Social Skills Unscripted

This episode focuses on working memory games to improve our kids' working memory. A lot of these are oral games that can be done anywhere. You do them at the dinner table or in the car, to start or end your day... wherever and whenever!

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All about how and why I went from being a go-to social skills expert to not teaching social skills at all! Now I teach social groups focusing on teaching our kids the things that REALLY matter when it comes to making friends, and I’m on a mission to help others do the same!

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This episode is all about what I call the STARFISH scale. STARFISH is an acronym, even though it didn’t start out that way.

In last week’s episode I told the Starfish story about the girl on the beach, and that’s how I came up with the name Starfish Social Club. I LOVE patterns...

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As I was thinking about this episode, it occurred to me how much this concept has in common with dating. I say this because I feel like so many of the questions parents ask themselves when trying to help their kids find and make friends are the...

Autism Awareness Month has just come to an end. This episode is all about why I don't talk about Autism Awareness Month, and why I think it's actually a disservice to our kiddos. 

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Your child needs a summer schedule, even if you don't think they do! Most importantly, this episode journeys through the STARFISH acronym to provide some different ways to use your child's summer schedule to help them be more flexible, independent, solution-seeking, all of the things that are...

This episode is all about how we praise and reinforce our neurodivergent kids. It lays the foundation for the challenges that may arise with the way we praise our kids, and episode seven will be about what to focus on instead.

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This episode is a follow-up to episode 6. In episode 6, I talked about how the way we have learned to praise our neurodivergent kids is actually pretty flawed. It can have long-lasting consequences in terms of their self-esteem, relationships, employment, general happiness... even though we're...

Teaching our neurodivergent students the difference between cursing at a situation vs. a person, what 'code switching' is and how we as teachers and parents may be making things more difficult for our kids, and how using 'kid' terminology may cause our kid to be the one who stands out (and not in...

Why school tends to be challenging for our neurodivergent kids, some of the pitfalls of having a reputation for being smart, and the only way to overcome our old reputation.

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How we work with our students if they don't remember something or aren't paying attention, how we encourage an environment where all our kids feel safe to participate and engage, how we support our kids who wait to be invited to play, and navigating pretend play.

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I'm talking with Lisa Mortensen, who is becoming licensed to teach our curriculum and is opening her own social club in Ohio this summer! Check it out at www.SpectrumSocial.org. We talk about her incredible neurodivergent family, her path to starting her own club, and her goals for the...