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Clinical psychologist, author, and parent,  Dr. Robert Naseef  joins the podcast this episode from Philadelphia for our second podcast together. In our last podcast episode on  ambiguous loss  a year ago we discussed how we can unpack the  why’s  and  what ifs  that parents feel when learning their child is neurodivergent, how to see the strengths in our child, and be the energetic parent our chil...

I’m thrilled to welcome  Chris Hernandez  this episode for the first time after meeting him in March at the NYC DIR® Conference! He is an Ed Tech, coach, instructional designer, and a digital creator. He is also the Media Specialist at the  Rebecca School  in Manhattan, a  Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model  school and he holds a DIR® Certificate from the  Inter...

Bridget Palmer  is a  DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader  in the  Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model  and a speech-language pathologist in Buffalo, NY. She runs a Floortime parent support group called  Floortime Families  which was in person but is now online during the pandemic. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to...

DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and developmental and clinical psychologist, Kathy Platzman from Floortime Atlanta is here to cover a few topics: the transdisciplinary approach, parent guilt, and navigating social circles for parents with neurodivergent children--a question from a Patron. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast...

This week Eunice Lee joins us. She is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and a social worker in Toronto, Canada. She’s been learning about DIR® since 2006. Eunice was one of my family’s very first DIR® coaches eight years ago after I saw her featured in the  MEHRIT study at York University about DIRFloortime® . We did a podcast episode two years ago called  Self Regulation Starts With Us   whe...

Dave Nelson's son's needs were not being met by the public school system, so he started a school for him. Come hear Dave's incredible story about starting Threshold Community Program that serves adolescents and young adults with developmental differences including autism using the DIRFloortime® approach, or the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model. Lin...

This topic comes up when people haven’t heard of DIRFloortime®. They ask, “What about research? Can we justify this approach with research?” ⁠Dr. Diane Cullinane joins us this episode to review some of the research supporting DIRFloortime. She is a developmental pediatrician and an Expert DIRFloortime® practitioner in South Pasadena, one of the founders of the ⁠ DIR® Coalition of California⁠  whic...

Italian evolutionary psychologist, functional psychomotorist and DIRFloortime® trainer Serena Suman shares her insights on using individual differences in the sensory system and sensory processing to inform Floortime in the pool and all of the benefits it brings in promoting a child's development. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the pod...

Clinical psychologist, Dr. Ira Glovinsky, joins us to discuss the concept of interoception--what we feel inside viscerally and emotionally, and the impact that this can have in psychotherapy, and in parenting our children. Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2020/09/13/interoception/ Consider joining...

Jehan Shehata-Aboubakr joins us this episode. She is a Speech-Language Pathologist at  Clinical Communication Consultants  in Thornhill, Ontario (just north of Toronto). She is a  DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader  faculty with  Profectum . We did an episode last year on  scripting  and she’s back today to discuss what to expect from developmental, relationship-based speech-language therapy. Li...

  Dr. Stephen Porges joins us this episode to discuss the Polyvagal Theory, its implications for autism and the quarantine, and its therapeutic listening application, the Safe and Sound Protocol , which was designed to restore a calm physiological state. 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/2020/08/...

Advanced  DIRFloortime® practitioner  Stephanie Peters joins us this episode to discuss the phase that those new to  Floortime  go through, especially when coming from other approaches to autism supports. Stephanie is an occupational therapist and has been coaching parents online during the pandemic. We discuss the differences in the way we see our neurodivergent children and how that affects our ...

Colette Ryan joins us this week to discuss meaning making. She is a Expert Training Leader in the  Developmental, Individual-differences, Relationship-based (DIR) Model  with the  International Council on Development and Learning  (ICDL), the Parent Support Specialist at  ICDL’s DIR Home Program , a New York State endorsed infant mental health therapist, and an infant mental health fellow at Montc...

DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader  and mental health professional,  Gene Christian returns  to interview  Daria Brown , the person behind  Affect Autism . She has a Masters degree in Personality Psychology, holds an  DIRFloortime® Advanced Provider certificate  from  the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL) , and has been a researcher in the public sector in health and educa...

DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, Clinical Psychologist, founder of the developmental transition service called  Dirty Hands Developmental Alliance , and co-author of  Respecting Autism ,  Dr. Gil Tippy , returns this episode. We are discussing an important distinction: that between the strategies that we use to get through day-to-day activities versus actual developmental work that supports o...

Clinical psychologist, author, and father, Dr. Robert Naseef joins us to discuss the ambiguous loss parents feel when their child is diagnosed with autism and how to move that towards acceptance of the child you love, while making a difference in their life and becoming a better person because of it. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the...

This episode, we follow up our feature on schools that are using the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model, or DIRFloortime®, by interviewing Jackie Bartell, DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader about applying the model in a public school setting for children with developmental differences including autism. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion po...

Jackie Bartell returns to discuss how to incorporate Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model goals into your child’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) at school. When schools start to target goals for children, Jackie says, they’re looking at the observable behaviour instead of looking at the things that need to come beneath that observable behaviour in order for t...