Springbrook's Converge Autism Radio

Join Dr. Matthew Fisher, MD here to help professionals, parents, and educators better understand typical health, environmental, and behavioral myths that are common in the Autism population. Information challenging these myths along with tools on how to effectively deal with a person on the Autism spectrum will be presented from a psychiatrist’s perspective.  Dr. Fisher completed his General Psych...

Join Dr. Stephanie Holmes as she talks to Jeanetta Bryant. Jeanetta Bryant is the Founder and Executive Director of Abilities Workshop, Inc. She is dedicated to helping special needs families find answers and children impacted by a special needs diagnosis be their best. Jeanetta is an author, developer, and advocate. As a mom of two children, one with ASD, she finds no greater joy than watching th...

Happiness has received little attention in the field of autism spectrum disorders. Outcome and effect studies, for instance, rarely take emotional well-being as a desired outcome. And when the focus is on well-being, it is often from a negative perspective, namely the lack of well-being and quality of life in autism. It is time to take a U-turn in our approach and change from an exclusive focus on...

Dr. Holmes and Frankie of Aris Language Builder will be discussing language building. Frankie will share personal and professional insight as to how autism and deafness may affect language acquisition and learning. Frankie Kietzman grew up in a neurodiverse family with a brother who is deaf and has severe autism. She became a teacher, originally gen-ed, but later taught self-contained autism stude...

This show with Dr. James Ball will discuss the 7 evidence-based strategies, described in his book, “Early Intervention: Real-Life Questions; Real Life Answers,” proven to be the most effective in teaching students and adults with an autism spectrum disorder. It will focus on the teaching of specific skills, reducing challenging behaviors, and building an effective program as outlined in the book,...

Many children with autism begin speaking late, very little, or not at all. One of the issues that children who are nonverbal face is the frustration of having a lot to communicate and no way to verbally express it. Identifying and acquiring an appropriate communication device is just the start. Even with communication systems, children who are nonverbal miss a lot of language opportunities compare...

Ron Suskind delves deeper into Affinity Therapy, the unique method of emulative communication that the Suskind's developed to help Owen, their youngest son, emerge from the shadows of autism. Owen, despite limited speech, memorized fifty animated Disney movies. Throw him a line; he’d throw back the next one. When the Suskind's realized this, they began speaking in Disney dialogue, turning their ho...

Listen in as Dr. Brandon Clarke focuses on the levers to behavior change and emphasizes the barriers to implementing educational and therapeutic interventions from an interdisciplinary perspective. Solutions for these barriers are discussed and recommendations are made to address these barriers when collaborating with other professionals. Brandon Clark is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. He is...

Join Dr. Holmes as she takes about challenges and issues in sexual relationships among NeuroDiverse Couples. Stephanie and Leslie will discuss common challenges in intimacy and sexuality including sensory sensitivities. They mention spoon theory in their discussion, here is a link to an article on spoon theory. https://reachoutasc.com/spoon-theory-and-autism/ Leslie A. Sickels, LCSW is a licensed...

Join Dr. Holmes as she interviews Robin Tate, a life coach, and NeuroDiverse Couples' coach. Today we discuss Neurodiversity and strategies for executive functioning. Robin describes a little about herself: I am a professionally trained Teacher and Coach who is passionate about providing the best experience to my clients. As well as training, I have an in-depth understanding of the impacts of livi...

Join Dr. Stephanie Holmes as she interviews Richard Schrieber. We reference Jude Morrow, a past guest of this show- look up those podcasts! Richard Schreiber is a successful technologist and innovator having built custom software systems for large corporations in corporate travel in his past. He is also the proud father of an autistic young adult, his 15-year-old daughter, who has become the inspi...

Sydney Holmes interviews Dr. Grandin with questions collected by young adults and adults on the autism spectrum for Dr. Grandin. Questions range from early intervention to handling dysregulation at work. Join Dr. Holmes and Sydney as they ask questions members of the autism community want to know from Dr. Temple Grandin. Temple Grandin experienced finding an autism diagnosis back in the late 1940s...

Join Dr. Stephanie Holmes and her co-host today, Sydney Holmes, who interviewed Dr. Temple Grandin, one of the keynote speakers for this year's Converge Autism Summit from April 28-29 in Greenville, SC. Dr. Temple is passionate about young adults transitioning into meaningful careers. Her topic for the conference is "The Way I See It," and today the focus is on teens and young adults. Sydney had t...

Dr. Holmes welcomes back Noah Setback. You may want to give a listen to the Sebacks' story on the advocacy for Noah and Noah's introduction to the letterboard in a previous podcast episode. Noah is a non-speaking autistic adult who found his voice through communicating through a letterboard. Noah found his voice by using the letterboard and is now using his voice for advocacy and now an entreprene...

Join Reid as he talks with Michael McCreary, who is an Aspie comic, an author, a TedX host, and an actor. Reid dives inside the mind of Micheal to learn why he chose comedy, and where he sees his future.  Michael McCreary may only be twenty-two, but he’s already well on his way to fulfilling his lifelong, albeit short, dream of becoming a stand-up comedian. The young comic, a high school grad from...

Join Dr. Stephanie C Holmes of Autism Spectrum Resources for Marriage & Family, LLC as she interviews Andrea Pollack of Autism Parent Solutions. About our interim host: Dr. Stephanie C. Holmes is the host of her own podcast on Mental Health News Radio, NeuroDiverse Christian Couples. She has courses for families, couples, and professionals at: https://courses.christianneurodiversemarriage.com/coll...

Join Reid Miles as he speaks with Jaclyn Hunt, an ASD Life Coach. She tells her story of how she became an ASD Life coach and we follow by discussing her practice and how she began and how the clients just kept coming. Jaclyn Hunt is the owner of ASD Life Coaches LLC. Along with her team of coaches, they each strive to provide much-needed life coaching services for adults on the autism spectrum ac...

Join Dr. Holmes as she interviews SLP, Siobhan Carpenter. Siobhan shares her 25 years of professional experience as well as her personal experience in a neurodiverse household. Siobhan Carpenter, MS CCC-SLP has been a speech-language pathologist for over 25 years. With a career focus on early intervention, language development, autism, and literacy, she’s served children from birth to college-age...

Dr. Holmes and Dr. Hull discuss co-regulation of the brain and the importance of parent brain regulation while parenting a child on the autism spectrum who is dysregulated. This is part two of Dr. Holmes' show with Dr. Hull. From Dr. Kevin Hull's blog, he defines co-regulation as: “What is co-regulation?” you may ask. Co-regulation is a neuro-relational phenomenon that occurs when two or more brai...

Dr. Holmes and Dr. Hull discuss co-regulation of the brain and the importance of parent brain regulation while parenting a child on the autism spectrum who is dysregulated. From Dr. Kevin Hull's blog, he defines co-regulation as: “What is co-regulation?” you may ask. Co-regulation is a neuro-relational phenomenon that occurs when two or more brains are in synchronous connection. Basically, the bra...

Join Dr. Stephanie C Holmes as she is joined by her co-host and husband, Dan as she and Dan discuss autism assessment biases and different identification journeys of acceptance of Dan and Jude and others they have worked with on the autism spectrum. Jude Morrow is an autistic best-selling author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and keynote speaker from Derry, Northern Ireland. Jude travels the world...

Listen in today as Reid Miles, from Inside the Aspergers Studio, hosts a show where he welcomes author and advocate, Sivan Hong.  Sivan is the author of Super Fun Day Books.  Her books include  “Benny J. and the Horrible Halloween”,  “George J. and the Miserable Monday” and “Emily D. and the Fearful First Day“.  They are inspiring books that focus on neurodiverse children who overcome their challe...

Welcome to a very positive show today with Reid Miles from Inside the Aspergers Studio podcast hosting today. Today he speaks with Martina, an occupational therapist and part-time streamer known as xxYikes. He will discuss how she became an occupational therapist and ask her how her stream name came to be. She is also an online advocate trying to help those get through life. Reid and Martina discu...

Listen in to Part 2 with Dr. Holmes as she interviews Jeremy Hamburgh.  Jeremy is referred to as the Hitch for the autistic and special needs community by The Atlantic in 2013. The article by Rula AL-Nasrawi quotes, "Jeremy Hamburgh is a New York-based dating coach for both neurotypical people and people with disabilities. He’s a Hitch for those who can hardly flirt, and he spends hours hiding beh...

Join Dr. Holmes as she interviews Jeremy Hamburgh, referred to as the Hitch for the autistic and special needs community by The Atlantic in 2013. The article by Rula AL-Nasrawi quotes, "Jeremy Hamburgh is a New York-based dating coach for both neurotypical people and people with disabilities. He’s a Hitch for those who can hardly flirt, and he spends hours hiding behind bookshelves and potted plan...