Affect Autism

Mary Beth Crawford is a licensed Physical therapist and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader who founded Baby Steps Therapy in 2008. Mary Beth regularly provides lectures and in-service training to numerous parent groups, and medical professionals and allied health groups on the foundations of motor development, and on her unique approach to pediatric physical therapy. She is here to talk about how she practices Physical Therapy within a Floortime approach.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/2022/04/09/pt/Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://www.icdl.com/parents

Sometimes the biggest challenge parents have with their autistic children who have meltdowns is meeting the child emotionally and connecting. Here, we need to find the affect they’re having in that moment in order to support them to feel heard and understood. ⁠Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®)⁠ Expert and Training Leader, ⁠Kasheena Holder⁠, joins us to discuss this process of providing co-regulatory support for our children. Kasheena is a Special Education Teacher in Barbados and works with the ⁠International Council on Development and Learning⁠. She owns a local private practice in Barbados called First Step where she supports children with neurodiversities and their families.Sad note: Kasheena passed away in December of 2024 and is fondly remembered for her generous spirit.Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/2022/03/26/feel/⁠Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an

Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Expert Training Leader and Occupational Therapist Keith Landherr, founder and director of Little Buddies Pediatric Therapy, Inc. just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia, discusses how parents are often focused on fine motor skills and how the development of gross motor skills are a pre-cursor to them. We talk about how Keith communicates the process with parents in order to foster an understanding and appreciation for the sometimes subtle, important work of the occupational therapist. It complements what was covered in my recent episode with Occupational Therapist Maude Le Roux about going slower to move faster.Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠https://affectautism.com/2022/02/05/motor-skills/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://affectautis

Those using the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model for children with developmental differences, including autism, in a school-setting use process-oriented learning to inspire relating, communicating, and thinking in their students. This looks different depending on where the child is developmentally. Julia Feltus from the Rebecca School in Manhattan walks us through some examples.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/2017/11/20/just-right/Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://www.icdl.com/parents

DIRFloortime® is the only approach that provides an integrated, developmental framework within which parents and a team of professionals can tailor individualized programming to children with developmental differences taking into account the D, development, I, individual differences and the unique sensory processing profile, and R, the relationship. Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points here: https://affectautism.com/2016/04/26/comprehensive/ Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers at https://www.icdl.com/parents