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(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...
Autism and Medication: Part 2
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back this week with Dr. Joshua Feder, a child and family psychiatrist in Solana Beach, California. We did a podcast on autism and medication...
Emotional Playgrounds Foster Emotional Well-Being
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gordon Neufeld is a developmental psychologist from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the founder of the Neufeld Institute based in Vancouver, wh...
Curiosity as a Driver of Connection and Interaction in Adolescence
18 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our last podcast together, back in 2019, Dave Nelson and I discussed puberty and how we can best support our kids in a respectful way using a devel...
Empowering Ability
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I welcome Eric Goll, the creator of Empowering Ability. I regularly watch Eric’s weekly 5-minute video tips, attended his free life pla...
The Dynamic Process of Transitions
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I’m pleased to welcome new DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, Helen Groth, as my guest to discuss the dynamic process of transition...
Giant Steps School in Montréal, Québec
07 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I’m speaking with Marla Cable, the Resource and Training Centre Coordinator at Giant Steps School. Giant Steps is a bilingual, deve...
Part 2: Adult Diagnosis and What it Means
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, in Part 2, Kieran Rose and I will discuss late autism diagnosis and what it means. In Part 1, we discussed a number of topics around n...
Part 1: To Whom Should Parents Listen?
10 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, part 1, Kieran Rose and I will discuss a number of topics around neurodiversity including who to listen to as parents when our chil...
The Process of Parenting our Neurodivergent Children
26 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we’re discussing the parenting process, the intersection of the parenting experience and Nicole Mank’s professional world, and how on...
Part 2: Bridging the Gap in Understanding
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1: Taking that Step on the Red Carpet
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Complexity of Vision and Visual Processing
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Occupational Therapist Maude Le Roux is back to discuss the visual system, vision, and visual processing, following up from our podcast episode on the...
Kinder Growth DIRFloortime® Medicaid Services
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sari Levin is a Special Educator who has worked with families for a long time and is the Clinical Supervisor of Kinder Growth where they provide hom...
Unpacking "Aggression"
10 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast here: Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR®...
The Conversation
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Impact of Vestibular Processing on Development
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Good Intentions Creating Unseen Stigma
09 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Parents can Connect with their Children Through Musical Interactions
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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My Autism, My Story
04 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Autistic Self-Advocate, Turrell Burgess, joins the podcast this episode to discuss his experience, his book, What’s with the New Kid: My Autism My ...
Your Growth is your Child’s Growth: Strength in Relationships
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The World’s First International Concert to Celebrate Neurodiversity
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gauging our Developmental Capacities: Part 2
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gauging our Developmental Capacities: Part 1
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
DIRFloortime® and Physical Therapy
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Beth Crawford is a licensed Physical therapist and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader who founded Baby Steps Therapy in 2008. Mary Beth re...
Creating Opportunities for Co-Regulatory Support
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Access and Choice in NY State for Autism Supports and Services
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Developmental Approach to Toileting: Part 2
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Developmental Approach to Toileting: Part 1
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gross Motor versus Fine Motor Functions
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Impact of Cognitive Load on Relating, Communicating, and Thinking
22 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Rubber Band Metaphor in Floortime
08 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sensorimotor Profiles in Floortime
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Identity Exploration and Finding Your Voice
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The New Co-Reg Community
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Going Slower to Move Faster
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Critical Core: A Tabletop Role-Playing Game
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
KultureCity: Sensory Accessibility and Inclusion
16 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
DIRFloortime® as a comprehensive developmental approach
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
DIRFloortime® is the only approach that provides an integrated, developmental framework within which parents and a team of professionals can tailor i...
DIR Child & Family Counselling
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part 3 of our three podcasts featuring the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Floortime multi-disciplinary clin...
Feeding and Floortime
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Creative Arts Through Music and Drama
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Constrictions in Developmental Capacities
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Redefining the Autism Narrative: Part 2
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Redefining the Autism Narrative: Part 1
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Positive Development
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Virtual Floortime Coaching for Parents
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A Parent’s Experience of DIR/Floortime
17 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
DIRFloortime® Summer Camps
10 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This and next episode we're talking Floortime summer camp with Occupational Therapist, Rosemary White, of The Offices of Rosemary White OTR/L &...
Am I Neurodivergent Like My Child?
03 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Creating Opportunities in Floortime
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Communication-Action-Affect (known as W-A-A) in Floortime
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Examining the Experience of Autistic Students in Higher Education
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Floortime Lifestyle
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) Devices
29 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Speech-Language Pathologist and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader Dr. Joleen Fernald answers Affect Autism member questions. If ...
Example of a Floortime Session
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hear an example and analysis of a Floortime session with a young girl with developmental differences, followed by some reflection, which is part of th...
The Power of Purposeful Communication
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enriching Sensory and Motor Experiences at Home
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sensory Ingredients and Dynamic Responsivity
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Floortime is also Adolescent- and Adult-Led
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ADHD: A VAST Topic
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Affect Depends on Interoception
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neurodiversity-Affirming Care
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fostering Friendships Virtually Using Games
03 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Approaching Pre-Academics with Floortime
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why Floortime is Child-Led
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Humour Development in Autism
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Combining DIRFloortime and Sensory Integration
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I welcome back Stephanie Peters and a new guest, Courtney St. Germain. Both are occupational therapists who are DIRFloortime® Expert ...
Co-Regulation is the Driver for Sensory Integration
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Occupational therapist and Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Floortime Trainer Keith Landherr of Little Buddies Pediat...
Emotion seeking and saying “No!”
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Supporting Parents in the Process of Accepting Reality
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of my biggest revelations from being a Floortime parent that I presented at the DIRFloortime® conference in November was that parents "accep...
A Self-Advocate’s Inspiring Journey
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Emile Gouws joins us this episode as Affect Autism’s first interview with a self-advocate! Emile is a special educator, a PhD student, vice chairman...
Good Autism Education is Just Good Education
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gil Tippy has been thinking for years that the education system should just be shut down in order to start over. Then the pandemic hit and it shut...
Building Relationships in the Practice of Palliative Care using DIR/Floortime
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Heart of DIRFloortime®: The R and Genuine Affect
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, I’m speaking with clinical psychologist, Dr. Amanda Kriegel from Floortime Atlanta and Morgan Weissman from the Rebecca School abo...
Facilitating Emotional and Logical Thinking: Part 3
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Facilitating Emotional and Logical Thinking: Part 2
02 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Facilitating Emotional and Logical Thinking: Part 1
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recognizing and documenting our children’s communication cues
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do we best prepare our multidisciplinary professionals in the field of autism?
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My Biggest Revelations from being a Floortime Parent: Part 2
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My Biggest Revelations from being a Floortime Parent: Part 1
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Support for Fathers of Children on the Spectrum
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Future is Here: Fostering Neurodivergent Students’ Media Literacy
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Art with Heart: An Open Studio Approach to DIR/Floortime
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Parent Support Groups
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget Palmer is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader in the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model and a sp...
Navigating our therapy teams and social circles
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and developmental and clinical psychologist, Kathy Platzman from Floortime Atlanta is here to cover a few topics...
Supporting Parents in DIRFloortime®
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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®...
Threshold Community Program: DIR® for adolescents and young adults
17 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 stor...
Research Supporting DIRFloortime®
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This topic comes up when people haven’t heard of DIRFloortime®. They ask, “What about research? Can we justify this approach with research?” ...