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: ✅ What to Teach, How to Teach, When to Teach: Ideas and Strategies for teaching Social Emotional Learning (SEL) ✅ Improved Learning Outcomes: Two-thirds of students enhance their performance with the addition of an SEL program 🎉 SEL Secret: Discover the one thing about Social Emotional Learning wished to be known 20 years ago ✅ Key Teac...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: ✅ Complexity of Social Skills ✅ Top 10 Tips to Remember When Teaching Social Skills ✅ Making Friends and Being One ✅ The Friendship Funnel ✅ Solutions and Strategies for Common Playground Behaviours ✅ Tips to Set Up Lunchtime Clubs ✅ Theory of Mind ✅ Recommended Resources Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link ...
May 08, 2023•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: ✅ It’s important to remember that a teacher’s role isn’t to offer suggestions of a diagnosis, it’s to bring things to the parents’ attention. ✅ 8 Steps to Talking for Families about pursuing a diagnosis. ✅ Red Flags for Diagnosis. ✅ Why students should get a diagnosis. Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link bel...
May 01, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: ✅ Easing stressful transitions by showing “how much longer” ✅ By pairing with a visual schedule, it can help set expectations of what comes next and how long on each activity ✅ Promoting/Supporting natural strengths/skills/abilities, such as visual thinking ✅ Helping visitors stick to routine ✅ Increasing confidence and independence ✅ Ai...
Apr 24, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: ✅ Sue Larkey books (pg 2) ✅ Visual Supports (pg 5) ✅ Social Skills (pg 6) ✅ Understanding Behaviour (pg 8) ✅ Anxiety & Mental Health (pg 9) ✅ Early Years (page 10) ✅ Helping Children Manage their Emotions (pg 11) ✅ Teaching Children about Autism Spectrum (page 12) ✅ ADHD- Organising & Planning (page 13) ✅ Teen Years & Beyond (pg 15) ✅ Pu...
Apr 17, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: ✅ April is an Opportunity to Celebrate & Advocate for Neurodiversity ✅ Why I love the term Neurodiversity ✅ Why important to ask about people’s personal preferences for “terminology” ✅ During April watch/learn from a Movie, or TV Show, Connect to Neurodiverse people online to celebrate neurodiversity ✅ 10 Top Tips to Understand Neurodive...
Apr 03, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: ✅ Why social skills programmes need to be “driven” by individual’s needs and their personal goals (HELP) ✅ How to build social capacity in teen years and beyond ✅ The importance of programmes/ relationships being ✅ Two amazing programmes share insights and information on how programs support teens and young people to develop connections ...
Mar 27, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: ✅ How she used video modelling to help her son understand a “Playdate” ✅ The power of commenting to help children understand the situation – what is happening, what to do and more ✅ Using Mr Bean to help his son go to the dentist ✅ A wonderful lesson plan to use to explain Autism to your class ✅ A beautiful Poem that would be great to sh...
Mar 20, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: ✅ Why camp is so important for curriculum and social learning ✅ Tips and strategies to prepare for camp and excursions ✅ How to use social stories, pre-recorded videos or a visit to explain what camp will be like ✅ Accommodations about food, sleeping, noise etc. to make at camp Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the...
Mar 13, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: ✅ Parents share their experiences of trialling medication for Neurodiverse children, including ASD, ADHD, Anxiety ✅ What to do if your partner doesn’t want your child taking medication ✅ What are the pros and cons to weigh up when trialling medication ✅ When to change or stop the medication ✅ Sue’s Top Tips from her best selling book “ T...
Mar 06, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 scripts are a visual tool that helps children with ASD, ADHD, ODD, and PDA understand social rules and interactions. ✅ They describe social situations and skills and can be helpful in engaging in new activities or understanding expectations and rules. ✅ Successful social scripts use photos, line drawings, or videos to support th...
Feb 26, 2023•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 with autism often struggle to understand the inferred intent of language due to mind blindness, leading to difficulty following instructions. ✅ Certain words like "stop" and "no" can cause confusion and trigger an overreaction or escalate behaviour in children with autism. ✅ When using words like "stop," make sure to add more ...
Feb 20, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. My live webinar last week was a success! If you missed it, it’s not too late to sign up HERE and watch the replay of the hour of power! FREE sign up includes: 🎆 E-book 🎆 Webinar Replay 🎆 Handout In the Free Webinar You Will Learn: ✅ How to Structure your Classroom to Reduce Behaviour ✅ Quick and Easy Adjustments to Implement e.g. where to position a child ✅ How to Mak...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: Creating a more inclusive and accommodating learning environment for neurodiverse students is important. There are many resources available to help achieve this goal. Here are the top 10 must-have resources for supporting neurodiverse learners, both at school and at home. Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link ...
Feb 06, 2023•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: ✅ The 13 Most Important Strategies ✅ Bonus 5 Proactive/Prevent Strategies Often Missed ✅ How To Support Motor Skills Development in A Busy Classroom (& Why it matters!) ✅ Key Elements for your Individual Education Plans (IEPs) ✅ Anxiety Management = Time Management – Top Tips ✅ Special Bonus – Key To Get the Best out of Students with ADH...
Jan 30, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. For more insights and information from Ange Anderson: angeandersontherapeutic.co.uk In this interview, we will discuss: ✅ I am concerned about the number of students not in full-time school and the number of Educators leaving or retiring. ✅ Is the system broken? What can we do about it? ✅ My passion is to support Students & Educators ✅ My proposal to help you in 2023 Rea...
Jan 22, 2023•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. Expert Guest: Ange Anderson was head of a special school for students aged between 2 and 11 with conditions ranging from PMLD, SLD, ADHD, complex needs and EBD. 75% of students had autism as a primary or secondary diagnosis. She introduced over 25 different therapeutic and technological interventions and innovations that she first researched extensively in the school and...
Jan 16, 2023•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. Expert Guest: Professor Josephine Barbaro is a Principal Research Fellow and Neurodiversity Affirming Psychologist at the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University. She is co-founder of Australia’s first ‘Early Assessment Clinic’ for autism, focusing on children under 3 years old. A/Prof Barbaro’s research interests are in the early identification and dia...
Jan 09, 2023•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. Expert Guest: Dr. Perry LaRoque is the founder and president of Mansfield Hall, an innovative residential college support program for diverse learners. He earned his doctorate in special education from the University of Wisconsin and has served in a variety of leadership roles serving at-risk youth and people with disabilities. Before returning for his doctoral work, Dr....
Jan 01, 2023•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. ✅ Why Mark calls it 'Toilet Learning' Not 'Toilet Training' ✅ How Mark got his son to do 'wee' in the toilet ✅ Sue offers some suggestions to Mark's question: 'What to do for his son who will hold in a poo for over a day, which will become an accident in his undies; he simply won't sit on the toilet to poo.' Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the li...
Dec 19, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. Expert Guest: Dr. Russell Kennedy is a medical doctor and neuroscientist with deep roots in developmental psychology. His award winning book ANXIETY RX is the #1 rated book on Amazon on the topic of healing anxiety. Dr. Kennedy is no stranger to anxiety himself as he suffered from chronic worry and health anxiety for decades. After 30+ years of depending on doctors, psyc...
Dec 11, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. Buy the latest version of The Red Beast here . ✅ It is more inclusive – The original book was written for children with Asperger Syndrome, the new addition aims to reach most children on the Autism Spectrum. ✅ The new illustrations are more inclusive of typical children – so the child has a chance to see the behaviour of the angry boy in the playground from the perspecti...
Dec 05, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. Page numbers refer to the Holiday Newsletter – download it HERE (no sign up required) ✅ Sharing Diagnosis – Why, When and How to tell my Child (pages 8-9) ✅ Promoting Understanding (page 5) ✅ Using Picture Books to Educate the Whole Family (pages 6-7) ✅ Holiday Reading by Autistic Authors (pages 10-11) Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link bel...
Nov 27, 2022•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. ✅ 14 tips for Christmas / Holiday Season ✅ Promoting Understanding ✅ Using Picture Books to Educate the Whole Family ✅ Sharing Diagnosis – Why, When and How to tell my Child ✅ Holiday Reading ✅ Using Cooking to Teach – Teaching Diversity through Food ✅ 6 Key Strategies for Creating a Calming Area at School and Home ✅ 12 Essential Tips for Concerts and End of Year Celebra...
Nov 21, 2022•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. ✅ It’s important to remember that a teacher’s role isn’t to offer suggestions of a diagnosis, it’s to bring things to the parents’ attention. ✅ 8 Steps to Talking for Families about pursuing a diagnosis. ✅ Red Flags for Diagnosis. ✅ Why students should get a diagnosis. Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link below https://suelarkey.com.au/how-to...
Nov 14, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. Everything you need to know about Transition Including Top Tips for Preparing for 2023 What this Webinar Covers: ✅ Transition Tips including – Preschool – Primary School, Primary to Secondary & more ✅ What to do if you can’t do on-site visits ✅ Giving children preventative breaks for toilet, food, drink and movement (Interoception) ✅ The KEY strategies for Teachers, Teac...
Nov 06, 2022•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. It’s starting to get to the end of 2022, and you might already be starting to think about how you will ease the transition for the children you know. Or if you are just coming out of learning from home and moving to in-person teaching, these transition tips will help reduce anxiety and stress! Transition can be big or small changes: it includes change in teacher, change ...
Oct 31, 2022•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference. My Top takeaways from reading the book ✅ Download the fabulous PDF 30+ Reasons Why a Can’t Sit ✅ Observe when the child can sit still for prolonged periods ✅ Giving children preventative breaks for toilet, food, drink and movement (Interoception) ✅ Developing Core Strength to support posture (link to Motor Flip Book) ✅ Why & How to use visual Timers to help children know...
Oct 17, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast What this podcast contains Discussed in this Episode: Over 400 Early Child Educators told me their top 2 questions they wanted answered, and I used those to create these Tips & Strategies My Top takeaways from reading the book ✅ Diagnosis / Identifying Signs of Autism ✅ Tips for Toileting ✅ Creating Communication Enriched Environments (non-verbal children) ✅ Different Ways of Teaching ✅ Why and How to Use Visuals ✅ Being a Supportive Communication Partner ✅ Use Rewards and Special Interests to M...
Oct 09, 2022•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast What this podcast contains Discussed in this Episode: Kate Swenson’s popular blog “Finding Cooper’s Voice” has provided hundreds of thousands of parents of children with Autism hope and comfort. Kate has now written a powerful memoir “Forever Boy”, to continue sharing her inspiring story about motherhood and unconditional love. My Top takeaways from reading the book ✅ Take help (I think this is for everyone – teachers too) ✅ Find what works for you ✅ Always try one more thing ✅ Celebrate everyth...
Sep 19, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
