Affect Autism

This and next episode we're talking Floortime summer camp with Occupational Therapist, Rosemary White, of The Offices of Rosemary White OTR/L & Associates, just outside of Seattle, who is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and on the Senior Faculty at Profectum. Rosemary is one of the original Floortimers who worked with Dr. Stanley Greenspan and she brings this experience to her summer day camps that she has been running for over 20 years. This episode we'll hear all about the camp including the history and how it's progressed, and next episode we'll hear from the parent of a child who has been attending for a number of years.Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/2021/07/10/summer/Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an Affect Autism member for bonus content and support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/support/

Returning guest, Licensed Professional Counsellor and  ⁠DIR® Expert Training Leader⁠, ⁠Mike Fields⁠ from ⁠Floortime Atlanta⁠ and ⁠Inneractions Therapy Services⁠, joins us this episode to discuss how we want to be creating opportunities for our children in ⁠DIRFloortime®⁠ rather than stealing opportunities from them.Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/2021/06/26/opportunities/⁠Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an Affect Autism member for bonus content and support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: ⁠⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/support/

This episode, Speech-Language Pathologist and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader Dr. Joleen Fernald answers Affect Autism member questions. If you missed Part 1 last episode, please go back and listen to her discuss her specialty, Selective Mutism and Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) devices, her DIRFloortime® school, Reconnections Education Center, and her upcoming book and companion website about Selective Mutism. It’s a pleasure and privilege to have her answer parent questions from our members!Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast here: https://affectautism.com/2021/05/29/aacqs/Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://www.icdl.com/parents

Hear an example and analysis of a Floortime session with a young girl with developmental differences, followed by some reflection, which is part of the Floortime process.Link to full blog post here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2015/12/03/example/⁠Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers! Learn more at https://www.icdl.com/parents

Speech-Language Pathologist and DIR® Expert Trainer, Dr. Joleen Fernald discusses her specialties: Selective Mutism and Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) devices, and her DIRFloortime® school, Reconnections Education Center.Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2021/05/22/aac/Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an Affect Autism member for bonus content and support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/support/

Veteran sensory integration and Floortime Occupational Therapist, Robbie Levy, from Dynamic Kids NY joins us to discuss lack of movement opportunities during COVID for developing children. She discusses a wealth of information in this, part 2, of a two-part series on enriching sensory and motor experiences to enhance relationships and strengthen capacities and talks about her new sensory-informed interior design business, Sensarooms.Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2021/05/15/sensorimotor/Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an Affect Autism member for bonus content and support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/support/

Veteran sensory integration and Floortime Occupational Therapist, Robbie Levy, from Dynamic Kids NY joins us to discuss the lack of movement opportunities for developing children. She discusses a wealth of information in this, part 1, of a two-part series on enriching sensory and motor experiences to enhance relationships and strengthen capacities.Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2021/05/08/responsivity/Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an Affect Autism member for bonus content and support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/support/

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Alex Klein, joins us this episode from Oakland, California where he is both in private practice and works at the Kaiser Oakland Medical Center assessing and providing therapy to both children and adults with neurodevelopmental differences. He trained with Dr. Stanley Greenspan, Jake Greenspan and Tim Bleecker, and also with Dr. Gil Tippy and Tina McCourt at the Rebecca School, where he was a Head Teacher and Floortime Coach before moving out west for graduate school. I invited him to share his presentation from the Rebecca School DIR® NYC Conference on Neurodiversity-Affirming Care.Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠http://affectautism.com/2021/04/10/neurodiversity Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an Affect Autism member for bonus content and support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/support/