The Neurodive Podcast

BISnet host Sam Harris sits down with colleague and fellow trainer Andy Southwell following their 2 day course 'Understanding and Supporting Autistic individuals with Demand Avoidance [PDA] and Strategies to support them.' In this informative and in depth episode, Andy and Sam try to answer in detail some of the key questions that the most recent group of parents and professionals on the BISnet co...

In this episode of BISpod, host Sam sits down with a parent he has been working with for over 4 years. Julia has a son who is 16 with a diagnosis or High Functioning Autism or Aspergers. In part 2, Julia picks up her story with her son starting mainstream secondary school. This is around the time that BISpod host and family consultant Sam started working with her and in this episode they discuss t...

In this episode of BISpod, host Sam sits down with a parent he has been working with for over 4 years. Julia has a son who is 16 with a diagnosis or High Functioning Autism or Aspergers. In part 1, Julia tells of her and her sons journey through main stream education, what has helped and the challenges along the way. She has a fantastic way of explaining things and incredible empathy for her son,...

In this series of episodes our manager and trainer Sam Harris gives us some short 15 minutes discussions around particular ideas and concepts that have shaped the way BISnet supports individuals and families. This are ideas that could be applied to anyone with behaviour support needs or who is at risk of displaying challenging, aggressive or socially isolating behaviours. In this episode, he cover...

Whilst I had Silvia here we each put together our top 3 ideas for parents or professionals supporting an individual with Autism. We managed to keep it to a half hour and hopefully this episode can provide some helpful ideas for anyone supporting someone on the Autism spectrum.

So pleased to have a mentor, friend and total expert in the podcast. Silvia is currently researching her PhD in Autism and the area of social looking (including social referencing) in infants. In this episode I ask her about her research and what led her into this area, get some exclusive info on her latest findings and how it can inform practice, as well as just generally mine her for her experti...

In this series of episodes our manager and trainer Sam Harris gives us some short 15 minutes discussions around particular ideas and concepts that have shaped the way BISnet supports individuals and families. This are ideas that could be applied to anyone with behaviour support needs or who is at risk of displaying challenging, aggressive or socially isolating behaviours.

Adam and Sam discuss how emotions are formed in the brain, the difference between a bodily experience or feeling of emotion to a cognitive appraisal or thinking of emotion....all with fair to short a time limit and dealing with Sam's hot coffee spillage. A topic to be re-visited and continued in the future for sure!

Adam Williams is a clinical hypnotherapist who I met through my work with the National Citizen Service programme run by Exeter City football club. Adam specializes in anxiety management through 1-1 sessions, or delivering his Anxiety Regulation Workshops in Schools and Workplaces. If you are in the South West of England and want to check out what he does, head to: ajwilliamshypnotherapy.com or fin...

An introduction from me, Sam Harris BISnet Manager, about the BISnet project and the BISpod podcast. I try to explain a little about the organisation I work for, the project I run and what it does as well as a little about my background and role. It's an informal podcast and also my first time so I will be going back over some of these areas in more detail in the future, for now I just wanted to k...