Episodes
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Robin Stewart: Musician, artist, author, and autism advocate.
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✅ "The Autism Friendly Guide to Periods" book: Visual, comprehensive.
✅ Surveying autistic individuals: Basis for Robin's book research.
✅ Stimming: Various purposes beyond sensory, including emotional regulation.
✅ Book features: Flap system for controlling information exposure.
✅ Practical tips: Be specific, encourage questions, normalize period talk.
✅ Upcoming book: Self-employment guide for autistic individuals.suelarkey.com.au/puberty-education-for-neurodiverse-students
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✅ Ruth's school celebrates 60 years of innovation.
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✅ Focus on student independence and community access.
✅ Implemented authentic pedestrian crossing for safety training.
✅ Created mini Woolworths for practical shopping skills.
✅ Introduced immersive classroom for interactive learning.
✅ Gym installed for physical health and community integration.
✅ School dog aids in therapy and comfort for students.suelarkey.com.au/innovative-special-education-techniques
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Kids with autism often drink whole bottles at once.
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✅ Many kids with autism toilet time, not toilet train.
✅ Specialist schools monitor drinking, eating, and toileting.
✅ Mainstream schools need inclusive policies for sensory needs.
✅ Increased drinks at school require more toilet breaks.
✅ Sensory issues often cause school toilet avoidance.
✅ Grazing snacks can help with concentration and regulation.suelarkey.com.au/interoception-in-neurodiverse-students
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Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ The Friendship Pyramid – Understanding Phases of Friendships
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✅ 20 Fun Social-Emotional Activities for Every Classroom
✅ Conversation Skills: From Start to Finish
✅ Exploring appropriate ways to interrupt and respond to interruptions
✅ Importance of teaching Winning and Losing
✅ The Hidden Language of Social Cues: Nonverbal Communication
✅ How & Why to Create a display of students’ facial expressions for different emotions
✅ Helping children know when to “dob” ie “when to tell” and “not to tell” a teachersuelarkey.com.au/inclusive-classroom-activities
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Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Creating personalized playground plans with students is crucial.
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✅ Template for playground plans provided.
✅ Template for Stop, Think, Do activities provided.
✅ Understanding “Dobbing” and when to tell is important.
✅ Eliza shares how social prep reduces anxiety.
✅ Brainstorming and posters for social knowledge help.
✅ Implementing playground clubs and calm areas is beneficial.suelarkey.com.au/playground-plans-for-neurodiverse-students
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Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Open communication with picture books aids ADHD understanding.
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✅ Explain ADHD early to help children understand themselves.
✅ ADHD presents unique challenges for girls and women.
✅ Support girls with ADHD using classroom strategies.
✅ Collaborate with girls on individualized support plans.
✅ Prioritize mental health for students with ADHD.
✅ Bella shares her experience managing ADHD and how her diagnosis changed her HSC exam process.suelarkey.com.au/understanding-adhd-in-girls
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Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Neurodiverse students need tailored accommodations and adjustments.
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✅ Effective rewards motivate neurodiverse students.
✅ Tokens are visual, kinesthetic, and consistent rewards.
✅ Downloadable tips for using token systems.
✅ Caution with praise and rewards for PDA, ODD.
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✅ Token reward systems reinforce positive behaviour.suelarkey.com.au/motivate-neurodiverse-students
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Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Understanding Meltdown Phases: Recognizes the stages from buildup to crisis.
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✅ Calming Strategies: Offers methods to reduce anxiety and stress.
✅ Importance of Silence: Emphasizes giving space for self-regulation.
✅ Communication Alternatives: Advises against using "No" to prevent escalations.
✅ Seizure Comparison: Treats meltdowns with similar caution and care.
✅ Post-Meltdown Actions: Discusses reflection and preventive strategies.
✅ Recognizing Signs: Stresses the importance of knowing individual triggers.suelarkey.com.au/understanding-meltdowns-phases
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Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Starting with the end in mind
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✅ The 50/50 Learning & Behaviour Plan
✅ Modelling behaviour and demonstrating Plan B’s
✅ Encouraging independence with timers, visuals and schedules
✅ Using 3 Rs – rewards, repetition and routinessuelarkey.com.au/independence-for-diverse-learners
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Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Diagnosis / Identifying Signs of Autism
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✅ Tips for Toileting
✅ Creating Communication Enriched Environments (non-verbal children)
✅ Different Ways of Teaching
✅ Why and How to Use Visuals
✅ Being a Supportive Communication Partner
✅ Use Rewards and Special Interests to Motivate and Engage in Learning
✅ 11 Common Signs of Sensory Processing Disorder or Difficulties
✅ Using Sensory Tools to Improve Learning & Behavioursuelarkey.com.au/early-childhood-autism-strategies
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Sequence Mastery: Order and routine enhance learning.
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✅ Recipe Writing: Develops structured observation and writing skills.
✅ Social Cooking: Teaching others fosters communal bonds.
✅ Sensory Desensitization: Cooking valuable without eating.
✅ Motor Skills Development: Enhances stirring, flipping abilities.
✅ Backward Chaining Importance: Essential for skill acquisition.
✅ Cooking Tips: Simplified tools and techniques provided.suelarkey.com.au/teaching-skills-through-cooking
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Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Understanding Screen Addiction: Reduces screen time from 16 to 1 hour.
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✅ Types of Screen Addiction: Gaming, internet, group chats, and creative escape.
✅ Ownership Importance: Kids acknowledge problem to start fixing it.
✅ Alternative Activities: Promotes learning, exercise, and healthy routines.
✅ Collaborative Solutions: Use CPS for managing screen time.
✅ Routine and Diet: Essential for managing screen addiction.
✅ Teamwork in Recovery: Involves family, friends, and professionals.suelarkey.com.au/managing-screen-addiction
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Neurodiversity celebrates neurological differences instead of disabilities or disorders.
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✅ Ask individuals about their preferred terminology for their condition.
✅ Learn about neurodiversity through movies, TV shows, and online.
✅ Make learning fun by accommodating different learning styles.
✅ Avoid overstimulation by limiting choices and verbal instructions.
✅ Be clear, concise, and concrete when communicating.
✅ Understand sensory processing difficulties are part of neurodiversity.suelarkey.com.au/understanding-neurodiversity-tips
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Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ PDA: Unique autism spectrum type.
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✅ PDA vs ODD: Distinct differences.
✅ Misunderstood Nature: PDA children struggle with demands.
✅ Relationship Building: Share experiences, no hierarchies.
✅ Teaching Strategy Shift: Traditional methods may fail.
✅ Avoid Power Struggles: Offer choices, focus on consequences.
✅ Flexibility Key: Regularly change strategies, maintain engagement.suelarkey.com.au/teaching-strategies-for-pda-students
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Time Blindness Defined: Inability to perceive time accurately.
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✅ Behavior Indicators: Procrastination, lateness, or anxiety.
✅ Making Time Visible: Use visual and accessible time aids.
✅ Managing Anxiety: Equip with time management tools.
✅ Routines Matter: Establish routines to sense time's passage.
✅ Success Equation: Now, next, later plus schedule equals success.
✅ Support Like Colorblindness: Make time support as accessible.suelarkey.com.au/educators-guide-family-communication
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Teacher's Role: Highlight, don't diagnose issues.
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✅ 8 Steps Discussed: Detailed process for diagnosis conversation.
✅ Red Flags: Identify potential diagnosis indicators.
✅ Diagnosis Importance: Benefits of getting a diagnosis explained.
✅ Tone of Caring: First impressions are critical in meetings.
✅ Share Positives: Begin with the child's achievements.
✅ Collaborative Approach: Value families' insights and opinions.suelarkey.com.au/educators-guide-family-communication
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Act as a student-world translator.
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✅ Encourage student relationship bonds.
✅ Be a consistent presence.
✅ Enhance, not replace, teaching.
✅ Collaborate with teachers.
✅ Contribute creative learning ideas.
✅ Facilitate peer connections.suelarkey.com.au/teacher-assistant-success-strategies
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ What is Executive Functioning: Described as the brain's "Air Traffic Control" for organizing, prioritizing, and regulating emotions.
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✅ Impacts on Learning: Impaired Executive Function significantly affects students with autism, impacting their ability to learn and engage in busy environments.
✅ Emotional Control: Techniques include using sensory tools, emotion cards, and social scripts for improving behaviour and emotional regulation.
✅ Impulse Control: Redirection, prewarning about rules, and the use of social scripts to manage impulsivity.
✅ Planning & Prioritizing: Utilizing visual supports, individual planning sessions, and breaking tasks into smaller steps to enhance organization and goal achievement.
✅ Organizing: Implementing systems for organization, minimizing clutter, and using visual reminders for keeping track of items and information.
✅ Task Initiation: Partnering with peers, simplifying instructions, and employing strategies like the Traffic Light Strategy to help start tasks.
✅ Flexibility: Using timers, routines, and prewarnings to assist with transitions and changes in activities or plans.
✅ Working Memory: Incorporating visuals, modelling tasks, co-active participation, and simplifying instructions to support memory and task completion.suelarkey.com.au/improving-executive-functioning-skills
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✅ ASD Criteria in DSM-5: Defines autism diagnostic requirements.
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✅ Early Signs Vital: Symptoms must manifest in early childhood.
✅ Severity Levels Classified: Autism categorized into three severity levels.
✅ Comprehensive Assessment Essential: Evaluates communication, behavior, and sensory sensitivities.
✅ Co-occurring Conditions Frequent: Often accompanies ADHD, anxiety, OCD.
✅ Diagnostic Tools and Judgment: ADOS-2, ADI-R, and clinical insight.
✅ Girls' Diagnosis Often Missed: Masking leads to underdiagnosis in girls.suelarkey.com.au/understanding-autism-diagnostic-criteria
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Structure Classroom for Behaviour Management: Optimize layout to minimize disruptions.
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✅ Quick Classroom Adjustments: Implement strategic student positioning.
✅ Maximize Support Time: Efficient use of teaching assistants and resources.
✅ Leverage Student Strengths: Utilize strengths to mitigate stress.
✅ Social and Emotional Support: Enhance social and emotional well-being.
✅ Identify Disengagement Causes: Recognize reasons behind behavior issues.
✅ Effective POWER Strategies: Apply impactful techniques for classroom success.suelarkey.com.au/classroom-success-strategies
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