BY YOUR SIDE Autism Podcast

BY YOUR SIDE Autism Podcast. Open and honest conversations from therapists, parents, educators, authors, and experts in the autism field. Topics include therapy tips, coping skills, ideas, strategies, and heartfelt conversations from parents who live with autism in their lives.

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BYS 014 BCBA Ginny Nikiforos: What is ABA?

Ginny is a Senior Manager of ABA Therapy at BYS. She’s a licensed clinical social worker and board certified behavior analyst. Ginny defines the ABC’s of Applied Behavior Analysis. What it means, how it’s performed, and how it’s a team effort as parent training, supervision, and assessment are all part of the ABA plan.

Jan 11, 2016•30 min

BYS 013 ABA Therapists with a Brother on the Spectrum

An emotional, and sometimes poignant interview, with three of BY YOUR SIDE’s ABA Therapist, each who have a younger brother with autism. Alex, Lizzie, and Natalija give their insight to being in a profession that hits close to home.

Dec 21, 2015•27 min

BYS 011 Katurri Phillips: BCBA

Preparation is your friend. Katurri walks us through an example of dealing with a situation where you go to the grocery store and your child is not ready to come out of the car. What started as an interview that was going to cover many topics, ended up with Katurri going into specific detail on how to handle difficult behaviors when it comes to a child needing guidance going places.

Nov 02, 2015•28 min

BYS 010 Community Outreach Team

BYS’s Marketing and Community outreach team of Thom Trimingham, Nimra Irfan and Kimberly Childs discuss working for an autism business and how surprises of what they’ve witnessed has shaped the way they market the business, including what they saw of what therapist can do with bubbles, and the calming effect it has with kids on the spectrum.

Oct 23, 2015•17 min

BYS 009 Sandie Beierwaltes: Parent of a child with autism

Sandie Beierwaltes has been teaching elementary school for 29 years at St John Brebeuf in Niles IL. Sandie and her husband Dave have three children, their youngest Michael, who is now age 16, is on the spectrum. In this touching and insightful interview, Sandie shares the high and low times of their sixteen year journey.

Oct 05, 2015•21 min

BYS 008 Karen Kabaki-Sisto SLP

What are parents and doctors quick to dismiss? How do we define conversation and communication when dealing with autism? In episode number eight, we have the pleasure to talk with Karen Kabaki-Sisto, M.S., CCC-SLP. She has been helping children with autism all over the world for 20 years. She is the creator of “I Can Have Conversations With You!™”, an interactive iPad program that enhances social skills and language abilities.

Sep 14, 2015•28 min

BYS 007 Sarah Henderson: Occupational Therapist

Sarah is a licensed and board certified occupational therapist. Since graduating from Saint Ambrose University she has worked with children in outpatient clinics and schools. Sarah is one of our therapists who works both the school and clinic. Since Sarah works in the schools, I started the conversation asking her perspective on what therapy looks like in a school setting and what techniques she uses in that environment.

Sep 01, 2015•23 min

BYS 006 Cindy Zinzer: Parent of a child with autism

Cindy has a 14 year old daughter who has been dealing with seizures her whole life. Cindy talks about a very scary moment in the middle of the night where her daughter was having an episode, and a touching insight when her other daughter wrote a paper for school about her sister seizures, a feeling Cindy never knew until she reading the assignment.

Aug 17, 2015•22 min

BYS 005 Julie Martin: BCBA - Transitions

We spend the full podcast discussing why it’s sometimes difficult for a child with autism to transition from one place to another and tips on how those transitions can be made easier. The conversation moves into the topic of chance, which can have its own set of challenges.

Aug 04, 2015•23 min

BYS 004 Eunice McConville: Parent of a child with autism

Eunice has become the parent that we send other parents to talk to if they have questions about having a child with autism. She tells us of her low points and how community involvement has been one of the best moves she’s made.

Jul 20, 2015•23 min

BYS 003 Theresa Petru: Speech Language Pathologist

Theresa is a SLP and helps explain the importance of how a connection with a child with autism can lead to better communication. She gives tips on how to achieve those connections. Theresa talks about the value of eye contact and the benefits even if you don’t get contact every time.

Jul 07, 2015•18 min

BYS 002 Jen Ivey: A Parent of a child with autism

Jen starts the show with a story of her neighbor’s misguided attempt of "helping" by calling DCFS on them, an act that could lead to having Jen’s children taken away. Jen discusses not being afraid of putting it out there that your child is on the spectrum. How her group of friends became smaller, but how smaller is better.

Jun 26, 2015•25 min

BYS 001 Julie Martin: BCBA - SLP

Julie Martin of BY YOUR SIDE covers topics on autism therapy.

Jun 25, 2015•22 min

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