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The therapy trio from Baby Steps Therapy, a DIR® clinic offering physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy in the suburbs of Philadelphia, is here to discuss their collaborative Floortime approach used within their strengths-based studio to support growth within the Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs). Baby Steps e…
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German Psychologist Sibylle Janert is a DIRFloortime® Expert and Training Leader who teaches courses in the UK in English, and in German in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. She also offers Floortime coaching to families over Zoom in both English and German, as well as offering family intensives in her beautiful village. She runs supervisions grou…
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On this edition of Parent Perspectives, I am interviewing three Buffalo area families about their struggles finding, accessing, and keeping DIRFloortime® services and how it has changed their view of their neurodivergent children and given them hope. Bethany is the mother six of whom two are neurodivergent, one with an autism diagnosis. They range …
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This marks the first edition of DIR® Dialogues from Affect Autism! This new podcast will include Practitioner Panels–the first one featuring parent practitioners! DIR® Dialogues will be an addition to the usual podcasts. I hope you will enjoy them! Link to full BLOG post with links to key discussion points here: https://affectautism.com/2025/01/03/…
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This week my returning guest is DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and Licensed Professional Counselor, Mike Fields where he is at several clinics including a Across All Ages, a new Floortime clinic in Avondale, a part of Atlanta. We will be discussing DIR® and the Science of Hope, a topic he presented on at the recent ICDL DIRFloortime® conferen…
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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 parent coaching. My guests are two mothers of two children each. Daniela Bishop is in the Toronto area like me and Samantha Moran is from Colorado. Daniela is a registered nurse who has an 9-year-old d…
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This episode my guests are Educator Becky Gottlieb who is the Floortime Intensives Program Coordinator at ICDL’s DIR® Institute in New Jersey, and Occupational Therapist, Gretchen Kamke, who is ICDL’s Accreditation Coordinator. Both are Expert Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Training Leaders who teach certificate co…
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My returning guest is Dr. Colette Ryan, an Infant Mental Health Specialist who is an DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and part of a group starting up a new Floortime school in Toyko Japan, The Neurodiversity School, as the Floortime Supervisor. Today we are covering a topic near and dear to Colette’s heart, parent self-efficacy, the topic of he…
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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 autistic after their children are diagnosed. Dr. Robert Naseef has been diagnosing children and adults with autism since 2008 and especially after the pandemic, he has seen an increase in females seeking diag…
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I am absolutely thrilled to have returning guest, Educator Kasheena Holder back, who is a DIRFloortime® Expert and Training Leader with the International Council on Development and Learning and owner and director of Legacy, an inclusive school in Barbados where about 60 percent of her students are neurodivergent and about 40 percent are neurotypica…
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Brookes Barrack is a Speech-Language Pathologist and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader who has a clinic just outside of Kansas City, Kansas with Occupational Therapist Emily Tritz called Kansas City Developmental Therapies where they offer DIR® services. This summer they became an official accredited DIR® Organization. She originally trained in …
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Kerri Ciskowski is a DIRFloortime® Expert and Occupational Therapist in central New Jersey who does in-home support through her service Therapy Keeper for families who are typically raising autistic kids. Today we’re talking about in-home Floortime coaching which supports parents in unpacking "behaviours" and finding connection and joy with their n…
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ToniAnn Loftus is DIRFloortime® Expert and Speech-Language Pathologist. She trained at the Rebecca School and now owns and operates Seaport Speech and Feeding, a clinic in Manhattan. Today we are discussing inclusion in schools with a specific focus on speech and language and how she can bring the Developmental, Individual differences, and Relation…
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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 Development and Learning and here she covers how to work with trauma clients through the Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs). This complements the previous trauma-related podcasts I’ve don…
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The topic of this episode is to give an overview and review of Functional Emotional Developmental Capacity (FEDC) 4 of the Developmental, Individual differences, and Relationship (DIR®) model from last episode, an overview of the FEDC 5, and to discuss how one moves through FEDC 4 into FEDC 5. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion…
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The topic of this episode is Functional Emotional Developmental Capacity (FEDC) 4 of the Developmental, Individual differences, and Relationship (DIR®) model, based on the presentation our guests in March at the New York City DIR® conference called, "The Spectrum of FEDC 4". Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points here: https…
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This episode we are discussing intentionality in Functional Emotional Developmental Capacity (FEDC) 3, which is called "Intentionality and Two-Way Communication" in the Developmental, Individual differences, and Relationship (DIR®) model, and moving from FEDC 3 into FEDC 4, "Complex Communication and Shared Problem Solving." Link to the full blog p…
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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 at the topic from a Floortime lens and present some helpful information. My guest is Colette Ryan, an Infant Mental Health Specialist, who is finishing up her PhD with Fielding University on the topic of…
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I’m speaking with Marla Cable, the Assistant Director of the Resource and Training Centre at Giant Steps Autism Centre in Montreal, Quebec, which houses the developmental approach, individualized private school in the public interest with both English and French instruction, serving students aged 4 to 21 with an autism diagnosis. We heard about the…
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Andrew Klein is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and a pediatric Occupational Therapist at Emerge Pediatric Therapy in Durham, North Carolina where he has a specialized role in facilitating reflective supervision with his colleagues. He is also a certified trauma professional through PESI. He started his career at the Rebecca School in Manhat…
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Our topic this week is DIRFloortime® in medically complex children with guests DIR® Speech-Language Pathologists Erin Forward and Taylor Anderson. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2024/05/10/trauma-informed-care/⁠ Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a li…
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This episode’s podcast features Floortime parent advocate Kim Kredich who has served as a volunteer advocate for hundreds of students with disabilities in East Tennessee, working with families to help their children gain rightful, supported inclusion in the general education environment in public schools through the IEP process. She has worked clos…
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This episode features DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader Nagwa Khedr, who is an early intervention specialist in Cairo, Egypt. She's been practicing DIRFloortime® since 2014 and was involved recently in opening a DIRFloortime® Center there called Etwasel, which means 'Connect' in English. We met in person last year at the in-person DIR® Internati…
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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 with their families, loved ones, and caregivers using modern technologies in practical, accessible, and affordable ways--so providing assistance for our loved ones with communication differences. I have…
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This episode features returning guests, Special Educator Jackie Bartell and Speech Language Pathologist Bridget Palmer who are both DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leaders and teach courses at ICDL. Amy McMunn is the mother of two young adult autistic sons and a Spelled Communication Practitioner. Today’s topic is presuming competence, one of the pil…
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This episode, returning guest, Occupational Therapist, Stephanie Peters, DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and Clinical Director with Kinder Growth discusses the developmental considerations around sharing. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast here: http://affectautism.com/2024…
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This episode, Speech Therapist, Sabrina O'Keefe, DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, discusses Gestalt Language Processing within a Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) framework, which listeners have been requesting for a long time! Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view …
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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 navigating her support roles. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points here: https://affectautism.com/2024/02/02/roles/ Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for sup…
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On this edition of Parent Perspectives from Affect Autism, we have a parent discussion with an autistic parent of two autistic daughters about parent self-regulation with some great examples. 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/2024/01/19/self-care/…
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This episode, I bring you the live recording we did at the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL) 2023 International DIRFloortime® Conference where I interviewed Dr. Ira Glovinsky who is a Clinical Psychologist in Michigan at The Glovinsky Center for the Child and Family, using a Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship…
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This edition of Parent Perspectives covers content discussed in ICDL’s parent support meeting from Monday, October 2nd, 2023 with guest Autistic Self-Advocate, Kieran Rose. Kieran fielded questions from parents, providing a self-advocate’s perspective, which the group found very helpful and empowering. I invited autistic parent, Cass Griffin Bennet…
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Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) Expert Training Leader and Clinical Social Worker in Psychotherapy Private Practice, Galina Itskovich, is the Director at the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC) Refugee Support Project “On The Move“ and recently presented AFTER TRAUMA: Promoting co-regulation through pare…
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In this episode, we discuss Dr. Amy Pearson and Kieran Rose’s newly published book entitled, Autistic Masking: Understanding Identity Management and the Role of Stigma. We discuss what autistic masking is, compare the topic of “impression management” in Personality Psychology, talk about state versus trait theories and how autistic masking is diffe…
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This edition of Parent Perspectives features three mothers of autistic daughters, including one who is autistic herself, and one mother of an autistic son. We discuss finding DIRFloortime®, and their retrospective perspectives including their insights as they reflect on their Floortime journey. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussio…
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In this episode, we discuss the ViSPA, the Visual Spatial Planning & Assessment, which is a tool used to organize activities from the book Thinking Goes to School by Dr. Hans Furth and Dr. Harry Wachs. The ViSPA follows the Thinking Goes to School book, starting with general movement thinking activities, then it gets more specific with activities s…
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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 discuss the complexity of visualization and imagination, and the role the Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs) in the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model. Link …
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This edition of Parent Perspectives features four mothers of autistic children, including one who is now a grandmother of an autistic child. We discuss their journeys, finding DIRFloortime®, the power of relationships and play, and the growth they and their families have experienced. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points an…
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This edition of Parent Perspectives features two professionals and mothers of autistic children. 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/2023/09/15/panel1/ Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of …
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This episode, we’re discussing personal narratives and harnessing their power to impact the Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs) including expanding emotional language, the concept of hindsight (e.g., should I have reacted that way), self-reflections, and more. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and othe…
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Compliance is often mistaken for readiness to learn, but compliance does not equal regulation, and regulation is necessary for learning. On the flip side, dysregulation is often seen as noncompliance. In this podcast, we discuss the connection between regulation and compliance. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and othe…
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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 co-lead at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital of a student-led environment designed to support autistic children and families across the province of Ontario. She’s also an assistant professor at …
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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 the things we discuss at ICDL’s parent support meeting, which happens Mondays at 1pm Eastern time. This new podcast will include parent panels–the first one coming up in the fall–where I’ll have a numbe…
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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 years up until the Pandemic. Yuji is the founder and a practitioner of Adapted Spiral Praxis which is based on the bodymind somatic process. It's a child-centered modality that deals with the interna…
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Occupational Therapist, Joann Fleckenstein, and Licensed Professional Counselor, Mike Fields, both of Individual and Team Therapy Services in Atlanta and Expert Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Training Leaders are back to dive further into praxis. If you missed the last podcast, be sure to check it out before listen…
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Occupational Therapist, Joann Fleckenstein, and Licensed Professional Counselor, Mike Fields, both of Individual and Team Therapy Services in Atlanta and Expert Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®​) Training Leaders are here to discuss praxis. Mike was recently a guest at the weekly International Council on Development a…
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Dr. Karen Levine is a Developmental Psychologist and a Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model Expert based in Maine. She has a private practice specializing in treating young children, both neurodivergent and neurotypical, with a focus on anxiety and phobias. She also has a part-time appointment as a lecturer in psyc…
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This episode I welcome Gabriela Michaca who is a licensed school neuropsychologist and also just received her master’s degree in Occupational Therapy and is a Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Model Expert Training Leader in Los Cabos, Mexico. She recently presented at the International DIR® Conference in New York Cit…
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Occupational Therapist Maude Le Roux is back again this episode to discuss the sense of touch, or tactile perception, part of the I, individual differences in the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model. Maude is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and has a DIR® clinic, A Total Approach, in Glen Mills, PA, just ou…
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Mary Beth Crawford is a licensed Physical therapist and Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Expert Training Leader who founded Baby Steps Therapy in 2008. Mary Beth regularly provides lectures and in-service training to numerous parent groups, and medical professionals and allied health groups on the foundations of moto…
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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 public speaker. He is autistic and legally blind. He believes that our differences are our strengths and wrote about it in his book Fearlessly Different. Mickey was our keynote speaker at the 27th annua…
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