Social Skills Unscripted
This is an impromtu episode I recorded because this topic was heavy on my mind. I'm sharing why I think everyone deserves to know if they have a diagnosis, when we should tell our kids, and how we can do it in an affirming way.
I've been on both sides of the table in IEP meetings.
Regardless of your role in an IEP meeting, these things can get intense.
I was a special education teacher and behavior specialist for many years. I also spent a year as an assistant principal in a residential treatment center where I was the...
It's back to school season for those of us in the US!
I don't think it's a secret that I'm not a huge fan of traditional education systems. From bell schedules to having to ask to go to the restroom to the overfocus on memorization, I think these structures and expectations promote compliance an...
I have never thought of myself as someone who interrupts a lot. And then I listened to the recording of this week's podcast episode. Yikes!
In my defense, I interrupted so much because I related so strongly to what my guest was sharing, and because I had so much personal experience to contribut...
You can listen to this week's episode HERE or watch it on YouTube HERE.
In this week's podcast episode with Carrie Bonnett, we talk about the importance of self-advocacy, giving everything a home, and making the invisible visible.
To Carrie, this relates to executive functioning tasks. To me...
This week's podcast features my first guest, Chris Fugelsang. Chris is an executive functioning coach, so I figured he would be a perfect person to talk to since that's what I've been talking about all summer! You can listen to this week's episode HERE or watch it on YouTube HERE.
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This is the final episode in our executive functioning series. This episode includes 10 activities you can do with your kids involving games to improve their executive functioning skills. We spend half our time at Starfish Social Club playing games!
Segment from this episode:
Next up is how I inc...
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 and things becoming ...
You can listen to this podcast episode HERE.
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 same ques...
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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