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✅ Emotional Literacy: Children learn language to understand feelings.
✅ Magical Metaphor: Book uses magic powers for engagement.
✅ Feelings Town: Story setting with different emotional stops.
✅ Stop Sign Strategy: Key tool for emotional regulation.
✅ Choice and Control: Children personalize their regulation approaches.
✅ Whole-Class Participation: Everyone creates stop signs together.
✅ Adult Modeling: Adults show their own emotional regulation.

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✅ PDA Profile: Pathological demand avoidance requires different strategies than autism.
✅ Consistency Over Routines: Adults must remain calm and consistent, not rigid.
✅ Tomorrow Box: Allow children to defer tasks without refusing them.
✅ Trust Building: Forcing compliance damages relationships with demand-avoidant children.
✅ Anxiety Reduction: Lower anxiety reveals humor, creativity, and resilience.
✅ Adult Adaptation: Professionals adapt their approach, not forcing child compliance.
✅ Interest-Led Connection: Meet children through gaming, drawing, cooking interests.

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✅ Meltdown Triggers: Seven categories help identify what sets off dysregulation.
✅ Proactive Strategy: Identify triggers to prevent meltdowns before crisis happens.
✅ Hulk Metaphor: Dysregulated kids can't respond to traditional discipline threats.
✅ Self-Esteem Threats: Corrections and teasing trigger emotional dysregulation.
✅ Processing Trauma: Connect past incidents to present safety through discussion/writing.
✅ Self-Modeling: Audio/video of positive routines reinforces behavior before challenges.
✅ Anxiety Management: Think like scientist; use meditation, exercise, mindfulness.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Forever Boy: celebrates positive aspects of nonverbal autism diagnosis.
✅ Cooper's Journey: severe autism, happy, social, communicative, thriving life.
✅ Strategy Selection: one strategy works for one in ten.
✅ Breaking Down: big goals require tiny steps over years.
✅ Behavior Tracking: data reveals what child actually communicates.
✅ Consistency: all caregivers must reinforce same communication methods.
✅ Joy and Purpose: The More Than Project supports special-needs moms.

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✅ Relationship Closeness: How close you are determines how much detail needed.
✅ Child-Specific Information: Only share what's relevant to your specific child's diagnosis.
✅ Ongoing Conversation: Disclosure isn't one-time; understanding evolves with child's growth.
✅ Start Positive: Lead with strengths before discussing challenges or differences.
✅ Assess Understanding: Know what people already understand before explaining diagnosis.
✅ Boundary Setting: Teach child strategies to meet family members halfway.
✅ Balance Always: Always pair negative traits with positive qualities shown.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Toilet Timing: Use set routines, not signals from child.
✅ Interoception Issues: Neurodiverse kids don't feel bladder signals until late.
✅ Remove Nappies: No nappies during day; establishes new routine.
✅ Reward System: Use motivators but gradually fade them over time.
✅ Sensory Awareness: Address bathroom fears like flushing sounds and smells.
✅ Consistent Routines: Set specific times especially morning and bedtime.
✅ Parent Stress: Children mirror parent emotions and stress levels.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ PDA Profile: Children with PDA are creative and amazing with support.
✅ Rejection Sensitivity: RSD affects ninety-eight percent of people with ADHD.
✅ PDA vs ODD: PDA is anxiety-based; ODD is oppositional defiant.
✅ Autonomy Needed: PDA students need structure but also personal autonomy.
✅ Coexisting Diagnoses: ADHD and autism can now be diagnosed together.
✅ Daily Variation: Neurodivergent students present differently based on daily needs.
✅ Genuine Interest: Show authentic interest in special interests without agendas.

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In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ Diversity Celebration: highlight cultural traditions through activities and foods.
✅ Fish Display: create classroom poster celebrating differences through symbols.
✅ Calendar Activities: mark important dates from different cultures worldwide.
✅ Autism Awareness: frame neurodiversity as acceptable and value difference.
✅ Cooking Integration: use recipes to teach skills and celebrate culture.
✅ Visual Timers: essential tools for managing transitions and anxiety.
✅ Inclusive Events: provide accommodations for overwhelmed students during gatherings.

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