About Eliza’s best selling book: Can’t Not Won’t

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Activities and exercises for self-awareness and self-control
✅ The importance of a consistent program in teaching emotional regulation
✅ Whole class activities on emotional regulation
✅ How to individualise activities for unique children
✅ How to use visuals
✅ Importance of a positive environment
✅ The Red Beast Picture Book is suitable for 5-9 years & The Red Beast Workbook 5-10 years

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Simple Phrases for Classroom Management A set of simple phrases to manage classroom dynamics effectively.
✅ Restorative Teaching Emphasizing self-management and relationship restoration in teaching using practical strategies for student engagement.
✅ Promoting Student Self-Regulation Strategies to develop self-regulation in students.
✅ Developing a Strong Teacher-Student Connection: Building trust and connection as a foundation for effective teaching.
✅ Incorporating Love Languages in the Classroom: Using love languages to create a sense of connection and understanding.
✅ Understanding and Utilizing the Safety Stool Concept: A tool to assess and address student needs based on neuroscience principles.
✅ Preparation for Transition and Change: Strategies to help students cope with changes and transitions.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Understanding Screen Addiction: Reduces screen time from 16 to 1 hour.
✅ Types of Screen Addiction: Gaming, internet, group chats, and creative escape.
✅ Ownership Importance: Kids acknowledge problem to start fixing it.
✅ Alternative Activities: Promotes learning, exercise, and healthy routines.
✅ Collaborative Solutions: Use CPS for managing screen time.
✅ Routine and Diet: Essential for managing screen addiction.
✅ Teamwork in Recovery: Involves family, friends, and professionals.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Why camp is so important for curriculum and social learning
✅ Tips and strategies to prepare for camp and excursions
✅ How to use social stories, pre-recorded videos or a visit to explain what camp will be like
✅ Accommodations about food, sleeping, noise etc. to make at camp

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Expert Guest: Dr. Perry LaRoque is the founder and president of Mansfield Hall, an innovative residential college support program for diverse learners. He earned his doctorate in special education from the University of Wisconsin and has served in a variety of leadership roles serving at-risk youth and people with disabilities. Before returning for his doctoral work, Dr. LaRoque worked in an assisted-living care facility for adults with intellectual disabilities and taught special education in several public schools.

For more information on Dr. Perry, please visit: https://perrylaroque.com/

In this interview, Dr. Perry LaRoque will talk about:

✅ The “tsunami” of students entering college with disabilities in the years to come and what can be done to prepare for this.
✅ How colleges and universities meet the needs of diverse learners.
✅ The need to view disability as diversity – institutions have made great strides in recognising the need for diversity, but the one area they still have not truly recognised are those will disabilities.
✅ To what extent do colleges and universities need to make adjustments?
✅ How students with disabilities can receive an extra level of support, when there’s not a lot of funding for this.
✅ Strategies students can use to make the college/university system work for them – these students often come from a structured support system in high school, but they will find that level of support is not there in college — how can they embrace the concept of hidden rules?
✅ Preparing for Post School Options, whether University or Work.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ It’s important to remember that a teacher’s role isn’t to offer suggestions of a diagnosis, it’s to bring things to the parents’ attention.
✅ 8 Steps to Talking for Families about pursuing a diagnosis.
✅ Red Flags for Diagnosis.
✅ Why students should get a diagnosis.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Act as a student-world translator.
✅ Encourage student relationship bonds.
✅ Be a consistent presence.
✅ Enhance, not replace, teaching.
✅ Collaborate with teachers.
✅ Contribute creative learning ideas.
✅ Facilitate peer connections.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Leverage Intense Interests for Career Planning
✅ Embrace Neurodivergent Passions as Strengths
✅ Encourage Entrepreneurial Skills in Autistic Students
✅ Utilize Volunteering as a Stepping Stone to Employment
✅ Promote Self-Knowledge and Positive Identity in Autistic Youth
✅ Understand and Respect Autistic Communication Styles
✅ Acknowledge the Exhaustion from ‘Masking’ in Neurodivergent Students

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ When to Start Transition
✅ How Long should you do Transition
✅ Must Do for successful Transition
✅ Ideal to Do as part of Planning
✅ Extra Ideas to support Transition
✅ What do to if Transition wasn’t Successful
✅ Plus information on Vaping, Catching the Bus and more

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Tips for transitions: preschool to secondary and more.
✅ Solutions for absent on-site school visits.
✅ Key strategies for teachers, assistants, families.
✅ Sensory challenges in new 2024 classroom settings.
✅ "I’m Going to School": Visual prep for new students.
✅ Overcome social challenges with Anna Tullemans & Rhonda Dixon's book
✅ Teach Assistants Big Red Book: Ideas for classroom setup, transitions.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ The Friendship Pyramid – Understanding Phases of Friendships
✅ 20 Fun Social-Emotional Activities for Every Classroom
✅ Conversation Skills: From Start to Finish
✅ Exploring appropriate ways to interrupt and respond to interruptions
✅ Importance of teaching Winning and Losing
✅ The Hidden Language of Social Cues: Nonverbal Communication
✅ How & Why to Create a display of students’ facial expressions for different emotions
✅ Helping children know when to “dob” ie “when to tell” and “not to tell” a teacher

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What this podcast contains

Discussed in this Episode:

✅ An Inspirational Story: Strategies Behind Temple Grandin’s Amazing Successful Life.
✅ 9 Reasons to Use Visuals to Communicate
✅ Strategies to Use Special Interests to Motivate and Engage Students
✅ 8 Subtle Signs of Anxiety to Look For in Your Students
✅ How to Harness to Power of Preventative Breaks
✅ 3 BIG Barriers to Participation Every Educator needs to Rule Out
✅ Heaps of Resources and Sensory Tools

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ What is Executive Functioning: Described as the brain's "Air Traffic Control" for organizing, prioritizing, and regulating emotions.
✅ Impacts on Learning: Impaired Executive Function significantly affects students with autism, impacting their ability to learn and engage in busy environments.
✅ Emotional Control: Techniques include using sensory tools, emotion cards, and social scripts for improving behaviour and emotional regulation.
✅ Impulse Control: Redirection, prewarning about rules, and the use of social scripts to manage impulsivity.
✅ Planning & Prioritizing: Utilizing visual supports, individual planning sessions, and breaking tasks into smaller steps to enhance organization and goal achievement.
✅ Organizing: Implementing systems for organization, minimizing clutter, and using visual reminders for keeping track of items and information.
✅ Task Initiation: Partnering with peers, simplifying instructions, and employing strategies like the Traffic Light Strategy to help start tasks.
✅ Flexibility: Using timers, routines, and prewarnings to assist with transitions and changes in activities or plans.
✅ Working Memory: Incorporating visuals, modelling tasks, co-active participation, and simplifying instructions to support memory and task completion.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Leverage Intense Interests for Career Planning
✅ Embrace Neurodivergent Passions as Strengths
✅ Encourage Entrepreneurial Skills in Autistic Students
✅ Utilize Volunteering as a Stepping Stone to Employment
✅ Promote Self-Knowledge and Positive Identity in Autistic Youth
✅ Understand and Respect Autistic Communication Styles
✅ Acknowledge the Exhaustion from ‘Masking’ in Neurodivergent Students

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Expert Guest: Professor Josephine Barbaro is a Principal Research Fellow and Neurodiversity Affirming Psychologist at the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University. She is co-founder of Australia’s first ‘Early Assessment Clinic’ for autism, focusing on children under 3 years old. A/Prof Barbaro’s research interests are in the early identification and diagnosis of autism in infants, toddlers, and pre-schoolers, family health and well-being following a diagnosis, and Neurodiversity Affirming research and practice.

In this interview we will talk about:

✅ What is autism screening/developmental surveillance?
✅ What are some of the early signs of Autism?
✅ How early can we identify and diagnose Autistic kiddos and what’s the current average age of diagnosis?
✅ The tools Professor Babaro’s developed – SACS (for professionals), ASDetect (for parents), how accurate they are, where they’re being used, and how people can access them.
✅ What to do if you suspect a child is Autistic?
✅ How to talk to parents in an affirming and empathic way if you suspect their child might be showing early signs?
✅ What to do if Doctors dismiss parental/carer concerns and say things like, ‘They are just being a boy’ or ‘they will grow out of it?’

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ How to encourage non-verbal children to make social connections
✅ Managing the transition from special school to mainstream
✅ Secondary school and young adult social strategies
✅ Students refusing to sit next to others
✅ Managing emotions in the playground
✅ Strategies for Oppositional Defiance Disorder in the classroom
✅ Counteracting negative self-talk

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ How she used video modelling to help her son understand a “Playdate”
✅ The power of commenting to help children understand the situation – what is happening, what to do and more
✅ Using Mr Bean to help his son go to the dentist
✅ A wonderful lesson plan to use to explain Autism to your class
✅ A beautiful Poem that would be great to share with your community too

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Children with autism often struggle to understand the inferred intent of language due to mind blindness, leading to difficulty following instructions.
✅ Certain words like "stop" and "no" can cause confusion and trigger an overreaction or escalate behaviour in children with autism.
✅ When using words like "stop," make sure to add more information to tell the child what they should do instead of what they shouldn't do.
✅ The words "could," "would," and "can" often sound like a choice rather than a direction, leading to confusion for children with autism.
✅ It's better to use clear and direct language like "start work" to avoid confusion and promote understanding
✅ Focusing on telling the child what to do instead of what not to do is more supportive and directive.
✅ It's important to use language that conveys the intended message clearly to ensure the child's safety and learning.
✅ Mind blindness can also cause difficulty in understanding another person's perspective.
✅ Teachers can improve communication by understanding the power of their words and using language that is clear, direct, and easy to understand.
✅ By making these changes in language, teachers can avoid triggers and improve communication with children with autism.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ What to Teach, How to Teach, When to Teach: Ideas and Strategies for teaching Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
✅ Improved Learning Outcomes: Two-thirds of students enhance their performance with the addition of an SEL program
🎉 SEL Secret: Discover the one thing about Social Emotional Learning wished to be known 20 years ago
✅ Key Teaching Methods: Apply four strategies to teach students how to cope with losing, missing out, or not getting what they want
✅ Practical Tips: Gain useful advice for implementing SEL in the classroom

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Autistic identity starts with self-acceptance.
✅ Society pressures people to conform.
✅ Negative narratives in childhood impact self-esteem.
✅ Behavior often reflects anxiety or distress.
✅ Importance of understanding and meeting individual needs.
✅ Positive self-advocacy is crucial.
✅ Reframing autism as a difference, not a deficit.

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✅ Why Mark calls it 'Toilet Learning' Not 'Toilet Training'
✅ How Mark got his son to do 'wee' in the toilet
✅ Sue offers some suggestions to Mark's question: 'What to do for his son who will hold in a poo for over a day, which will become an accident in his undies; he simply won't sit on the toilet to poo.'

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Use Timers: Implement timers to manage time and encourage students to observe clocks
✅ Visuals and Signing: Utilize visual aids and signing for enhanced communication.
✅ Pre-warning for Changes: Always inform students beforehand about upcoming changes.
✅ Structured Scheduling: Develop a schedule that includes vital information for the student.
✅ Routine Consistency: Maintain consistent routines and set clear expectations.
✅ Sensory Awareness: Be cognisant of sensory triggers and adjust the environment accordingly.
✅ Control and Understanding: Use schedules to provide a sense of control and understanding of upcoming activities.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Social scripts are a visual tool that helps children with ASD, ADHD, ODD, and PDA understand social rules and interactions.
✅ They describe social situations and skills and can be helpful in engaging in new activities or understanding expectations and rules.
✅ Successful social scripts use photos, line drawings, or videos to support the text and involve the child in their creation.
✅ The language used in social scripts should be flexible, positive, and easy to understand.
✅ It's important to check understanding by reading the social scripts with the child and make any necessary edits.
✅ Re-reading social scripts often is important to reinforce learning, and it can be helpful to make copies for use at home and school.
✅ Social scripts promote true social understanding by helping children with ASD understand social rules, what others mean, and how to interact.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Learning and emotional coping in children.
✅ Yearly trends in emotional regulation and behaviour. 
✅ Age and behaviour, focusing on seven-year-olds. 
✅ Emotional status and anxious tendencies in children.
✅ Diverse experiences and behaviours in kids.
✅ Emotional and academic aspects in a school setting.
✅ Executive functioning and course-related issues in kids.

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Expert Guest: Dr. Russell Kennedy is a medical doctor and neuroscientist with deep roots in developmental psychology. His award winning book ANXIETY RX is the #1 rated book on Amazon on the topic of healing anxiety. Dr. Kennedy is no stranger to anxiety himself as he suffered from chronic worry and health anxiety for decades. After 30+ years of depending on doctors, psychiatrists, and counsellors and medications of all kinds with no relief, he decided that if was to heal, he must find the solution himself.

✅ How understanding anxiety can help you support students
✅ A different way to look at anxiety
✅ Ideas to support students with anxiety
✅ Strategies you can use too when you are feeling anxiety

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✅ 14 tips for Christmas / Holiday Season
✅ Promoting Understanding
✅ Using Picture Books to Educate the Whole Family
✅ Sharing Diagnosis – Why, When and How to tell my Child
✅ Holiday Reading
✅ Using Cooking to Teach – Teaching Diversity through Food
✅ 6 Key Strategies for Creating a Calming Area at School and Home
✅ 12 Essential Tips for Concerts and End of Year Celebrations
✅ Stocking Filler Ideas
✅ Give the Gift of Visual Time – Using Timers to Minimise Stress

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Effective Classroom Behaviour Management
✅ Anchor Points for High-Needs Children
✅ Roadmaps as Daily Guides
✅ Springboards for Skill Building
✅ Regular Check-Ins and Regulation Breaks
✅ Whole-School Consistent Language and Expectations
✅ Personalized Plans for Each Child
✅ Check Engine for Optional Support

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Sequence Mastery: Order and routine enhance learning.
✅ Recipe Writing: Develops structured observation and writing skills.
✅ Social Cooking: Teaching others fosters communal bonds.
✅ Sensory Desensitization: Cooking valuable without eating.
✅ Motor Skills Development: Enhances stirring, flipping abilities.
✅ Backward Chaining Importance: Essential for skill acquisition.
✅ Cooking Tips: Simplified tools and techniques provided.

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Discussed in this Episode:

This Weeks Podcast is an interview with the Joan Shanahan:

Joan has been involved in education all her life and experienced from early childhood to tertiary. She finally worked as a consultant in 24 schools in northern NSW before moving to the Sunshine Coast and establishing her business Behaviour Solutions 247. She brings to this Podcast over 20 years of experience in developing transition plans for students moving from primary to secondary school.

✅ When to Start Transition
✅ How Long should you do Transition
✅ Must Do for successful Transition
✅ Ideal to Do as part of Planning
✅ Extra Ideas to support Transition
✅ What do to if Transition wasn’t Successful
✅ Plus information on Vaping, Catching the Bus and more

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Parents share their experiences of trialling medication for Neurodiverse children, including ASD, ADHD, Anxiety
✅ What to do if your partner doesn’t want your child taking medication
✅ What are the pros and cons to weigh up when trialling medication
✅ When to change or stop the medication
✅ Sue’s Top Tips from her best selling book “The Ultimate Guide to School & Home” pg 129 – 130

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ PDA identified late by many parents.
✅ Initial meetings often lack relevance for PDA children.
✅ Parents find PDA through personal research.
✅ Consistency in parenting approach is crucial.
✅ Official PDA diagnosis often deemed unnecessary.
✅ Professionals and parents need to collaborate effectively.
✅ Children with PDA benefit from flexible routines.

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Discussed in this Episode:

✅ Cheat sheet with over 40 + Acronym / Abbreviations
✅ What do the 3 levels of ASD Diagnosis mean
✅ ODD vs PDA
✅ ADHD vs ASD
✅ Common Confusions and Misunderstandings – with Psychologist Emily Hanlon

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Teacher assistants crucial: Vital support for students with special needs.
✅ Independence is key: Work towards student self-reliance in tasks.
✅ Teach coping strategies: Help students manage frustration and anxiety.
✅ Timing matters: Schedule support when students are most engaged.
✅ Avoid fostering helplessness: Encourage students to attempt tasks first.
✅ Use visual aids: Employ highlighters and traffic light strategy.
✅ Build relationships: Develop rapport through shared interests with students.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Sue Larkey books (pg 2)
✅ Visual Supports (pg 5)
✅ Social Skills (pg 6)
✅ Understanding Behaviour (pg 8)
✅ Anxiety & Mental Health (pg 9)
✅ Early Years (page 10)
✅ Helping Children Manage their Emotions (pg 11)
✅ Teaching Children about Autism Spectrum (page 12)
✅ ADHD- Organising & Planning (page 13)
✅ Teen Years & Beyond (pg 15)
✅ Puberty & Sex Education (page 16)
✅ Sensory Books (pg 17)
✅ Sensory Tools (pg 18)
✅ Workshops (pg 19)

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For more insights and information from Ange Anderson: angeandersontherapeutic.co.uk

In this interview, we will discuss:

✅ I am concerned about the number of students not in full-time school and the number of Educators leaving or retiring.
✅ Is the system broken? What can we do about it?
✅ My passion is to support Students & Educators
✅ My proposal to help you in 2023

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It’s starting to get to the end of 2022, and you might already be starting to think about how you will ease the transition for the children you know. Or if you are just coming out of learning from home and moving to in-person teaching, these transition tips will help reduce anxiety and stress!

Transition can be big or small changes: it includes change in teacher, change in room, change in students in the class not just starting preschool, school, high school and beyond.

The nature of autism is such that transition can be extremely stressful, no matter what age or how BIG or SMALL the change maybe.

Changing Teacher is like…. Moving to a Foreign Country

For children with autism, moving to a new teacher, classroom or campus is like moving to foreign country. There is a different language (e.g. old teacher says ‘pack away’, new teacher says ‘clean up’). Teachers and other students have different facial expressions and body language to interpret, new rules, new schedules, new smells, different pencils, just to mention a few changes. This new ‘foreign country’ causes the child to feel enormous anxiety and stress, which in turn can lead to behaviour. This anxiety and behaviour can be managed by effective planning and transition strategies.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Understanding meltdowns and their different phases
✅ Strategies to create calm and manage anxiety
✅ The importance of giving children silence and space: to process, self-regulate and de-escalate
✅ Why “No” can cause a meltdown and what to say instead
✅ Why I treat meltdowns like seizures
✅ What to do after a meltdown and how to put preventative strategies in place

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Discussed in this Episode:

Over 400 Early Child Educators told me their top 2 questions they wanted answered, and I used those to create these Tips & Strategies

My Top takeaways from reading the book

✅ Diagnosis / Identifying Signs of Autism
✅ Tips for Toileting
✅ Creating Communication Enriched Environments (non-verbal children)
✅ Different Ways of Teaching
✅ Why and How to Use Visuals
✅ Being a Supportive Communication Partner
✅ Use Rewards and Special Interests to Motivate and Engage in Learning
✅ 11 Common Signs of Sensory Processing Disorder or Difficulties
✅ Using Sensory Tools to Improve Learning & Behaviour

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Autism diagnosis needs to be accompanied by supportive thinking.
✅ Early diagnosis without support can be detrimental.
✅ Employment is key to empowerment for autistic individuals.
✅ Focus on strengths and abilities in job settings.
✅ Practical strategies can improve job interview performance.
✅ Positive reinforcement and mentorship are crucial for autistic youth.
✅ Consider the benefits and challenges of disclosing autism at work.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Strategies Behind Temple Grandin’s Successful Life.
✅ Reasons To Use Visuals to Communicate.
✅ Use Visuals to Increase Engagement.
✅ Use Special Interests to Motivate Students.
✅ Essential Tip to Keep a Student On Task.
✅ Subtle Signs of Anxiety in Students.
✅ Harness Preventative Breaks for Better Outcomes.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Easing stressful transitions by showing “how much longer”
✅ By pairing with a visual schedule, it can help set expectations of what comes next and how long on each activity
✅ Promoting/Supporting natural strengths/skills/abilities, such as visual thinking
✅ Helping visitors stick to routine
✅ Increasing confidence and independence
✅ Aiding in maintaining persistence by knowing how much time is left for a specific task
✅ How Time Timers can take the pressure off of parents/teachers and put the stress of the “timed event” on the Timer itself.
✅ Why time timers colour moves the opposite way to clocks

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Starting with the end in mind
✅ The 50/50 Learning & Behaviour Plan
✅ Modelling behaviour and demonstrating Plan B’s
✅ Encouraging independence with timers, visuals and schedules
✅ Using 3 Rs – rewards, repetition and routines

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Creating a more inclusive and accommodating learning environment for neurodiverse students is important. There are many resources available to help achieve this goal. Here are the top 10 must-have resources for supporting neurodiverse learners, both at school and at home.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ The 13 Most Important Strategies
✅ Bonus 5 Proactive/Prevent Strategies Often Missed
✅ How To Support Motor Skills Development in A Busy Classroom (& Why it matters!)
✅ Key Elements for your Individual Education Plans (IEPs)
✅ Anxiety Management = Time Management – Top Tips
✅ Special Bonus – Key To Get the Best out of Students with ADHD
✅ 21 Surprising Ways Timers can get support Students engage & Succeed
✅ Pit Falls & Common Mistakes Made using Timers
✅ How and Why to Use Visual in Complex Classrooms
✅ Interoception – the impact and what Educators can do about it
✅ Solutions/Ideas to Sensory Processing Disorder or Difficulties in the Classroom
✅ 9 Essential Strategies for Homework
✅ 6 Key Strategies for Quick Results in Secondary School

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Creating personalized playground plans with students is crucial.
✅ Template for playground plans provided.
✅ Template for Stop, Think, Do activities provided.
✅ Understanding “Dobbing” and when to tell is important.
✅ Eliza shares how social prep reduces anxiety.
✅ Brainstorming and posters for social knowledge help.
✅ Implementing playground clubs and calm areas is beneficial.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Neurodiversity celebrates neurological differences instead of disabilities or disorders.
✅ Ask individuals about their preferred terminology for their condition.
✅ Learn about neurodiversity through movies, TV shows, and online.
✅ Make learning fun by accommodating different learning styles.
✅ Avoid overstimulation by limiting choices and verbal instructions.
✅ Be clear, concise, and concrete when communicating.
✅ Understand sensory processing difficulties are part of neurodiversity.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Why use repetition
✅ How to us repetition across all ages and stages
✅ Why use routines
✅ Key routines to support engagement
✅ Why repetition and routines will save you time
✅ Quick tips and strategies to implement this week

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ What Role do Sensory Solutions have in De-escalating Behaviour & Increasing Participation?
✅ Benefits of a Simple Sensory Programme in your Classroom
✅ What is SPD?
✅ How to Identify Students who could have SPD
✅ Checklist to Identify Underlying Sensory Causes of Behaviour
✅ The MOST Overlooked Sensory Tools & How to use
✅ Quickfire Solutions to Implement this Week

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Complexity of Social Skills
✅ Top 10 Tips to Remember When Teaching Social Skills
✅ Making Friends and Being One
✅ The Friendship Funnel
✅ Solutions and Strategies for Common Playground Behaviours
✅ Tips to Set Up Lunchtime Clubs
✅ Theory of Mind
✅ Recommended Resources

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Diagnosing is challenging, especially for explaining to friends.
✅ Focus on specific book sections for tailored explanations.
✅ Girls may struggle to articulate their diagnosis to others.
✅ Diagnosis understanding varies with age and insight level.
✅ Peer-specific language helps girls explain their diagnosis.
✅ Teachers must be discreet and supportive when helping girls.
✅ Understanding the girls' behavior patterns is essential for support.

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Expert Guest: Ange Anderson was head of a special school for students aged between 2 and 11 with conditions ranging from PMLD, SLD, ADHD, complex needs and EBD. 75% of students had autism as a primary or secondary diagnosis.

She introduced over 25 different therapeutic and technological interventions and innovations that she first researched extensively in the school and we were a leading specialist school in Wales because of the effect they had on our students. She is now an SEN advisor for a global VR company and also an advisor specialising in therapeutic and technological interventions and innovations for those who are neurodivergent in schools and for families in the UK.

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In this interview, we will discuss:

✅ Why Ange believes play is important for neurodivergent children
✅ How Ange’s school implemented play for PDA/ODD students and its positive effect on engagement
✅ How they implemented DIR/Floortime in a specialist school
✅ Why Ange recommends sensory profiles for all children
✅ How Ange’s school introduced a range of different approaches and why

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Transitions can induce anxiety in children with autism.
✅ Change may involve teacher, room, or student cohort shifts.
✅ Autism makes any transition, big or small, stressful.
✅ New classroom settings likened to "foreign countries" for autistic kids.
✅ Language and behavioral cues differ between old and new settings.
✅ Effective planning can mitigate transition-induced stress and behavior.
✅ Transition strategies help reduce anxiety and improve adaptation.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ An Inspirational Story: Strategies Behind Temple Grandin’s Amazing Successful Life
✅ The 9 Compelling Reasons To Use Visuals to Communicate
✅ How to Use Visuals to Increase Engagement and Participation
✅ Strategies to Use Special Interest to Motivate and Engage Students
✅ Sue Larkey’s #1 Essential Tip to Keep A Student On Task
✅ 8 Subtle Signs of Anxiety To Look For in Your Students
✅ Learn how to Harness the Power of the Preventative Breaks
✅ Teaching Cognitive Flexibility: the cornerstone to problem solving and engagement
✅ 11 Key Practical Methods to Decrease Frustration in Your Students
✅ Simple Plan to Promote Understanding of Autism in your Classroom/Community
✅ The Missing Step in making Lunchtime Clubs/Passive Playgrounds more Successful
✅ 12 Simple Communications Temptations to Incorporate into your Day

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Navigate puberty discussions with neurodivergent children 
✅ What age should you have conversations about puberty and sex?
✅ How to have open, honest and ongoing conversations about puberty
✅ Teaching children about changes in the opposite sex
✅ Keeping children safe online
✅ Hygiene is an important part too
✅ Talking to children about our bodies
✅ Top resources for talking about puberty and sex

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Collaborate on a detailed transition plan with all stakeholders.
✅ Utilize cheat sheets for essential child-specific information.
✅ Foster self-advocacy skills in the child.
✅ Be mindful of sensory sensitivities.
✅ Provide time warnings before activity shifts.
✅ Limit key information to a single, concise document.
✅ Use comprehensive programs to address varied transition needs.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ PDA: Unique autism spectrum type.
✅ PDA vs ODD: Distinct differences.
✅ Misunderstood Nature: PDA children struggle with demands.
✅ Relationship Building: Share experiences, no hierarchies.
✅ Teaching Strategy Shift: Traditional methods may fail.
✅ Avoid Power Struggles: Offer choices, focus on consequences.
✅ Flexibility Key: Regularly change strategies, maintain engagement.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Robin Stewart: Musician, artist, author, and autism advocate.
✅ "The Autism Friendly Guide to Periods" book: Visual, comprehensive.
✅ Surveying autistic individuals: Basis for Robin's book research.
✅ Stimming: Various purposes beyond sensory, including emotional regulation.
✅ Book features: Flap system for controlling information exposure.
✅ Practical tips: Be specific, encourage questions, normalize period talk.
✅ Upcoming book: Self-employment guide for autistic individuals.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ What made the biggest difference (link to my book)
✅ What advice she would give other parents
✅ Why it was so important to get her twins out of nappies
✅ How different the twins were in what worked
✅ Importance of preschool and friends in helping with toileting

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Understanding Meltdown Phases: Recognizes the stages from buildup to crisis.
✅ Calming Strategies: Offers methods to reduce anxiety and stress.
✅ Importance of Silence: Emphasizes giving space for self-regulation.
✅ Communication Alternatives: Advises against using "No" to prevent escalations.
✅ Seizure Comparison: Treats meltdowns with similar caution and care.
✅ Post-Meltdown Actions: Discusses reflection and preventive strategies.
✅ Recognizing Signs: Stresses the importance of knowing individual triggers.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Open communication with picture books aids ADHD understanding.
✅ Explain ADHD early to help children understand themselves.
✅ ADHD presents unique challenges for girls and women.
✅ Support girls with ADHD using classroom strategies.
✅ Collaborate with girls on individualized support plans.
✅ Prioritize mental health for students with ADHD.
✅ Bella shares her experience managing ADHD and how her diagnosis changed her HSC exam process.

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Page numbers refer to the Holiday Newsletter – download it HERE (no sign up required)

✅ Sharing Diagnosis – Why, When and How to tell my Child (pages 8-9)
✅ Promoting Understanding (page 5)
✅ Using Picture Books to Educate the Whole Family (pages 6-7)
✅ Holiday Reading by Autistic Authors (pages 10-11)

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ NDIS supports children with disabilities, including financial assistance.
✅ Focuses on six functional domains: learning, socialization, communication, self-care.
✅ Preparation and understanding are key in NDIS navigation.
✅ Set realistic, child-specific short and long-term goals.
✅ Educators vital in supporting children's NDIS applications.
✅ Teachers assess, develop IEPs, and provide documentation.
✅ Understand options: NDIA managed, plan managed, self-managed.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Teacher Assistant Appreciation Week: Recognizing valuable support in education.
✅ Self-care crucial: Assistants encouraged to celebrate daily achievements.
✅ Anxiety management: Strategies for students anxious about making mistakes.
✅ Independence promotion: Gradually fade direct support for student growth.
✅ Behavior solutions: Book recommendations for addressing challenging behaviors.
✅ Collaboration challenges: Addressing teacher-assistant relationship difficulties.
✅ Consistent support: Benefits of maintaining the same assistant for students.

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✅ Quick and Easy Adjustments to Implement e.g. where to position a child
✅ How to Make the Most of your Support Time
✅ Using Students’ Strengths to Reduce Their Stress
✅ Supporting Students Socially and Emotionally
✅ How to Identify the Underlying Causes of Disengagement/Behaviour
✅ 1 hour of POWER – Strategies to Make a Difference to You and the Kids you know

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Understand Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA): It’s a unique autism type that requires a different approach.
✅ The differences between PDA and ODD.
✅ PDA is often misunderstood – these children want to do well but struggle with demands.
✅ Build relationships through sharing experiences and following their interests. No hierarchies.
✅ Re-evaluate teaching strategies: Traditional autism strategies may not work for PDA students.
✅ Avoid power struggles by giving choices and focusing on natural consequences.
✅ Help manage meltdowns.
✅ Always offer a fresh start after difficulties.
✅ Make requests carefully – share demands and use clear choice language.
✅ Provide structure but allow autonomy within it. Be flexible day-to-day.
✅ For toileting, use subtle language about your own toileting and make it into a game.
✅ Strategies wear out quickly with PDA so keep mixing them up.
✅ Have confidence you can do it – small changes make a big difference!

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Structure Classroom for Behaviour Management: Optimize layout to minimize disruptions.
✅ Quick Classroom Adjustments: Implement strategic student positioning.
✅ Maximize Support Time: Efficient use of teaching assistants and resources.
✅ Leverage Student Strengths: Utilize strengths to mitigate stress.
✅ Social and Emotional Support: Enhance social and emotional well-being.
✅ Identify Disengagement Causes: Recognize reasons behind behavior issues.
✅ Effective POWER Strategies: Apply impactful techniques for classroom success.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ How to help students who don’t like making mistakes
✅ How to help students who don’t like to lose a game
✅ How to ensure you are not “helping” too much when supporting a student
✅ How to help an absconder?
✅ How to help students who “shutdown”
✅ How to accommodate a student who is stamping his feet as a stim?
✅ How to assist a student with dysgraphia, with no technology at all
✅ How to work with teachers and be collaborative?
✅ How to help staff and students understand PDA?
✅ How to support non-verbal children communicate?

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Kate Swenson’s popular blog “Finding Cooper’s Voice” has provided hundreds of thousands of parents of children with Autism hope and comfort. Kate has now written a powerful memoir “Forever Boy”, to continue sharing her inspiring story about motherhood and unconditional love.

My Top takeaways from reading the book

✅ Take help (I think this is for everyone – teachers too)
✅ Find what works for you
✅ Always try one more thing
✅ Celebrate everything
✅ The goal should always be independence
✅ Focus on what can do not what can’t do
✅ Push ever so gently
✅ Choose your battles
✅ No one knows what the future holds for our kids
✅ Choose Joy

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Teacher's Role: Highlight, don't diagnose issues.
✅ 8 Steps Discussed: Detailed process for diagnosis conversation.
✅ Red Flags: Identify potential diagnosis indicators.
✅ Diagnosis Importance: Benefits of getting a diagnosis explained.
✅ Tone of Caring: First impressions are critical in meetings. 
✅ Share Positives: Begin with the child's achievements. 
✅ Collaborative Approach: Value families' insights and opinions.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Discuss differences during diverse holiday celebrations.
✅ Tips for neurodiverse children during stressful holiday events.
✅ Newsletter includes 14 tips for an inclusive holiday season.
✅ Activities to understand individuality, like the "different fish" display.
✅ Use cooking to teach and celebrate cultural diversity.
✅ Gift ideas for autistic children, focusing on sensory-friendly options.
✅ Strategies for creating calming spaces at school and home.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Starting with the end in mind
✅ The 50/50 Learning & Behaviour Plan
✅ Modelling behaviour and demonstrating Plan B’s
✅ Encouraging independence with timers, visuals and schedules
✅ Using 3 Rs – rewards, repetition and routines

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Traditional vs Special Needs Strategies
✅ Golden Rules of Autism Support
✅ Alternative Approaches
✅ Theory of Mind Consideration
✅ Positive Alternatives to Consequences
✅ Structured Guidance for Various Challenges
✅ Holistic Focus on Teaching Replacement Behaviors

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Handwriting struggles can lead to educational disengagement.
✅ Typing isn't always a viable alternative to handwriting.
✅ Occupational therapists can assist with handwriting strategies.
✅ Eye fatigue can impact handwriting focus and quality.
✅ Different handwriting approaches suit different student needs.
✅ Handwriting and typing require distinct skill sets.
✅ Encouraging practice improves handwriting, but perfection isn't guaranteed.

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Everything you need to know about Transition Including Top Tips for Preparing for 2023

What this Webinar Covers:

✅ Transition Tips including – Preschool – Primary School, Primary to Secondary & more
✅ What to do if you can’t do on-site visits
✅ Giving children preventative breaks for toilet, food, drink and movement (Interoception)
✅ The KEY strategies for Teachers, Teacher Assistants, Families & More
✅ Sensory challenges to be aware of when returning to school from Learning at Home / Starting in a new classroom 2023

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Sequence, order and routine
✅ Writing skills like recipes and observations
✅ Why cooking for somebody else is important to teach
✅ Sensory desensitisation (you don’t have to do the eating for cooking to be worthwhile)
✅ Motor Skills
✅ The importance of “Backward chaining”
✅ Tips and tools to make it easier to start cooking

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ How fear of failure can paralyse students
✅ Ideas to give students more direction in their work
✅ How to provide clear directions
✅ Importance of positive reinforcement
✅ Breaking down tasks into manageable chunks
✅ My top resources to learn more about engagement

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ What worked and didn’t work
✅ Who needs to know about the diagnosis
✅ Why people need to know
✅ How much should I share?
✅ Top Tips for Disclosing Diagnosis
✅ Why you shouldn’t hide your child’s diagnosis from them
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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Activities and exercises for self-awareness and self-control
✅ The importance of a consistent program in teaching emotional regulation
✅ Whole class activities on emotional regulation
✅ How to individualise activities for unique children
✅ How to use visuals
✅ Importance of a positive environment
✅ The Red Beast Picture Book is suitable for 5-9 years & The Red Beast Workbook 5-10 years

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Encouraging Participation: Temple's approach increases engagement.
✅ Real Choices Matter: Offer children genuine options.
✅ Avoid Surprises: Forewarn to reduce anxiety.
✅ Gradual Exposure: Introduce new activities slowly.
✅ Embrace Failure: Teach kids it's okay to fail.
✅ Consistent Support: Provide a loving push.
✅ Break Tasks Down: Simplify and tackle step-by-step.

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What this podcast contains

Discussed in this Episode:

This Weeks Podcast was Created after a Question from Trish:

“I am currently in the middle of setting up a calm corner/area within my senior preschool room (4-5years) my kids understand that this area is to be used when they are feeling overwhelmed or just need a little break away. Would love for ideas on what I can add to this area”

✅ Everyone is different. When you create a calm area ask children what they would like to calm them.
✅ Teach how to take a break and what type of break they need. Ie calm corner, toilet, drink, food & movement break.
✅ High energy area.
✅ Sensory toys and tools.
✅ The Space: Don’t overload the space! And make sure the space isn’t a desired play area

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My Top takeaways from reading the book

✅ Download the fabulous PDF 30+ Reasons Why a Can’t Sit
✅ Observe when the child can sit still for prolonged periods
✅ Giving children preventative breaks for toilet, food, drink and movement (Interoception)
✅ Developing Core Strength to support posture (link to Motor Flip Book)
✅ Why & How to use visual Timers to help children know how long to sit still (link to Timers)
✅ Why & how to use Sensory Tools to support listening, waiting and sharing

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Time Blindness Defined: Inability to perceive time accurately.
✅ Behavior Indicators: Procrastination, lateness, or anxiety.
✅ Making Time Visible: Use visual and accessible time aids.
✅ Managing Anxiety: Equip with time management tools.
✅ Routines Matter: Establish routines to sense time's passage.
✅ Success Equation: Now, next, later plus schedule equals success.
✅ Support Like Colorblindness: Make time support as accessible.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Why social skills programmes need to be “driven” by individual’s needs and their personal goals (HELP)
✅ How to build social capacity in teen years and beyond
✅ The importance of programmes/ relationships being
✅ Two amazing programmes share insights and information on how programs support teens and young people to develop connections and friends
✅ Range of fabulous options available in most communities to help build social connections.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Ruth's school celebrates 60 years of innovation.
✅ Focus on student independence and community access.
✅ Implemented authentic pedestrian crossing for safety training.
✅ Created mini Woolworths for practical shopping skills.
✅ Introduced immersive classroom for interactive learning.
✅ Gym installed for physical health and community integration.
✅ School dog aids in therapy and comfort for students.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Sue Larkey books (pg 2)
✅ Visual Supports (pg 5)
✅ Social Skills (pg 6)
✅ Understanding Behaviour (pg 8)
✅ Anxiety & Mental Health (pg 9)
✅ Early Years (page 10)
✅ Helping Children Manage their Emotions (pg 11)
✅ Teaching Children about Autism Spectrum (page 12)
✅ DHD- Organising & Planning (page 13)
✅ Teen Years & Beyond (pg 15)
✅ Puberty & Sex Education (page 16)
✅ Sensory Books (pg 17)
✅ Sensory Tools (pg 18)
✅ Workshops (pg 19)

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✅ It’s important to remember that a teacher’s role isn’t to offer suggestions of a diagnosis, it’s to bring things to the parents’ attention.
✅ 8 Steps to Talking for Families about pursuing a diagnosis.
✅ Red Flags for Diagnosis.
✅ Why students should get a diagnosis.

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