Dec 26, 2023
Today we are going to chat about the OWL approach. It was developed by The Hanen Centre and is a great strategy if you want to follow the child’s lead to learn more about what they like and how they are playing and communicating. The OWL approach has so many benefits, which I will go over during today’s episode.
Dec 19, 2023
Fostering early language development in young autistic children goes way beyond teaching words. I’m excited to share 3 ways to encore language development that actually do not involve saying “say train” or “say cracker”. Do you want to know what you can do instead? Listen to today’s episode for easy...
Dec 12, 2023
You are NOT going to want to miss today’s episode! I talked to Jennifer Hofferber, a special education teacher of the year in Oklahoma, about training paraprofessionals. She has made it her mission to help others train and create a well oiled machine with their paraprofessionals. I can’t wait for you to hear her...
Dec 5, 2023
How much time do you get to train your paraprofessionals? If you are like most of us…the answer is “little to none”. So, how can we provide training that only takes a couple of minutes per day? Well, today I’m going to talk about 7 areas that are the most important to start with and then I’ll share 2...