Special Needs Kids Are People Too!

Are diagnoses harmful or helpful? The answer is they can be both! Join me this week as we discuss how, like so many topics in life, the answer is often both "yes" and "no!" Show Notes at:  https://amybodkin.com/podcast-episode-8 For more info about Amy Bodkin, a Special Needs Consultant for parents and professionals, visit our website: Amy Bodkin Consulting – Seeing the Possibi...

I had the opportunity to talk this week with Amber O'Neal Johnston from Heritage Mom - Homeschooling Children With Mirrors and Windows about diversity and neurodiversity!! This is a topic that is very important to me, and I love Amber's story and her message! We need mirrors in our lives to reflect what is beautiful about who we are, but we also need windows into the lives of others who...

I am planting my flag on the side of ABA Reform with this episode. It's the release of our highlights reel from our ABAI symposium, Toward Applied Behavior Analysis Reform: What It Means to "Do No Harm."  Generally speaking, people don't go into a service profession hoping to hurt other people, but we do need to constantly be checking ourselves. When we look back over the long...

This podcast is all about healing trauma through yoga and how it was helpful in my healing journey. I also discuss common misconceptions about yoga, it's history, and it's underlying philosophy and connection to world religions and philosophies. For show notes and resources, go to: https://amybodkin.com/podcast-episode-5 For more info about Amy Bodkin, a Special Needs Consultant for pare...

In this episode I discuss the specific ways we can support children to help them  process trauma and move forward in a positive direction.  1) We have to reduce pressure and provide positive support.  Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs gives us a great map on how to do this. All we have to do is identify where we are and what we need to take the next step up the hierarchy!  2) We also need to give k...

Episode 3 discusses the 2020-2021 school year, what trauma is, how trauma can impact us, and why it is so important to address and heal trauma.  For show notes, go to: https://amybodkin.com/podcast-episode-3 For more info about Amy Bodkin, a Special Needs Consultant for parents and professionals, visit our website: Amy Bodkin Consulting – Seeing the Possibilities through a Neurodivergent Lens beca...

I did not receive my Autism diagnosis until my children were being diagnosed, and it took me a while to be ready to receive those diagnoses. When we did finally receive those diagnoses, we had a lot of challenges to work through—from finding the right supports for my youngest, who was also Hyperlexic, to addressing the health challenges that resulted from chronic masking and unaddressed mental hea...

Welcome to the first episode of Special Needs Kids are People Too! My core mission is that every special needs child should be seen as a person , not a diagnosis – because a special needs kid is just like any other child, just more so!  So today I will be talking about my Autistic childhood and how it might help you see behavior in a new light. Often, people think that the behavior of Autistics is...