All Episodes

The AAP updated their screen time guidance in 2026. What autism parents need to know - Dr. Sajita Setia

Meet Harold: The Brain Running Your Child's Behavior - Dr Lisa Riegel

Autism Parent: What if your child's biggest obstacle right now if your own nervous system? - Jacintha Field

Attachment and Autism: The different-frequency problem - Jack Hinman

What fibromyalgia teaches us about autism - Bruce Gillis

Superhero Capes as Communication Tools - Constance Lewis

Autism Clinic Fit: When to Stay, When to Walk Away - Stephanie Fluger

What happens with parenting when you stop trying so hard - Susie Pettit

You would never do this to an adult, so why do it to your autistic child? - Hollis Peirce

Behaviors That Don’t Make Sense? When To Worry and When Not To

What a robot taught us about what kids need most - Peter Fitzpatrick

How to Improve Quality of Life with Sensory Enrichment Therapy at Home

Rebuilding trust after years of behavior therapy - Anastasia Arauz

Helping our children be less affected by the holidays' overload and stress

Praise helps the brain take risks. Punishment shuts it down. - Christopher Wyatt

It's our job as parents to fit the child, so they feel safe, seen and included - MegAnne Ford

Rekindling love while raising a neurodiverse child - Melanie Yates

How to Get Your Child Talking Instead of Shutting Down - Jeanine Mouchawar

Music rituals for calmer nights and stronger bonds - Craig Parks

Until the family heals, the child keeps falling - Austin Davis

A will is not enough to protect your child with special needs - Oscar Vasquez

The Trash Can Test for ADHD and Behavior - Dana Kay

The murder trial that misunderstood autism - McCracken Poston

Talk to your kids in their sleep about how awesome they are?

Autism, Adulting, and the Sleep Secret: A Mom & Son's Unfiltered Talk - April Ratchford

How gut bacteria make your child crave carbs and reject healthy food - Dr. Cody Golman

What brain scans teach us about how dyslexic kids feel when they read - Dr. Rebecca Troy

Why love and good intentions aren't enough: Understanding loss in adoption - Ana Maria Didio

How Pleasure Builds Resilience in Children with Developmental Delays - Dr. Traci Potterf

Calmer behavior through fascia, touch, and sensory games - Dr. Satya Sardonicus

She Lost Her Son, Survived Murder, and Found Autism—A Story of Grief, Guilt, and Masking - Sylvia Moore Myers

How We Cut Restraints at School by 97 %: Safety Before Behaviour - Dr. Bethany Bilodeau

Why so many special needs marriages break down—one dad’s story of what helps - John Fela

Why Reading to a Non-Verbal Child Matters—for Them and for You - Steph Katsovi

Therapy works—until kids leave the room. Why? - Nate Pope

Photobiomodulation: How light can rewire the brain, backed by clinical data - Dr Theodore Henderson

What kids learn from dad that they might not get from mom - Brent Dowlen

The easiest way to forgive—and set your brain free from the pain of the past - Katharine Giovanni

Our education system is working exactly as it was designed - Dr. Bibi Pirayesh

Your kid won’t do 10 squats. But they’ll dodge a beanbag 20 times! - Mark Gray

Healing Bipolar from the Inside Out: Support, Self-care and Sensory Enrichment - Michelle Reittinger

Chakras, brain plasticity, and neurodivergence - Vantana Atara

Stretching, not stressing: A better way to help kids grow - Andrea Pollack

DNA Testing to Find Out Why You’re Always Tired (And What to Do) - Dr. Tamar Lawful

How we react to our kids teaches them who they are - DJ Stutz

Labeling food as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ impacts how children see themselves - Anne Poirier

Learned to read at 62... time to rethink dyslexia? - David Chalk

Every meltdown or fear is a window into what your child needs most from you - Carrie Lingenfelter

The power of bedtime and car rides for meaningful conversations - Dara Erck

"I ranked my teachers based on who hurt me the least" - Ryan and Robert Delena

Better Speech Development by Honoring the 'No' and Playing Dumb - Jeaneen Tang

What caregivers get wrong about self-care: It’s not on the plate—it IS the plate - Jeanette Yates

Foster inclusion by teaching children they belong—start with mental hygiene - Delphia Howze

How to set goals - From a brain trauma survivor - Dan MacQueen

Finding peace while the kids are screaming: A radical approach to mindfulness - NatNat Bedard

Why I left ABA: Ethical concerns that can’t be ignored - Anneke Elmhirst

Kids thrive when we meet them where they are, not where we think they should be - Elaine Taylor-Klaus

12 heartfelt thank you's for parents who never give up on their neurodivergent child - Carolyn Skowron

Loving and Empowering Your Child: Lessons from a Transgender Scientist - Amethysta Herrick

What ancient African wisdom teaches about strengthening nonverbal bonds with your autistic child - Gao Motsemme

Stop suppressing their stimming – it’s a clue to their super talent and life’s purpose - Amanda Trisdale

Indigenous Practices, Play is the Way, and Helping Kids Regulate Emotions - Leroy Slanzi

When you can't calm your brain, sleep lists give you control over your thoughts - Helen Sernett

Autism firsthand: What I wish I could tell my teachers and why I'm grateful - Jason Dietrich

How to Instill a Love of Reading—With or Without Dyslexia or Other Conditions - Danny Brassell

It’s more than grades: helping special needs students stand out in college admissions - Matt McGee

6 Principles of Gut Healing to Support the Brain - Tracy Slepcevic

What do we miss when we focus on fixing our children? - Mariela De Santiago

Eye Contact Strategies: In-Depth Discussion with Veteran SLP

How AAC devices can help build a stress-free communication space - Lenora Edwards

Isolation ends here: The T.H.R.I.V.E. framework to build your special needs village

Read to Your Kids: The Music of Words and Healing for the Neurodivergent Minds - Kristof Morrow

John Brink’s Rising to Lumber King and Bodybuilder Shows Kids ADHD Can Be a Superpower

"Anything you don't like about playing digital?... You play alone" - Zorina Pritchett

Protocols to helps kids transition from the stress of transportation - Petal Harrigain

What they remember is the people, the adults who cared and who put time into them - Lori Andrews

Reducing Restraints: When to intervene and when to let go - Shawn Duffy

What Fast Food Can Teach Us About Reducing Restraints in Schools - Justin Bradford

Non-Contingent Reinforcement and the Mendability Minute to Calm Students - Wayne Hall

From the Marine Corps to Classrooms - How to fill the students' need to feel safe and secure in the classroom - Chris Sacoco

Better than Brain Gym, Mendability is our top choice after 35 years in special education - Ana Gonzales and Debbie Khor

De-escalate with Dignity: Try the Scented Hug - Alexis Seidner

What a few weeks in a wheelchair teaches about special education - Janalee Goodrich

75% teachers are women, but 75% superintendents are men - Dr. Carrie Potter-Murray

If someone can take a break and be with a kid to try to figure out why they are behaving, then I feel like I have won - Diana Fannon

The 4 C's of Special Ed: Collaboration, Communication, Cooperation, and... - Damon Dohar

Mindfulness in Motion - Strategy for a Calmer Classroom - Fran English

Putting yourself first to help students? Protocol to help students stay still - Dawn Fleming

"It's quiet here" - Protocol for attention span, mental image, tactile processing - Charles Bertram

Bridging the 2 sides of the brain - Self-Care in Special Ed - Heather O'Connor

Revolutionizing Behavior Management: The Power of Art in Special Education - Justin Bradford

Put your devices away - Boost brain chemistry - Anthony Caporaso

Inclusion through Playing Together and Teacher Burnout - Lorren Lucas

Great inclusion takes manpower - Increase without increasing costs - Shelley Halverson

Trailer - The Happy Sensory Corner in Special Ed