All episodes
112. Special Education Edition
111. Experiencing Loss and Grief
110. Have you ever Secretly Hated Autism?
109. Why Waiting is So Difficult
108. How Life was Supposed to Go
107. Where You Get Information Does Matter
106. The Way it Feels DOES Matter
105. When Your Child Reads Early
104. Focusing on Your Child's Strengths
103. The Never-Ending Questions on Repeat
102. Special Needs, Escaping the Stigma
101. Giving them their Voice
100. Lessons I have Learned Along our Journey
99. Collaboration for Success in the Classroom
98. Chaos Happens. It is Part of the Journey for Most of Us.
97. Strategies for Deficits in Executive Functioning
96. Our Parenting Journey IS Different
95. Your Child Refusing to Cooperate
94. Not All Autism is the Same
93. When your Autistic Child isn't your Only Child
92. Slow Processing Impacts Everyday Life
91. Exploring Tic Disorder and Tourette Syndrome
90. The Many Negative Impacts of Yelling
89. Calming Down BIG Emotions
88. Social Awkwardness
87. The Retention Dilemma
86. Understanding Commonalities of Dyspraxia and Autism
85. Understanding Pragmatic Language
84. Helping them Find their way in Relationships and Dating
83. [SPECIAL EDUCATION EDITION] Assessing Your Child's IEP
82. Relationship Dynamics in the Teen Years
81. Toe Walking and Autism
80. Today I am Talking Labels
79. [SPECIAL EDUCATION EDITION] Uncharted Territory in Special Education
78. Having an Autistic Child is on the Rise
77. It's Only 1-Hour, What's the Big Deal?
76. Should I Pursue an Autism Diagnosis?
75. The Taboo Topic of Self-Injurious Behaviors
74. You Cannot Fix All the Things All the Time
73. [SPECIAL EDUCATION EDITION] Let's Clear up the Confusion about Category of Eligibility
72. Ripping the Band Aid Off on Electronics
71. Worry is Not a Requirement
70. What Do You Make Their Behavior Mean?
69. Searching for Answers in our Autism Parenting World
68. Consistency is Key in our Parenting
67. Changing your Script in the New Year
66. Our Families and the Holidays
65. [SPECIAL EDUCATION EDITION] What you need to know about about ESY (Extended School Year) Eligibility
64. Self-Injurious Behaviors & Autism
63. Effective Communication is Critical in Special Education
62. Potty Training 101
61. One of our Biggest Fears & Keeping our Kids Safe.
60. The MOST IMPORTANT Relationship in your Autism Parenting Journey
59. Making Difficult Decisions and More
58. Tackling Challenging Behavior with Positive Interventions
57. The Benefits of Setting Boundaries
56. Pushing the Boundaries of Routine Matters
55. Functional Skills and a Functional Curriculum
54. Understanding Memory in Autism
53. Rigid Thinking and the Inability to be Flexible
52. [SPECIAL EDUCATION EDITION] Strategies for Academic Success along your Educational Path
51. Tantrums are Common and Meltdowns are Inevitable
50. Are your Expectations too High or too Low?
49. School Refusal and Strategies to Overcome
48. Differentiating a Speech Delay and/or Autism
47. Keys to Success in the New School Year
46. Why Conversations are just HARD
45. Strategies for Talking about Tragedy and Death
44. Building a Better Connection with your Child
43. Diving into the Challenges of Communication
42. Making the Guardianship Decision
41. Emotional Ups and Downs of Raising a Child with Autism
40. The Impact of Mind Blindness
39. OCD or OCPD and Autism
38. Emotional Dysregulation and the Challenges that come with it
37. Answering your Most Asked Questions about IEP Meetings
36. Autism vs Autistic, A Mom's Perspective
35. Early Intervention and and IFSP Explained
34. How do you Share your Child's Autism Diagnosis
33. Having the "Autism Talk" with your Child
32. What is an FBA and Why Your Child Might Need One
31. Are You Dealing with an Angry Child?
30. The Eligibility Determination Meeting & the Differences of a 504 Plan and an IEP
29. The Evaluation Process of Special Education
28. Let's Talk Autism in Girls
27. Special Education Things That You Should Know
26. Sleep Struggles are Common in our World
25. What You Might Not Know About Echolalia
24. STOP Taking Other People's Opinions Personally
23. What Kind of Mom do you Want to Be?
22. Why Does my Child Bite & What Can I do About It?
21. Things That YOU Can Do to Make Your Autistic Child's Life Easier
20. - Independent Living Skills are SO IMPORTANT. Do you DO too much?
19. - The Decision of Public School or ABA Therapy or Specialty School
18 - Correcting Behaviors and Consequences
17. - What is an IEP and the Importance of the Present Level Statement
16. - Autism and Impulse Control
15. - Autism DOES make Parenting Different
14 - Autism is not a Choice
13. - Stimming in Autism