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Date
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Title
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Synopsis
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Listen to the Show
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4/8/04
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Myths of Autism
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Focus on myths regarding autism and autistic
spectrum disorders and a discussion with the Institute for Infant and
Preschool Mental Health.
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Audio
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Transcript
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5/13/04
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Best Understanding of Autistic Spectrum Disorders
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The highlights of the true current best
understanding of what an autistic spectrum disorder means including the
causes, prognosis, treatment options, and myths and mistakes as best we know
it.
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Audio
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Transcript
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9/9/04
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Learning to Attend, Regulate, Engage, and Become a
Purposeful Communicator
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How to help children learn to attend, be calm,
regulated, engage with others, and begin the process of communication.
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Audio
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Transcript
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9/16/04
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Learning to Communicate, Problem Solve, and Use
Ideas and Words
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Strategies to enhance back-and-forth communication,
shared social problem solving interactions, and the beginning of learning to
use ideas and words.
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Audio
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Transcript
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9/23/04
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Learning to Speak, Use Ideas, and Think
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How to help children learn to speak, use ideas, and
connect ideas together in order to think.
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9/30/04
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Learning to Master Higher Levels of Reflective and
Abstract Thinking
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How to help children advance from the basic levels
of thinking into the more advanced levels of reflective thinking and abstract
thinking.
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Audio
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Transcript
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10/7/04
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Frequent Questions Regarding Children with Special
Needs
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Answering specific and frequent questions regarding
children with special needs, mainly focusing on self-stimulation and
perseveration.
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Audio
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Transcript
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10/14/04
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Scripting, Echolalia, Repetitive, Verbal, and
Symbolic Activities
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How to help children master their tendencies to
script, to be echolalic, and to be perseverative in their use of words as
well as their use of behaviors, as well as be sensory craving.
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Transcript
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10/21/04
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Working with Children Who Are Sensory Craving and
Active
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How to help children with the challenge of being
very sensory craving and very active, and therefore often very avoidant.
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Audio
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Transcript
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12/2/04
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Working With Family Dynamics: Turning
Challenges Into Constructive Opportunities
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Working with families with special needs and their
specific family patterns to turn these challenges into positive responses and
constructive opportunities for the child and the family.
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Audio
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Transcript
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12/9/04
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Working With Unique Biological Differences
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How to work with the unique biological differences
of a child with special needs or autistic spectrum disorders.
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Audio
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Transcipt
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2/3/05
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Working with Children with Visual Deficits
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How to help children with severe visual deficits
master the stages of functional emotional development and develop
visual-spatial thinking.
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Transcript
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2/17/05
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Working with Children with Hearing Deficits
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How to help children with hearing challenges, motor
challenges, and non-verbal learning difficulties develop cognitive skills and
use sensory modalities to master the functional developmental capacities.
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Audio
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Transcript
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3/3/05
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How Children Diagnosed with an Autistic Spectrum
Disorder Can Develop Social and Emotional Skills
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Case discussion of how children with autistic
spectrum disorders can develop social skills using the DIR®/Floortime™ Model,
contrary to what popular literature assumes.
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Audio
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Transcript
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9/8/05
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Helping Children and Families Cope with the Child's
Growing Awareness of His Challenges and Helping the Child Overcome
Compulsions and Fears
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Stories and steps in helping children who are
beginning to become aware of some of their challenges and differences from
other children, understand and cope with this awareness; and helping children
overcome their compulsions and fears.
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Audio
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Transcript
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6/28/06
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Questions from Imagine Academy
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Question and answer session with the parents and
staff of Imagine Academy from New
York.
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Transcript
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6/29/06
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About.com Guide to Autistic Spectrum
Disorders. Guest from About.Com: Lisa Jo Rudy
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Question and answer session with Lisa Jo Rudy from
About.com Guide to Autistic Spectrum Disorders.
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Transcript
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7/25/07
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Asperger's Syndrome
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The pathways to Asperger's Syndrome and the
developmental principles that apply to this diagnosis.
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Audio
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Transcript
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7/23/08
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Ethics of Helping Children Overcome Problems of
Aggression and Behavior in School Settings
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Dealing with problems of aggression and behavior in
schools for children of all ages through the ethical point of view of
intervening with children with special needs or an autistic spectrum
disorder.
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Audio
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Transcript
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