Affect Autism Blog
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Browse Everything you need to know to implement and practice DIR/Floortime on your own. Affect Autism guides parents, caregivers, and practitioners of children with developmental differences to invite out their children's developmental potential using a relationship-based approach called DIR/Floortime based on the Developmental, Individual differences,
Affect Autism Blog
2d ago
This Week's PodcastThis week's podcast features DIR Expert Nagwa Khedr, who is an early intervention specialist in Cairo, Egypt. She's been practicing DIR/Floortime since 2014 and was involved recently in opening a DIR/Floortime Center there called Etwasel, which ..read more
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1w ago
This Week's GuestFor this podcast, I step outside of the DIR/Floortime world to showcase 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 ..read more
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1M ago
Photo credit: Vika Glitter This Week's PodcastThis episode, returning guest, Occupational Therapist, Stephanie Peters, DIR Expert & Training Leader and Clinical Director with Kinder Growth discusses the developmental considerations around sharing.Bonus ..read more
Affect Autism Blog
2M ago
Photo credit: James GanaParent PerspectivesOn 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. Parent Perspectives is an addition to the usual ..read more
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3M ago
Photo credit: Ketut SubiyantoParent PerspectivesOn 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. Parent Perspectives is an ..read more
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3M ago
Photo credit: Royal Opera HouseThis Week's PodcastThis 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 ..read more
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4M ago
A New Podcast!This week is another 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, and in ..read more
Affect Autism Blog
4M ago
Bonus Insights This Week's Topic 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 ..read more
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5M ago
Parent PerspectivesOn this edition of Parent Perspectives from Affect Autism, we have another parent panel! Parent Perspectives is an addition to the usual podcasts.This Week's GuestsThis edition of Parent Perspectives features three mothers of autistic daughters ..read more
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6M ago
This Week's GuestsDevelopmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) Expert Training Leader and Occupational Therapist Toni Tortora is the Clinical Director at the Rebecca School and joins us from Manhattan. Occupational Therapist Colleen Gabbert is also ..read more