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AASR Live — 213 episodes
Positive Behavior Supports Are Compliance-Based
A Body of Evidence: An Interview with S. M. Korhonen on her New Book
Ease the Pain in the Classroom: Creating Safety and Regulation for Every Student
The Informed Parent: Navigating Autism Services and Advocacy, an Interview with Anne Borden King
When “That Kid” Becomes the Teacher
Neuroaffirming Advocacy: Dr. Destiny Huff Joins Us to Discuss Her New Book on Navigating Special Education
Understanding the Impact of Restraint and Seclusion: A Professional Panel Discussion
Diving into Michigan Restraint and Seclusion Data: A Discussion with Matt Rische
Creating a Culture of Gentleness: It's About Connecting, Not Correcting
The Grand Guide: A New Book for Grandparents of Neurodivergent Grandchildren from Sheena Hill
Rooted in Hope: An Interview with Katie McDonald
Leveling the Playing Field in School Safety: Lauren Sukhu Shares What She Learned from Her Honors Thesis Project
The Problem with Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference: A Discussion with Tracy Leonard.
Building a Trauma-Informed School: What to do When All Your Students Are Traumatized
Multi-tiered Systems of Support for Adults: A Discussion with Dr. Lori Desautels
Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Discussion with Jenn Wisdahl and Kristen Eriksen
The Early Years Guidebook: A Discussion with Emily Read Daniels and Chrissy Dagostino
Applied Self-Reg for Education Assistants: A New Book by Susan Hopkins and Kristin Wiens
When "Doing Well" Is a Warning Sign: The Cost of Holding It Together at School
Providing Neurodiversity-Affirming Support: A Relational Neuroscience-Informed Child and Youth Care Perspective
Understanding the Impact of Restraint and Seclusion: A Parent Panel Discussion
Facing the Fantasy, Finding the Way Forward: A New Book from Doris and Rick Bowman
What Social Psychology Says About Behaviorism, and Five Things to Try Instead
Fighting Ableism and Exclusionary Practices in Schools: A Conversation with Kara Dymond
Lighting Up the Learning Brain: An Interview with Jessica Sinarski
No Restraint: Disabled Children and Institutionalized Violence in America's Schools, an Interview with Dr. Charles Bell
Building Neuroinclusive Spaces Where Every Child Belongs
Understanding Autism in Context: A Discussion with Dr. Peter Vermeulen
We Don't Need a 2.0 Version: Creating Neuroinclusive Schools by Rejecting Behaviorism and Neuronormativity
Reducing and Eliminating Restraint and Seclusion in Your State: An Interview with Cassie Atallah
Uncovering Cross Creek: From Survival to Screen
How to Assess the Hidden Meaning Behind Behaviors
Assistive Technology: to Innovate and Integrate Your Future
Understanding Issues Impacting Black Neurodivergent Students
Leading with the Heart with Jase Williams
Disruption in Schools: A New Book from Ben Sacco
Collaborative Curiosity and the Unstuck Protocol: The Best Way to Prevent Restraint and Seclusion Is to Not Have a Reason to Even Consider It
Shifting the Narrative Starts with Parent Empowerment
Your FBA Is a Fantasy: A Discussion with Doris and Rick Bowman About Their New Book
Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education
Trauma, Healing, and Positive Identity with Dr. Karyn Harvey, PhD.
Shifting from Retribution to Repair: A Discussion with Margaret Thorsborne
Creating a Neurodiversity-Affirming Classroom: An Interview with Kara Dymond About Her New Book
A Data-Driven Analysis of Why Black Students and Students with Disabilities are Arrested Disproportionately in Maryland Public Schools
5 Things Every Parent of Neurodivergent Kids Needs to Know
Diving into the NeuroRelational Framework: An Interview with Connie Lillas
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are Still Important in Education: An Interview with Nicole Keler
A Parent’s Journey: From ABA to a Better Way
The Journey Towards Neuroscience-Aligned Education
Lessons in Listening with Yeiter
Pathological Demand Avoidance: Born Outside the System
Understanding Autistic Strengths & Differences: Why It’s Essential for Meaningful Support
Systemic Shifts in Inclusion: Neuroscience-Informed Practices for Transformation and Capacity Building
Reducing and Eliminating Restraint and Seclusion in a Vermont School District: A Discussion with Superintendent Michael Leichliter
Not an Autism Mom: A Discussion with Meghan Ashburn
Let’s Talk About Interoception: A Discussion with Kelly Mahler
Your FBA is a Fantasy! Making Trauma-Informed, Neuro-Affirming Practices Actionable and Aligning our FBAs and BSPs Accordingly
The (Re)Education of Schools: A Discussion with Katie Thornton and Justin Moorman
Bolstering Self-Regard: the Energetics of Helping Children Thrive in Negative Classroom Environments
Providing Trauma-Informed Care: Responses That Don't Work and Five Tools to Help Kids Thrive
Step Into My Shoes: An Interview with Author Rebecca Engle About Her New Children's Book
Rethinking Challenging Behaviors: An Interview with Maria Sanders
Heart-Strong Changemakers for Children™, a New Program from HEART-STRONG International
Making Sense of Even the Most Baffling Behaviors: An Interview with Robyn Gobbel
All Our Instincts About Behavior Are Wrong
An Interview with Julie Roberts: The Gold Standard Fallacy of ABA
Accessible Neuroscience and Connecting Strategies that Bring Calm into the Home and Classroom
Lessons in Leadership: An Interview with Charles Williams about Shifting School Discipline Practices
The Journey to Develop Reframing Behavior: A New Neuroscience Aligned Program for Educators
Misunderstandings of Discipline
Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal
Body and Brain Brilliance: A Discussion with Dr. Lori Desautels and the BBB Team About the New Book
Making Sense of a Chaotic World: A Discussion with Professor Andrew McDonnell
The Importance of Neurodiversity-Affirming Approaches in Trauma-Informed Models of Care
The Truth About ABA: The Most Popular Autism Therapy in the US and Canada
Your Child’s Point of View: A New Book from Kelsie Olds, the OccuPlaytional Therapist
The Child Catcher: An Interview with Andrew Bridge About his Upcoming Book
What’s New at the Attachment and Trauma Network: An Interview with Ginger Healy and Julie Beem
Sensory Integration: Helping Children with Emotional Regulation
Changing Systems: A Conversation with Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, an Experienced Civil Rights, Disability, and Education Attorney
A Unique Program Helping Kids Find the Pathways to Success: An Interview with Dr. Tania DuBeau
Becoming a Trauma-informed Restorative Educator: Practical Skills to Change Culture and Behavior
Navigating PDA in America: An Interview with Diane Gould about Her New Book
Offering Support to Caregivers and Children During a Challenging Moment
An Interview with Antwan Morris: Moving Beyond Incarceration to Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) Therapeutic Listening System: A Journey to Better Nervous System State Regulation
Author Katie Pagnotta joins us to talk about: "Brain and Body-Aligned Responsive Systems of Excellence.”
What Toddler AAC Taught Me About Regulation and Nervous System Supports
Disproportionate School Brutality Upon Black Children
Educator Well Being: Discussing the Current Conditions of Stress Response in Education
Five Years of Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint: An Interview with Executive Director Guy Stephens
How Neuroscience and a Mother’s Love Led to the Creation of CapeAble® Weighted Products
Our Story - From Suffering to Hope and on to Flourishing. Strategic Self-regulation, Co-regulation, and Coproduction: Leadership Lessons from My Brother
The Why Toolkit: A New Tool to Better Understand and Support All Students
Opposition Isn't Always Defiance: A Brief Introduction to the PDA Profile of Autism
Lessons Learned from Working with Neurodivergent Learners: An Interview with Zach Morris
Learn about the 5th Annual PDA North America Conference with Diane Gould
Reframing Behavior: A New Program to Bring the Neuroscience of Behavior to Schools
"Preschool to Prison": An Interview with Dr. Karen Baptiste About the New Documentary Film
Neither Comprehension or Learning Can Take Place in an Atmosphere of Anxiety
Designing an Environment for Everyone with Daniel Hodges
Why This Matters: Stories from AASR Volunteers
Getting to the Deeper Why: Exploring The Why Toolkit
The Release of the Audio Documentary: “We Warned Them: Freedom Village” with Creator Margaret Mayer.
The CALMER Approach: Sharing how to co-design the right level of therapeutic support at the right time to end seclusion
Learn about the upcoming 7th Annual Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference.
What is EMDR, and how can it help in the treatment of complex trauma
An Interview with Liora Schwartz: Trauma-Informed and Neuro-Developmentally Sensitive Approaches for Parents and Professionals.
Author McAlister Huynh joins us to talk about: "Listen, Learn, and Grow: A Whole Body Listening Larry Story."
How to Conduct a Virtual or In-Person Hill Visit: Building Champions to End Seclusion and Restraint
Protect the Children Project: An interview with Eliphaz Costus of The Satanic Temple
Balance Auditory Exercises; Patterned, Repetitive, Rhythmic Movement for Everyone
Child-Teacher Relationship Training: Seven Skills for Building Meaningful Relationships
Restraint and Seclusion in California Schools: Findings and Recommendations from the 2021-22 School Year Data
Closing the Gap - Why Cultural Safety Matters. Unpacking Culturally Responsive Teaching & Trauma-informed Care.
Reducing Seclusion & Restraint in Autistic Students: Using CPS in Nonspeaking & Echolalic Kids
One Rule Improv: A Trauma-informed Approach for Classrooms and Beyond
A Candid Conversation with Dr. Lori Desautels: Restraint & Seclusion from a Neuroscience Perspective
An interview with Cheryl Poe: Black Collective Advocacy Network Conference
Trauma and its impact on individuals with neurodevelopmental differences
Welcoming Neurodivergence: Utilizing Picture Books to Support Acceptance & Belonging
Putting out the fire: Dissecting and dismantling the dynamics of restraint and seclusion
Creating Safe, Secure, Trauma-informed Environments: An Interview with Dr. Sandra L. Bloom
Solutions to end the school-to-prison pipeline an interview with Leonard Webb
An interview with Polina Shkadron, a trauma-informed speech-language pathologist, discussing the impact of stress.
HELPme: An interview with Kerrie Ackerson the creator of an app to help students, staff, & families
I’m a teacher, and I don’t believe restraints keep children safe: A presentation by Karen Bures
Lived Perspective: Every student's right to access effective communication with Jordyn Zimmerman
An interview with Brian Dalla Mura: A special educator’s journey to reduce and eliminate restraint and seclusion
An Interview with Robert and Ryan Delena about their book “Without Restraint: How Skiing Saved My Son’s Life.”
A discussion with Mr. Chazz Mr. Chazz about how we can see, guide, and trust children
A discussion with McAlister Greiner Huynh the educator also known as The Neurodivergent Teacher
Discipline for Learning Not Shaming with Jodi Place
5 Tips to Assist in the Emotional Regulation of Humans: Lessons Learned from a Therapist with Stacy G. York Nation LCSW
Dr. Damiso A. Josey: Success from turbulence using my lived experiences to help students succeed.
Meet the author and illustrators: Intentional Neuroplasticity Dr. Lori Desautels
Safety, Connection, & Validation: Creating Spaces of Culture and Identity with Rob Beltz
Classroom Teacher to SEL Specialist: How to Create a Community of Safety and Belonging with Angelina Zara
You're Getting on My Nerves: Understanding and Addressing Dysregulation Through the Lens of Applied Educational Neuroscience with Dr. Dustin Springer
Supporting children and youth: An interview with author Michael McKnight
Creating a fully functioning trauma informed school: An interview with James Moffett Jr.
A journey to reduce the use of restraint and seclusion: An interview with Rachel Hull
The Power of One, a discussion with Jim Sporleder
A Framework for Creating, Sustaining, and Assessing the Trauma-Informed Classroom
"The Five Behavior Roots" Dig down to identify the underlying reason, and respond with compassion
Changing culture, implementing trauma-sensitive services, and eliminating seclusion and restraint
A Special Conversation: Fighting against the Troubled Teen Industry
Six Core Strategies to Reduce Seclusion and Restraint Use with Dr. Kevin Ann Huckshorn
Special discussion about the new guidance from the United States Department of Education
Neurosequential Model in Education: A principal's journey
An interview with Stuart Ablon, Ph.D., the Founder and Director of Think:Kids
Exploring Students' and Parents' Perceptions of School Punishment and its Impact on Families
What is a SEPTA? How a Special Education PTA can provide support for children and families.
Inclusion 101 with Sara Jo Soldovieri
Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids
Neurodiversity-Affirming Care: Revolutionizing the way we understand, assess, and support autism
All students, means all students a special interview with Lee Collyer
Breaking the Rules: A Minor Spatial Inconvenience Artist Talk with Lily Frame
Dehumanization and Restraint in ABA-based Feeding "Therapies:" What you need to know
Building a Trauma-informed Restorative School: An interview
So we need to move beyond ABA and behaviorism, but what should we do instead? with Olivia Hauge
Using the Polyvagal Theory and neuroscience in the classroom
Beyond behaviorism: A new lens for assessing behavior with Connie Persike, M.S., CCC/SLP
A principal’s perspective on Self-Reg: A presentation by Claudio Moschella
An introduction to the Neurosequential Model with Dr. Erin Hambrick
A discussion about parenting, schools and early childhood trauma with Julie Beem
Creating a trauma-informed society: An interview with Jesse Kohler
Restraint and Seclusion: Ending the school-based trauma cycle
The Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) A live panel discussion with TTI survivors
Why behavior plans don’t work
Shifting Therapies towards an empathetic and respectful Neurodiversity Paradigm
Restorative Practices in Schools More Than Sitting in a Circle Singing Kumbaya
Robin Roscigno: Moving Past Compliance-Based Teaching
Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC): An interview with Mike Hipple
Using Brain Science & Compassion to support children: An interview with Mona Delahooke Ph.D.
Helping Dysregulated Kids: Neurodevelopmentally Informed Approach to Working w/ Traumatized Children
Keeping All Students Safe: Panel discussion w/ individuals that experienced restraint & seclusion
Incorporating Collaborative & Proactive Solutions into a PBIS system
Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage w/ Life
Self-Reg in Schools for Educators A special interview with Dr. Susan Hopkins
Teach Through Love: Helping adults & kids build stronger relationships with conscious communication
Applied Educational Neuroscience in the classroom: A panel discussion
Sensory Validation: How Understanding and Respecting a Child’s Sensory Needs Can Improve Behavior
School Resource Officers (SROs): First, Do No Harm
Applied educational neuroscience in the classroom with Lori Kirkland
Choices and Voices: The Nuts and Bolts of Inclusive Teaching
Families United for Self-Empowerment: A special interview with Victoria Johnson
Flipping the narrative to create positive change: An interview with Elly Chapple
Revolutionizing our understanding of autonomic physiology: An interview with Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D.
Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline an interview with Lori Desautels, Ph.D.
A Discussion on Forced Treatment, Institutional Abuse, Youth Rights, Disability Justice, and Racial Justice
Tips and tools: Special education advocacy for the often ignored
Restraining Restraint: Using Civil Litigation Against Aversive Harm
The reflective journey: An interview with Professor Andrew McDonnell
Understanding Trauma-Informed Education: A special interview with Mathew Portell
There Has To Be A Better Way: Reimagining Behavioral Support
An interview with Illinois State Representative Jonathan Carroll about the use of restraint and seclusion
Interview with Leslie Seid Margolis a managing attorney with Disability Rights Maryland
Behavior: The Language of Children
Talk to me: What educators (and others) can learn about de-escalation from hostage negotiators
Running for local office demystified
Blowing the whistle on institutional racism
Making Positive Change Through Negative Experiences
An advocate’s journey: A mission to shut down seclusion rooms and end restraint across the nation
Attachment Security & the Neurobiology of Crisis, Trauma & Resilience
How Our Brains Learn, Feel, Behave & Socialize: Adversity and Trauma
Concrete Strategies to Support Executive Functioning
Balancing Act: A Mother's Story
Patience in a Time of Panic
Moving from Crisis Management to True Crisis Prevention: New Lenses, New Timing, and New Practices
Understanding Beyond Behavior in Challenging Times
Education or incarceration: Ending America’s school-to-prison pipeline