Sue Larkey Podcast - Autism (ASD), ADHD, ODD and PDA education

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✅ Origins: Dean began autism advocacy work in 2004 as a teenager.
✅ Executive Function: Brain's "admin team" handles planning and emotional regulation.
✅ Autistic Inertia: Difficulty shifting from stopped to started, or vice versa.
✅ Object Permanence: Hidden items feel forgotten, causing hidden anxiety.
✅ Reframing: Struggles are "can't do," not laziness or avoidance.
✅ Sensory Load: Autistic brains process significantly more information at rest.
✅ Environment Change: Adjusting structures helps all students, not just neurodivergent ones.
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To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD, please visit my website below.
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Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
✅ Executive Function: It's a brain muscle, improves with practice.
✅ Emotional Control: Kids overreact to small setbacks or mistakes.
✅ Impulse Control: Use visual wait signals instead of scolding.
✅ Planning: Break big tasks into smaller weekly chunks.
✅ Task Initiation: Give five-minute warnings to start work.
✅ Working Memory: Limit steps and reduce classroom distractions.
✅ Time Management: Use timers and routines to build independence.
Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link below
suelarkey.com.au/executive-function-skills-children
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To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD, please visit my website below.
elearning.suelarkey.com.au

Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
✅ Start Early: Begin transition planning in year five.
✅ School Visits: Visit school multiple times when crowded.
✅ Sensory Needs: Note sounds, smells, and uniform textures.
✅ Safe Spaces: Establish a calming spot for anxiety.
✅ Language Shift: Teach "unsure" instead of "I don't know".
✅ Peer Support: Use rotating peer mentors, not fixed pairs.
✅ Discreet Help: Use QR codes or signals, avoid aides.
Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link below
suelarkey.com.au/neurodiverse-secondary-school-transition
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To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD, please visit my website below.
elearning.suelarkey.com.au

Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
✅ Independence: Build routines so students work on their own.
✅ Coping Skills: Teach deep breaths, not just "calm down".
✅ Timing: Schedule support during each child's productive hours.
✅ Special Interests: Use passions like number plates to teach.
✅ Peer Help: Encourage "see two, then see me" habits.
✅ Avoid Helplessness: Let students attempt tasks before helping them.
✅ Breaking Tasks: Use highlighters to simplify overwhelming worksheets.
Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link below
suelarkey.com.au/teacher-assistant-support-strategies-classroom
Join the Facebook group specifically for this podcast
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Join my Neurodiversity Network
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To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD, please visit my website below.
elearning.suelarkey.com.au

Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
✅ Consistent TAs: Same TA builds healthy, stable attachment.
✅ Team Roles: Teachers and TAs support, not replace, each other.
✅ Ego Aside: Let another adult help when needed.
✅ Student Choice: Let teens choose how they use TA time.
✅ Withdrawal Timing: Don't pull kids from classes they enjoy.
✅ Behavior Meaning: Behavior communicates unmet needs or feelings.
✅ Generalization: Skills learned one place may not transfer.
Read more about this podcast in the show notes found via the link below
suelarkey.com.au/teacher-assistant-support-strategies
Join the Facebook group specifically for this podcast
www.facebook.com/groups/suelarkeypodcastcommunity/
Join my Neurodiversity Network
suelarkey.com.au/neurodiversity-network/
Follow my Instagram account for regular tips
www.instagram.com/sue.larkey/
To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD, please visit my website below.
elearning.suelarkey.com.au