My Toddler Is Obsessed with the Alphabet and Numbers but Cant Talk; What Should I Do?

Does your young child have a unique interest in letters and numbers? Do they have other signs of autism? Kelsey, the Turn Autism Around community manager, joins me for 5 of our most frequently asked questions about hyperlexia. Following up on last week's rebroadcast on this topic, we answer the questions all about hyperlexia and how you can help your child.

Using Talk Tools to Support Picky Eating and Speech with Risca Solomon

What if you think its behavioral, but really the lack of oral motor skills is preventing your child from speaking and eating? Risca Solomon is a BCBA and the director of her farm based center, Skybound Therapies. We are talking all about Talk Tools and the transformative and systematic way you can make progress with your child with autism.

Using the VB Mapp App to Assess and Teach Language with Liz Maher

You have to check out the VB Mapp app and its updated version thats been released. Co-creator of the app and colleague of mine, Liz Maher joins me on the podcast to discuss the origin of the VB-Mapp app and how much it can help parents, caregivers, and providers. We also share some advice that might help you avoid the top assessing mistakes on any assessment.

EESA Assessment: Dr. Barbara Esch on Building Vocal Language and Avoiding Carrier Phrases

Creator of the EESA, the echoics assessment in the VB-Mapp, Dr. Barbara Esch joins me to share her knowledge when it comes to speech therapy for autistic learners. Dr. Esch has the unique certification of SLP, BCBA-D. We discuss common discrepancies in teaching speech to new speakers, like articulation, carrier phrases, and the use of AAC with nonverbal learners.

Assessing a Child with Non-speaking Autism: Hot Seat #7 with Zulekha

Zulekah Williams is a mom from the Autism TikTok community. Today she takes the Hot Seat as we discuss her 4 year old, non-speaking son with autism. In Part 1 of this special episode we review key questions from the One Page Assessment and cover topics like potty training, picky eating, table time activities and more.

Revisiting My Autism Journey: From Overwhelmed Parent to Autism Leader and Advocate – Vikram Panchal Interviews Dr. Mary Barbera

I met Dr. Sarah Williams on TikTok, where she has a huge following. Shes a BCBAD with both a master's and a doctorate in applied behavior analysis, and she is also a black woman. We talk about not only social media and her business and supporting families with and without a diagnosis, but also the unique challenges and obstacles of families who are black professionals, and especially BCBAs who might be having some challenges in a mostly white field.

Dr. Sarah Williams: Trauma-informed ABA Therapy and Supporting Black Children with Autism

I met Dr. Sarah Williams on TikTok, where she has a huge following. Shes a BCBAD with both a master's and a doctorate in applied behavior analysis, and she is also a black woman. We talk about not only social media and her business and supporting families with and without a diagnosis, but also the unique challenges and obstacles of families who are black professionals, and especially BCBAs who might be having some challenges in a mostly white field.

BHCOE Accreditation: Get help picking out good ABA with Dr. Ellie Kazemi

I am all about improving the lives of children with autism and autism families. Dr. Ellie Kazemi joins me today to discuss her work, experience, and knowledge with BCBAs, ABA and her focus on improving the world of Behavior Analytics. She shares about national projects with NASA, FEMA, and the accreditation program with the Behavioral Health Center of Excellence.