Podcast Episodes
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Season 4 Episode 1
Discussing how a positive attitude and presuming competence can really help parents and children. Especially relevant to children with ASD diagnosis.
Published on 11 hours ago
The Beach Comber
Season 3 Episode 14
Collecting stones and pebbles for use in the class room. A fantastic resource, sensory experience which is highly adaptable to make great lesson with many links to curriculum areas such as literacy, …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Time the greatest gift of all.
Season 3 Episode 13
How successful teaching is about having great relationships with the staff and children. This can only happen by dedicating time to build the relationship.
Published on 5 months ago
Let them be
Season 3 Episode 12
The art of "Letting them be." and how this can be structured into activities across the curriculum and the school day. It is a very important skill to learn to be independent.
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Shopping
Season 3 Episode 11
A fundamental Life Skill and needs to be taught carefully as it involves so many other skills. In this episode I talk about taking a group out weekly to a local shop and how to manage it.
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Puppet
Season 3 Episode 10
How puppets can really enhance conversation skills, including signing and bring fun and laughter into the classroom. Also touching on the use of hand puppets in Intensive Interaction sessions
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
First this then that!
Season 3 Episode 9
Just a minute, hold on a sec often used and not very meaningful. In this short episode I talk about using First this and Then that a simple clear way of moving from one thing to another. An action be…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Mud Kitchen
Season 3 Episode 8
Children everywhere will be drawn to playing with the earth, sand, pebbles or dirt. The mud kitchen allows children in their own time and in their own way to explore and learn. It is cheap and easy t…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Be the Light in the Room
Season 3 Episode 7
Everyone needs a light, maybe the light at the end of a dark tunnel, maybe a bright shining light, maybe a slow steady light with a warm glow. Reflecting on how the mood in a room can be lifted.
Published on 7 months ago
Soup
Season 3 Episode 6
How a simple lesson of making soup can be developed into a community project with cross curricular links in reading, maths, social skills, independence skills, real life skills of shopping. In additi…
Published on 8 months ago