Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#194 Nonspeaking AAC User & Autistic Woman Jordyn Zimmerman on Communication
Season 2 Episode 194
A quick heads up before you listen: Jordyn prepared some answers ahead of time and responded to others in real time, so you'll hear pauses between ea…
7 hours ago
#193: Is It Behavior or a Stress Response? Supporting Autistic Children With Compassion
Season 2 Episode 193
When an autistic child is melting down, refusing, running away, or saying "no," what looks like challenging behavior may actually be a stress respons…
1 week ago
#192: Why Are Transitions So Hard for Autistic Children? Understanding the Why Before the Strategies
Season 2 Episode 192
Transitions are often the first part of the preschool day to fall apart for autistic children, especially when routines change, activities end, or ex…
2 weeks ago
#191: 5 Must-Have Visual Supports for Autistic Preschoolers
Season 2 Episode 191
If you're looking for the best visual supports for autistic preschoolers, these five foundational tools can make classroom routines, transitions, com…
3 weeks ago
#190: Regulation Before Expectation: Supporting Autistic Students in the Classroom
Season 2 Episode 190
Supporting regulation in the classroom starts with understanding what an autistic child's nervous system needs before we focus on expectations, parti…
4 weeks ago
#189: Connection Comes Before Teaching
Season 2 Episode 189
Building a positive connection with autistic students is one of the most important things we can focus on at the beginning of a new school year. That…
1 month ago
#188: Regulate, Connect, Routines: These Come Before Teaching
Season 2 Episode 188
This is Week 1 of 6 in the Back to School Foundations replay series. While I'm in Portland helping my daughter move into her first house, I'm revisit…
1 month, 1 week ago
#187: Autism Is Not A Tragedy with Cari Ebert (Keynote from 2026 Preschool Autism Summit)
Season 2 Episode 187
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1 month, 2 weeks ago
#186: It's Not Defiance, It's PDA (with Casey Ehrlich) Encore
Season 2 Episode 186
The one who melts down at the smallest request, who seems to dig in the moment you say "do this."...you know this child. In this episode I sit down w…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
#185: Why Prompting Backfires: Gestalt Language Processing with Alexandria Zachos - Encore
Season 2 Episode 182
That child who waits for you to start every sentence? In this replay I sit down with SLP Alexandria Zachos — founder of Meaningful Speech — to talk a…
2 months ago