The Autism Helper Podcast

When is the last time your data actually changed a decision you made? In this episode, we're getting honest about the difference between data collection and data use - and how compliance culture has turned one of our most important tools into busywork. We talk about what meaningful data systems look like, why collecting less is often more effective, and how to build a practice where data actually drives instruction instead of just filling binders.
Cooper, Heron & Heward (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Pearson.
Stecker et al. (2005). Using curriculum-based measurement to improve student achievement. Psychology in the Schools.
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Name a student who crushed your social skills curriculum and still eats alone at lunch. In this episode, we're asking why - and the answer has a lot to do with how we're delivering instruction. We talk about why social skills taught in isolation rarely transfer, the important difference between a social skills deficit and a social performance deficit, and what peer-mediated and naturalistic approaches actually look like when done well.
Bellini et al. (2007). A meta-analysis of school-based social skills interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders. Remedial and Special Education.
Koenig et al. (2010). Promoting social skills. In Zager (Ed.), Autism spectrum disorders.
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We have calm-down kits for our students, co-regulation protocols, and zones of regulation posters on the wall. But nobody talks about what happens when the teacher is the dysregulated one. In this episode, we get into the neuroscience of why you cannot co-regulate from a flooded nervous system, why special ed teachers are especially at risk, and practical strategies for regulating yourself in the middle of a really hard classroom moment.
Porges, S.W. (2011). The polyvagal theory. W.W. Norton & Company.
Herman et al. (2021). Teacher emotion regulation and student behavior outcomes. Journal of School Psychology.
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What happens to behavior in your classroom when you forget the reinforcers? If the answer is 'everything falls apart' - that tells you something important about your system. In this episode, we're talking about the difference between reinforcement and bribery, how well-intentioned reward systems create dependency, and what it looks like to build toward natural reinforcers so students aren't permanently tethered to a token board or prize box.
Deci, Koestner & Ryan (1999). A meta-analytic review of experiments examining the effects of extrinsic rewards. Psychological Bulletin.
Cooper, Heron & Heward (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Pearson.
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If a student can label colors at your table but not point to one at snack - did they really learn colors? Generalization is the actual destination of all our instruction, and most of us plan for skill acquisition and call it done. In this episode, we talk about what generalization actually means, why we skip it, and simple ways to build it into your teaching without starting from scratch.
Stokes & Baer (1977). An implicit technology of generalization. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Horner et al. (1988). The role of response efficiency in the reduction of problem behaviors. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps.
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