We chose play from Affect Autism
Episodes
We Chose Play Season 1, Episode 6: Let's reflect
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every other week in 2026 so far, you've been hearing the audio only of one episode of the Floortime documentary, We Chose Play. This time it's...
AUTISTIC Viewpoints: Episode 9
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 9 of AUTISTIC Viewpoints, Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown interview Turrell'...
Bloom Village
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Princess Owens is parenting educator, writer, and mindfulness facilitator whose work uplifts neurodivergent families with compassion and intention. As...
We Chose Play Season 1, Episode 5: Let's play!
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every other week in 2026 so far, you've been hearing the audio only of one episode of the Floortime documentary, We Chose Play. This time ...
Parent Perspectives: The Power of Relationship and Community
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode's guest is Krithika, a Northern California mom to an 11-year-old Autistic son, who discovered DIRFloortime® after years of tradition...
We Chose Play Season 1, Episode 4: Let's start
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every other week in 2026 so far, you've been hearing the audio only of one episode of the Floortime documentary, We Chose Play. This time it'...
AUTISTIC Viewpoints Episode 8
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 8 of AUTISTIC Viewpoints, Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown take a deep dive i...
Movement Integrates
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, number 305, I interview DIR® Expert Training Leader and Occupational Therapist Maude Le Roux who has a DIR® clinic, A Total Appr...
We Chose Play Season 1, Episode 3: How do we start?
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every other week in 2026 so far, you've been hearing the audio only of one episode of the Floortime documentary We Chose Play. This time it's ...
DIR® Dialogues: Research Supporting DIRFloortime®
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This DIR® Dialogues panel explores the research base behind DIRFloortime®, highlighting both its strong, transdisciplinary foundations and the chall...
We Chose Play Season 1, Episode 2: What did we miss?
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To start off the year 2026, you'll hear the audio only of one episode of the Floortime documentary "We Chose Play " every other week! T...
Centering Autism Perspectives in Canada
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we are discussing what's happening with autism in Canada and what has changed over the years with Seiun Thomas Henderson, an Autism and e...
We Chose Play Season 1, Episode 1: In the beginning...
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As we embark on the new year, enjoy the audio version of my Floortime documentary series We Chose Play—a new episode every other week. We Chos...
Parent Perspectives: Developing Resilience
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Parent Perspectives features Gina Baker, the mother of two kids in Utah. She has had many professional roles in the past including n...
AUTISTIC Viewpoints: Episode 7
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 7 of AUTISTIC Viewpoints, Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown do a year-end wrap...
From Control to Connection: One Educator’s Transformation Through DIRFloortime®
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, number 298, DIRFloortime® provider Stacy Duffy, a Special Educator in South Africa joins us to discuss her transformational journey ...
AUTISTIC Viewpoints: Episode 6 with Dr. Emile Gouws
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AUTISTIC Viewpoints is a new podcast hosted by Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown. This episode,...
Parent Perspectives: Watching Siblings Embrace Autism Together
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Parent Perspectives features returning guest, Michele Abraham-Montgomery, who specializes in Family Services, Autism Resources & A...
AUTISTIC Viewpoints: Episode 5 with Miles Kredich
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AUTISTIC Viewpoints is a new podcast hosted by Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown. This ep...
Shared Joy and Agency in Outdoor Play
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, number 296, we are discussing the culture of play, free play, and outdoor play in natural settings with autistic individuals with two...
AUTISTIC Viewpoints: Episode 4 with Dr. Angela Kingdon
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AUTISTIC Viewpoints is a new podcast hosted by Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown. This ep...
Parent Play Personas
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, number 295, DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader Kerri Ciskowski joins us to discuss different parent play personas she sees in her cli...
Neurological Safety and Creating Your Happy Space
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Clare Kumar who encourages organizations to create "neurologically safe" spaces, cultures, and experiences where their guests ca...
AUTISTIC Viewpoints: Episode 3
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AUTISTIC Viewpoints is a new podcast hosted by Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown. This ep...
Rewriting the IEP Narrative: The Affirming Village
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a new empowering podcast called The Affirming Village which focuses on creating more neuroaffirming spaces for neurodivergent a...
AUTISTIC Viewpoints: Episode 2 with Khylil Robinson
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AUTISTIC Viewpoints is a new podcast hosted by Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown. Two autistics, very diffe...
Autistic Moms Chatting: Moving Forward with Awareness and Action
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Kelly Bron Johnson in Montreal and Anne Borden King in Toronto. Kelly is a non-binary, Autistic, and Hard of Hearing (HoH) self-...
Bridging the Gap Between Home and School
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I'm airing a year-old presentation made by the late, great DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and phenomenal educator, Kasheena Ho...
Let's Talk About Essential Floortime Dynamics
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you, Floortimers, for the years of learning! This episode, number 290, the first episode of Season 11, features Sophia Ashman, a DIR practitione...
Construyendo una Comunidad DIR® en América Latina
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carolina Sosa Carrero es educadora en música, movimiento y lenguaje, con una maestría en intervención temprana y desarrollo infantil. ¡Es la prime...
Building a DIR® Community in Latin America and Abroad
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carolina Sosa Carrero is an educator in music, movement, and language with a Master’s degree in early intervention and child development. She is the...
AUTISTIC Viewpoints Premiere Episode
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AUTISTIC Viewpoints is a new podcast hosted by Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown. Two autistics, very different, yet align...
AUTISTIC Viewpoints Trailer
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the trailer for our upcoming podcast, AUTISTIC Viewpoints, hosted by Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown. Two autistics, very different, yet align...
A Model of a Medical DIR® Clinic
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Angel Belle Dy is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader in the Phillippines who started The Growing Brain PH, a DIR® accredited clinic tha...
Autistic Moms Chatting: Creating Community
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This marks the first edition of Autistic Moms Chatting from Affect Autism. This episode features two autistic mothers and autistic advocates living...
DIR® Dialogues: Gestalt Language Processing
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This marks the fifth edition of DIR® Dialogues from Affect Autism. This episode features Practitioner Panels–this one featuring five Speech-Lang...
Individualizing Support Through a Caring Relationship: Supporting PDA
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Returning guest, Clinical Psychologist Dr. Robert Naseef, and first-time guest, Autistic Self-Advocate and Professor of Special Education at Alephi Un...
Senderos: La primera escuela acreditada en DIR® de México
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maythe Martinez es una Líder Experta en DIRFloortime® en Mérida, México, donde fundó una escuela acreditada en DIRFloortime® llamada Senderos. ...
Senderos: Mexico's First DIR®-Accredited School
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maythe Martinez is a DIRFloortime Expert Training Leader in Merida, Mexico where she opened a DIR-accredited DIRFloortime school called "Senderos" whi...
DIR® Dialogues: An Exploration of Limit-Setting
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This marks the fourth edition of DIR® Dialogues from Affect Autism! This episode features Practitioner Panels–this one featuring five DIRFloort...
Parent Perspectives: Powerful Insights From a Floortime Intensive
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Parent Perspectives features a full-time mother, passionate advocate, and deep thinker, navigating life through the lens of a late A...
Becoming a Floortime Practitioner
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This marks the third edition of DIR® Dialogues from Affect Autism! This episode features Practitioner Panels–this one featuring five internation...
Bicycle Lessons 4 All
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode's guest is Tammy Bishop in Florida who has been an occupational therapist since 1999. She operates a service called Bicycle Lessons 4 All...
Pre-Linguistics are Pre-Social Abilities
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Beth Stark joins us this episode from Atlanta where she has been a speech and language pathologist for over 40 years at Floortime Atlanta and ...
Neurodiversity-Affirming Support in DIR®-Informed Music Therapy
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our topic for this episode is promoting agency and autonomy through the lens of DIR®-informed music therapy and how facilitators can practice within ...
Olas de Conexión: Surfeando el Enfoque Floortime
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
La invitada de este episodio es Simone Tiemann, terapeuta ocupacional de integración sensorial formada en Floortime en Santander, la costa norte de E...
Waves of Connection: Surfing the Floortime Approach
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode's guest is Simone Tiemann who is a Floortime-trained sensory integration occupational therapist on the north coast of Spain in Santan...
Let’s Talk About Autism Inclusion this April
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL) Board President, autistic self-advocate, Dr. Emile Gouws and I discuss April’s month...
Perspectivas de los Padres: Reuniones de Apoyo para Padres Floortime
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En esta edición de Perspectivas de los Padres, Mary Santiago de Toronto, una madre practicante de DIRFloortime® conversa con Susana en Buenos Aires...
Floortime Around the World
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This marks the second edition of DIR® Dialogues from Affect Autism! This new podcast features Practitioner Panels–this one featuring five intern...
Joyfully Together: Collaboration in the DIRFloortime® Approach
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The therapy trio from Baby Steps Therapy, a DIR® clinic offering physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy in the suburbs of Ph...
Following the Child’s Emotional Intent
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
German Psychologist Sibylle Janert is a DIRFloortime® Expert and Training Leader who teaches courses in the UK in English, and in German in Germany, ...
Parent Perspectives: Finding and Holding on to Floortime
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Parent Perspectives, I am interviewing three Buffalo area families about their struggles finding, accessing, and keeping DIRFloorti...
DIR® Dialogues: Parent Practitioners
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This marks the first edition of DIR® Dialogues from Affect Autism! This new podcast will include Practitioner Panels–the first one featuring paren...
DIR® and the Science of Hope
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week my returning guest is DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and Licensed Professional Counselor, Mike Fields where he is at several clinics ...
Parent Perspectives: Floortime Intensives at the DIR® Institute
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we are covering intensives at ICDL's DIR® Institute in New Jersey where families come for a week to just do Floortime and get Floortime ...
Intensives at the DIR® Institute
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode my guests are Educator Becky Gottlieb who is the Floortime Intensives Program Coordinator at ICDL’s DIR® Institute in New Jersey, and...
Floortime Supports Parental Self-Efficacy
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My returning guest is Dr. Colette Ryan, an Infant Mental Health Specialist who is an DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and part of a group startin...
Diagnosing Autism in Girls and Women
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s been a lot of talk about how autistic girls are not recognized and diagnosed and on social media around many women being diagnosed as autist...
Co-Regulation through Affective Signalling
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I am absolutely thrilled to have returning guest, Educator Kasheena Holder back, who is a DIRFloortime® Expert and Training Leader with the Internati...
Gestural Development: The D, the I, and the R
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brookes Barrack is a Speech-Language Pathologist and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader who has a clinic just outside of Kansas City, Kansas with O...
In-Home Floortime Coaching Supports Families
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kerri Ciskowski is a DIRFloortime® Expert and Occupational Therapist in central New Jersey who does in-home support through her service Therapy Keepe...
Bringing DIR® Into the Classroom to Accommodate Communication for All
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
ToniAnn Loftus is DIRFloortime® Expert and Speech-Language Pathologist. She trained at the Rebecca School and now owns and operates Seaport Speech an...
Trauma through a DIR® Lens
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The topic of this episode is trauma through a DIR® lens. Maude Le Roux recently did a course on this topic through the International Council on Devel...
Developing Through FEDC 4 into FEDC 5
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The topic of this episode is to give an overview and review of Functional Emotional Developmental Capacity (FEDC) 4 of the Developmental, Individual d...
FEDC 4: Complex Communication and Shared Problem Solving
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The topic of this episode is Functional Emotional Developmental Capacity (FEDC) 4 of the Developmental, Individual differences, and Relationship (DIR®...
Nurturing Intentionality as a Bridge to FEDC 4
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we are discussing intentionality in Functional Emotional Developmental Capacity (FEDC) 3, which is called "Intentionality and Two-Wa...
A DIR® Lens on Sleeping
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week our topic is one that is a top request by parents: sleep. Although neither this episode's guest nor I are sleep experts, we want to come...
Giant Steps Interdisciplinary Autism Centre
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’m speaking with Marla Cable, the Assistant Director of the Resource and Training Centre at Giant Steps Autism Centre in Montreal, Quebec, which ho...
Reflective Practice in DIR®
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Klein is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and a pediatric Occupational Therapist at Emerge Pediatric Therapy in Durham, North Caroli...
DIR® and Medically Complex Children: Trauma-Informed Care
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our topic this week is DIRFloortime® in medically complex children with guests DIR® Speech-Language Pathologists Erin Forward and Taylor Anderson.Li...
Advocating for rightful inclusion in school
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode’s podcast features Floortime parent advocate Kim Kredich who has served as a volunteer advocate for hundreds of students with disabilit...
Affect and Regulation in Middle Eastern Culture
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader Nagwa Khedr, who is an early intervention specialist in Cairo, Egypt. She's been pract...
If I Need Help
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast showcases If I Need Help, a non profit that reunites those who might become lost, disoriented, or need assistance in a critical moment ...
Presuming Competence
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features returning guests, Special Educator Jackie Bartell and Speech Language PathologistBridget Palmer who are both DIRFloortime®...
A Developmental Perspective on Sharing
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, returning guest, Occupational Therapist, Stephanie Peters, DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and Clinical Director with Kinder Growt...
Gestalt Language Processing and DIR®
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Speech Therapist, Sabrina O'Keefe, DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, discusses Gestalt Language Processing within a Development...
Parent Perspectives: Navigating Our Different Support Roles
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Parent Perspectives from Affect Autism, we have a discussion with a mother and grandmother of an autistic son and grandson about...
Parent Perspectives: Parent Self-Regulation
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Parent Perspectives from Affect Autism, we have a parent discussion with an autistic parent of two autistic daughters about pare...
Revisiting the R: Hidden Regulators in the Development of Relationships
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, I bring you the live recording we did at the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL) 2023 International DIRFloortime®...
Parent Perspectives: Parents Listening to Autistic Self-Advocates
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Parent Perspectives covers content discussed in ICDL’s parent support meeting from Monday, October 2nd, 2023 with guest Autisti...
Regulating through Trauma
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) Expert Training Leader and Clinical Social Worker in Psychotherapy Private Practice, ...
Autistic Masking or Impression Management?
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss Dr. Amy Pearson and Kieran Rose’s newly published book entitled, Autistic Masking: Understanding Identity Management an...
Parent Perspectives: Retrospective Perspective
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Parent Perspectives features three mothers of autistic daughters, including one who is autistic herself, and one mother of an autist...
Visual Spatial Planning and Assessment (ViSPA)
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the ViSPA, the Visual Spatial Planning & Assessment, which is a tool used to organize activities from the book Think...
Visualization leads to Imagination
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I’m especially excited about this episode’s topic, visualization and imagination because it’s where I’m currently at with my son. We will disc...
Parent Perspectives: Relationships, Play, and Growth
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Parent Perspectives features four mothers of autistic children, including one who is now a grandmother of an autistic child. We dis...
Parent Perspectives: Navigating our Health and Education Systems
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Parent Perspectives features two professionals and mothers of autistic children.Link to the full blog post with links to key discuss...
Harnessing the Power of Narratives to Impact Development
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, we’re discussing personal narratives and harnessing their power to impact the Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs) ...
(Non)Compliance does not equal (Dys)Regulation
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Compliance is often mistaken for readiness to learn, but compliance does not equal regulation, and regulation is necessary for learning. On the flip s...
A New Community-Created Resource: SLP MAPs
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode’s guest is Amanda Binns, a clinician scientist who has her PhD and is also a Speech and Language Pathologist. She’s currently the c...
Parent Perspectives: How Do We Handle Fears and Anxiety?
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This marks the first edition of Parent Perspectives from Affect Autism! I thought it would be helpful for parents and practitioners to hear some of...
Adapted Spiral Praxis and Movement for the Bodymind Process
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I am thrilled to interview Yuji Oka of the Spiral Movement Center in Toronto where my son went for their MOVEMENT program weekly for many...
All About Praxis: Part 2 of 2
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Occupational Therapist, Joann Fleckenstein, and Licensed Professional Counselor, Mike Fields, both of Individual and Team Therapy Services in Atla...
All About Praxis: Part 1 of 2
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Occupational Therapist, Joann Fleckenstein, and Licensed Professional Counselor, Mike Fields, both of Individual and Team Therapy Services in Atla...
A Floortime Approach to Fears and Phobias
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Karen Levine is a Developmental Psychologist and a Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model Expert based in Main...
Floortime Coaching for Different Parenting Styles
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I welcome Gabriela Michaca who is a licensed school neuropsychologist and also just received her master’s degree in Occupational Therap...
The Somatosensory System and Tactile Perception
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Occupational Therapist Maude Le Roux is back again this episode to discuss the sense of touch, or tactile perception, part of the I, individual diffe...
Physical Therapy is Enhanced Using a Floortime Lens
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Beth Crawford is a licensed Physical therapist and Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Expert Training Leader who...
Our Differences are Our Strengths
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I’m speaking with autistic self-advocate, Mickey Rowe, who has had a prolific and varied career as an actor, director, consultant, and...