AASR Live
A podcast from the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint
Episodes
193 episodes
Providing Neurodiversity-Affirming Support: A Relational Neuroscience-Informed Child and Youth Care Perspective
Please join us for “Providing Neurodiversity-Affirming Support: A Relational Neuroscience-Informed Child and Youth Care Perspective” with Nancy Marshall. Nancy Marshall (she/her) (PhD, MA CYC, RSW) is a Child and Youth Care (CYC) pr...
Understanding the Impact of Restraint and Seclusion: A Parent Panel Discussion
Please join us for “Understanding the Impact of Restraint and Seclusion: A Parent Panel Discussion.”Chantelle HydeChantelle’s advocacy began with her desire to support families after learning that her daughter was locked in a room at...
Facing the Fantasy, Finding the Way Forward: A New Book from Doris and Rick Bowman
Please join us for “Facing the Fantasy, Finding the Way Forward: A New Book from Doris and Rick Bowman.”Bringing together their combined experience and expertise in the fields of both mental health and education, Rick and Doris Bowman, a...
What Social Psychology Says About Behaviorism, and Five Things to Try Instead
Join us for “What Social Psychology Says About Behaviorism, and Five Things to Try Instead” with Dr. Arielle Silverman.In this presentation, Dr. Silverman will share research and theory from social psychology explaining why behaviorism (...
Fighting Ableism and Exclusionary Practices in Schools: A Conversation with Kara Dymond
Please join us for “Fighting Ableism and Exclusionary Practices in Schools: A Conversation with Kara Dymond.” Kara Dymond, Ph.D., is a late-diagnosed autistic/ADHD advocate, teacher, researcher, and award-winning teacher educator fr...
Lighting Up the Learning Brain: An Interview with Jessica Sinarski
Please join us for “Lighting Up the Learning Brain: An Interview with Jessica Sinarski.”Jessica Sinarski, LPCMH is an award-winning author, dynamic speaker, and the founder of BraveBrains. She has spent her entire career working with chi...
No Restraint: Disabled Children and Institutionalized Violence in America's Schools, an Interview with Dr. Charles Bell
Please join us for “No Restraint: Disabled Children and Institutionalized Violence in America's Schools, an Interview with Dr. Charles Bell.”Dr. Charles Bell is an award-winning associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice S...
Building Neuroinclusive Spaces Where Every Child Belongs
Please join us for “Building Neuroinclusive Spaces Where Every Child Belongs” with Lauren Hough Williams.Lauren (she/her) is a neurodiversity and inclusion specialist and an experienced special educator and is the Executive Director of t...
Understanding Autism in Context: A Discussion with Dr. Peter Vermeulen
Please join us for “Understanding Autism in Context: A Discussion with Dr. Peter Vermeulen.”Peter Vermeulen, PhD, has a Master's in Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences at the University of Leuven, Belgium (1985) and a PhD in Psychology a...
We Don't Need a 2.0 Version: Creating Neuroinclusive Schools by Rejecting Behaviorism and Neuronormativity
Please join us for “We Don't Need a 2.0 Version: Creating Neuroinclusive Schools by Rejecting Behaviorism and Neuronormativity” with Jenna Goldstein.Jenna Goldstein, MS/CAGS, Certified School Psychologist, is an AuDHD woman, school psych...
Reducing and Eliminating Restraint and Seclusion in Your State: An Interview with Cassie Atallah
Please join us for “Reducing and Eliminating Restraint and Seclusion in Your State: An Interview with Cassie Atallah.”Cassie Atallah is a Trauma Informed Changemaker with 10 years of teaching experience and 12 years of experience parenti...
Uncovering Cross Creek: From Survival to Screen
Please join us for “Uncovering Cross Creek: From Survival to Screen” with Jessy Greer.Jessy Greer is an actor, writer, and producer with over ten years of experience in entertainment. After moving from Houston to Los Angeles to study at ...
How to Assess the Hidden Meaning Behind Behaviors
Please join us for “How to Assess the Hidden Meaning Behind Behaviors” with Staci Neustadt and Susan Golubock.Staci Neustadt, CEO of Making Sense of Autism®, is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with over 20 years of experience prov...
Assistive Technology: to Innovate and Integrate Your Future
Please join us for “Assistive Technology: to Innovate and Integrate Your Future” with Sam Shepherd.Sam Shepherd is the founder of 3DA, a nonprofit that advocates for individuals with developmental disabilities across the country. 3DA foc...
Understanding Issues Impacting Black Neurodivergent Students
Please join us for “Understanding Issues Impacting Black Neurodivergent Students” with Cheryl Poe.Cheryl Poe is the founder and Executive Director of Advocating 4 Kids, Inc., a Special Education Advocacy organization that provides resour...
Leading with the Heart with Jase Williams
Please join us for “Leading with the Heart with Jase Williams.”Jase Williams is a TEDx Speaker who has 25 years of experience working as an educator and is the former Principal of Henry Hill School who won the prestigious Prime Minister’...
Disruption in Schools: A New Book from Ben Sacco
Please join us for “Disruption in Schools: A New Book from Ben Sacco."Ben is an education specialist and Author of ‘Disruption in Schools: Understand me before you mark me!’. He works with schools, teachers, and principals to tackle issu...
Collaborative Curiosity and the Unstuck Protocol: The Best Way to Prevent Restraint and Seclusion Is to Not Have a Reason to Even Consider It
Please join us for “Collaborative Curiosity and the Unstuck Protocol: The Best Way to Prevent Restraint and Seclusion Is to Not Have a Reason to Even Consider It” with Jennie DunKley. As a special education consultant for over 25 ye...
Shifting the Narrative Starts with Parent Empowerment
Please join us for “Shifting the Narrative Starts with Parent Empowerment” with Stacy Badon and Torrin Kearns.Stacy and Torrin Co-host a podcast that seeks to dispel the myths, misconceptions, and fears around Everything Autism. Stacy Ba...
Your FBA Is a Fantasy: A Discussion with Doris and Rick Bowman About Their New Book
Please join us for “Your FBA Is a Fantasy: A Discussion with Doris and Rick Bowman About Their New Book.”Bringing together their combined experience and expertise in the fields of both mental health and education, Rick and Doris Bowman, ...
Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education
Please join us for “Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education” with Alex Shevrin Venet.Alex Shevrin Venet is an educator, author, and professional development facilitator based in Vermont. She teaches graduate teacher education at Vermon...
Trauma, Healing, and Positive Identity with Dr. Karyn Harvey, PhD.
Please join us for “Trauma, Healing, and Positive Identity with Dr. Karyn Harvey, PhD.”Karyn Harvey has worked as a clinician in the field of intellectual disabilities for over 35 years. She has her Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychol...
Shifting from Retribution to Repair: A Discussion with Margaret Thorsborne
Please join us for “Shifting from Retribution to Repair: A Discussion with Margaret Thorsborne.”Margaret Thorsborne is an author, trainer, and facilitator of Restorative Practice with a background in education and counselling. She is a p...
Creating a Neurodiversity-Affirming Classroom: An Interview with Kara Dymond About Her New Book
Please join us for “Creating a Neurodiversity-Affirming Classroom: An Interview with Kara Dymond About Her New Book."Kara Dymond, OCT, PhD, is a late-diagnosed autistic and ADHD advocate, teacher, author, researcher, and award-winning un...
A Data-Driven Analysis of Why Black Students and Students with Disabilities are Arrested Disproportionately in Maryland Public Schools
Please join us for “A Data-Driven Analysis of Why Black Students and Students with Disabilities are Arrested Disproportionately in Maryland Public Schools” with Tamara Ward.Tamara Ward is a 2023 NABJ Pew Youth Justice Fellow. A MDDC Pres...
