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The podcast is filled with real-life stories and gentle, practical guidance that help make supporting young autistic children feel clearer and more connected.
You’ll also hear from powerful voices like Jordyn Zimmerman, Dr. Barry Prizant, Cari Ebert, and Sesame Street collaborators—bringing you simple, meaningful shifts you can use right away.
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Episode 190: Regulation Before Expectation: Supporting Autistic Students in the Classroom
Supporting regulation in the classroom starts with understanding what an autistic child’s nervous system needs before we...
Episode 189: Connection Comes Before Teaching
Building a positive connection with autistic students is one of the most important things we can focus on at the beginning...
Episode 188: Regulate, Connect, Routines: These Come Before Teaching
This is Week 1 of six in the Back to School Foundations replay series. While I'm in Portland helping my daughter move into...
Episode 187: Autism Is Not A Tragedy with Cari Ebert (Keynote from 2026 Preschool Autism Summit)
"Don't buy him letters." That's what a professional told Cari Ebert when her son Aaron was two. He was "obsessed," they...
Episode 186: It’s Not Defiance, It’s PDA (with Casey Ehrlich) Encore
The one who melts down at the smallest request, who seems to dig in the moment you say “do this.”...you know this...
Episode 185: Why Prompting Backfires: Gestalt Language Processing with Alexandria Zachos – Encore
That child who waits for you to start every sentence? In this replay I sit down with SLP Alexandria Zachos — founder of...
Episode 184: It Started in the Hardest Year of My Life: Autism Little Learners
Teaching autistic preschoolers can feel lonely. This is the episode where I pull back the curtain on the membership that...
Episode 183: Presuming Competence in the Preschool Classroom
My non-speaking three-year-old student told me "This is boring" on his AAC device. That moment changed everything for me,...
Episode 182: Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom with NYT Best Seller Alyssa Blask Campbell
What if defiance is really dysregulation? In this episode I sit down with Alyssa Blask Campbell — New York Times...
Episode 181: What Autistic AAC User, Jordyn Zimmerman, Wants Every Educator To Know
Imagine understanding every word around you while the adults talk over you like you’re not even there and not having a...
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