Episodes

  • SLP 303: 50/50 - Behaviour Plans: Help your neurodiverse students to help YOU
    Jun 23 2025

    Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.

    ✅ Begin With End in Mind: Always consider ultimate independence goals.
    ✅ Strategy Plus Action Equals Success: Combine planning with implementation.
    ✅ 50/50 Approach: Teachers provide strategies, students take responsibility.
    ✅ Model Before Expecting: Demonstrate strategies yourself before teaching students.
    ✅ Timers Build Independence: Visual timers help students manage time.
    ✅ Reward Strategy Use: Acknowledge when students independently use tools.
    ✅ Consistency Across Settings: Home and school must use same approaches.

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    20 mins
  • SLP 302: How Using Visual Schedules Can Build Independence for Neurodiverse Students (ODD, PDA, ADHD, AS)
    Jun 16 2025

    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:

    ✅ Schedules must include time to prevent anxiety and rushing.
    ✅ Physical engagement with schedules improves absorption and understanding.
    ✅ Digital timers make time accessible for autistic individuals.
    ✅ Breaking tasks into visual chunks reduces overwhelm significantly.
    ✅ Schedules decrease prompts, questions, and teacher dependency dramatically.
    ✅ Five-minute warnings help ADHD students produce best work.
    ✅ Pause buttons on timers help manage procrastination effectively.

    Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link below

    suelarkey.com.au/schedules-for-neurodiverse-children

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    To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD, please visit my website below.

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    37 mins
  • SLP 301: Rant: Is Our System Failing Neurodiverse Students?
    Jun 9 2025

    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:

    ✅ 4% of students receive suspensions, many in early years.
    ✅ Neurodiverse children are three years behind developmentally in regulation.
    ✅ Current behavior systems don't work for neurodiverse students.
    ✅ Emotional regulation should be taught like reading recovery programs.
    ✅ Mind blindness prevents understanding of others' emotions completely.
    ✅ Executive functioning includes impulse control and emotional regulation skills.
    ✅ Calm classrooms require teaching children to self-regulate emotions.

    Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link below

    suelarkey.com.au/emotional-regulation-challenges-in-school

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    To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD, please visit my website below.

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    37 mins
  • SLP 300: Celebrating 300 Episodes - Emotional Regulation & Embracing Difference with a Class Activity “All About Me”
    Jun 2 2025

    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:

    ✅ Children need sense of belonging in classroom environments.
    ✅ All students should embrace their own unique differences.
    ✅ Emotional literacy requires teaching like reading literacy does.
    ✅ Many children cannot recognize their own emotions properly.
    ✅ Self-regulation toolkits help students manage different feelings.
    ✅ Fair means everyone gets what they need individually.
    ✅ Neurodiversity acceptance prevents diagnosis shame and whispered labels.

    Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link below

    suelarkey.com.au/helping-neurodiverse-children-with-emotional-regulation

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    To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD, please visit my website below.

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    26 mins
  • SLP 299: What is Interoception & How it Affects Behaviour in Neurodiverse Students (ODD, ADHD, PDA, AS)
    May 26 2025

    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:

    ✅ Interoception helps children recognize internal body signals like hunger.
    ✅ Neurodiverse children often don't know when they're thirsty.
    ✅ Many students can't identify emotions without explicit teaching.
    ✅ HALT method addresses hungry, angry, lonely, tired states.
    ✅ Regular routines prevent meltdowns from unmet basic needs.
    ✅ Devices often replace natural emotion regulation in children.
    ✅ Loneliness frequently causes sick bay visits in schools.

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    suelarkey.com.au/what-is-interoception

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    To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD, please visit my website below.

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    30 mins
  • SLP 298: Playground Plans: A Guide to Creating Effective Lunchtime Clubs
    May 19 2025

    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 kids struggle joining evolving peer groups.
    ✅ Proactively create lunchtime clubs to foster social connections.
    ✅ Use shared interests like Lego and gardening.
    ✅ Clearly define club name, schedule, location, and size.
    ✅ Teacher aides and older peers facilitate club membership.
    ✅ Clubs reduce playground behavior issues and anxiety.
    ✅ Hands-on activities teach social skills and emotional regulation.

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    To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD, please visit my website below.

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    40 mins
  • SLP 297: Navigating Social Meltdowns: Understanding Triggers and Solutions for Neurodiverse Children (AS, ADHD, ODD, PDA etc)
    May 12 2025

    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:

    ✅ Social meltdowns stem from exclusion, misunderstanding, and social anxiety.
    ✅ Differentiating meltdowns from tantrums guides appropriate responses.
    ✅ Mind blindness impairs perspective-taking and interpreting social cues.
    ✅ Sensory overload heightens emotional overwhelm in social settings.
    ✅ Teaching social knowledge through scripts builds peer interaction skills.
    ✅ Proactive accommodations prevent meltdowns in classrooms and playgrounds.
    ✅ Device reliance undermines self-regulation and emotional resilience.

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    suelarkey.com.au/what-are-social-meltdowns

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    29 mins
  • SLP 296: My favourite resources - What they are and how to use them
    May 5 2025

    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:

    ✅ Digital timers reduce anxiety and help manage transitions.
    ✅ Portable digital schedules support daily routines visually and clearly.
    ✅ Visual aids like timers improve children's independence and behavior.
    ✅ Sensory tools and tokens effectively reward and motivate students.
    ✅ Books and workbooks teach emotional regulation and anger management.
    ✅ Specific resources support neurodiverse girls in understanding their experiences.
    ✅ Practical OT-inspired activities address writing difficulties and dysgraphia.

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    suelarkey.com.au/best-resources-for-you

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    24 mins