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✅ OCD vs Autism: autism celebrates identity, OCD only causes distress.
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✅ Real Event OCD: invents false narratives around dim memories.
✅ The OCD Cycle: obsession, anxiety, compulsion, relief, then repeat.
✅ Breaking Compulsions: not doing them weakens the entire cycle.
✅ Compulsions vs Rituals: compulsions fear-based, rituals come from joy.
✅ Repetition Source: joy means encourage, fear means co-regulate.
✅ Living Around OCD: continue normal life despite intrusive thoughts.suelarkey.com.au/ocd-autism-classroom-strategies
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✅ Core Understanding: Perfectionism in neurodivergent kids stems from anxiety, not standards.
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✅ ADHD Perfectionism: Won't start, gives up quickly, fears failure intensely.
✅ ODD Perfectionism: Refusal and arguing mask deep vulnerability and control needs.
✅ PDA Perfectionism: Loss of control drives anxiety-driven demand avoidance.
✅ Autism Perfectionism: Rigidity and repetition needed for predictability and rightness.
✅ OCD Perfectionism: Checking behaviors prevent feared catastrophes from happening.
✅ Key Strategy: Tailor support by understanding each diagnosis's underlying drivers.suelarkey.com.au/perfectionism-in-neurodiverse-children
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✅ Emotional Regulation: Teach children to recognize and manage their emotions daily.
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✅ Device Dependency: Screens prevent kids from learning to regulate emotions naturally.
✅ Developmental Gap: Kids with autism/ADHD are three years behind developmentally.
✅ Replace Behavior: Behavior serves a purpose; you can only replace it.
✅ Meltdown Stages: Understand buildup, survival, and meltdown/shutdown phases to intervene.
✅ Executive Function: Emotional control is a muscle requiring consistent practice.
✅ Whole-Class Approach: Teach emotional regulation to all children, not just struggling ones.suelarkey.com.au/teaching-emotional-regulation-children
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✅ Medication Discovery: Different medications affect each child uniquely and require trial.
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✅ Documentation Practice: Keep diary or voice memos tracking behavior and dosage changes.
✅ Team Approach: Collaborate with parents, teachers, and doctors for best outcomes.
✅ School Impact: Right medication enables children to concentrate and access therapies.
✅ Parental Alignment: Partners may need education to understand medication benefits clearly.
✅ Child's Voice: Listen to child's experiences and observations about medication effects.
✅ Transition Monitoring: Growth, hormones, and school changes require ongoing medication adjustment.suelarkey.com.au/neurodiverse-and-medication-strategies
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✅ Staff Training: Workshops help preschools engage neurodiverse children effectively.
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✅ Teaching Methods: Direct, engineered, and incidental strategies adapt learning.
✅ Backward Chaining: Children succeed by completing only the final step.
✅ Visuals & Communication: Picture exchange supports nonverbal and limited-speech children.
✅ Now-Next-Later: Visual schedules clarify activities and reduce child anxiety.
✅ Self-Regulation: Preventative breaks, sensory tools, and calm moments help.
✅ Toilet Training: Use routine timing, not waiting for readiness.suelarkey.com.au/early-childhood-classroom-strategies
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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.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Timers and Schedules: Visual tools reduce anxiety and support transitions.
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✅ Red Beast Workbook: Teaches anger regulation using dimmer switch concept.
✅ Emotion Picture Books: Help children identify and manage feelings.
✅ Self-Control Resources: Lauren Bruner books support regulation and writing.
✅ Sensory Tools: Tokens, morphs, and timers aid regulation.
✅ PDA Understanding: Books explain pathological demand avoidance effectively.
✅ Girls Neurodiversity: Resources help girls understand ADHD and autism.suelarkey.com.au/audhd-classroom-support-strategies
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✅ AuDHD: Autism and ADHD diagnosed together in same person.
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✅ RSD: 98% with ADHD experience hypersensitivity to negative feedback.
✅ Prevalence: 50-70% of autistic people also have ADHD.
✅ Contradictions: AuDHD students need routine some days, variety others.
✅ Sensory: Often overlooked in ADHD but highly impactful.
✅ Strategies: Use visuals, kinesthetic learning, movement breaks consistently.
✅ Management: Label emotions and take thoughts to court.suelarkey.com.au/audhd-classroom-support-strategies
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Masking: Girls mask autism symptoms making diagnosis difficult for teachers.
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✅ Shutdowns: Shutdowns show quiet withdrawal meltdowns show overt emotional distress.
✅ Indicators: Watch for perfectionism anxiety comprehension gaps and excessive helpfulness.
✅ Communication: Parent teacher trust and communication identify masked symptoms effectively.
✅ Accommodations: Universal classroom accommodations help all students including masked neurodivergent children.
✅ Awareness: Diagnosis helps individuals understand how their brain works differently.
✅ Resources: Library books on neurodiversity help children self identify autism ADHD.suelarkey.com.au/audhd-girls-classroom-support
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✅ Five Key Strategies: Calm, time, space, communication, distraction deescalate meltdowns.
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✅ Meltdown Type: Overwhelming loss of control, different from a tantrum.
✅ Prevention Strategies: Routines, visuals, timers, quiet spaces reduce meltdown occurrence.
✅ During Peak Meltdown: Treat like seizure—remove bystanders, ensure safety.
✅ After Meltdown: Move forward, avoid dwelling, focus on prevention strategies.
✅ Communication Method: Use "now, next, later" instead of saying "no."
✅ Self-Regulation: Teach emotional literacy so students manage their own emotions.suelarkey.com.au/de-escalation-strategies-for-meltdowns
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ PDA vs ODD: PDA is autism-based; ODD recognizes authority.
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✅ Authenticity Essential: PDA individuals instantly detect false or inauthentic behavior.
✅ Real Choices: Offer exactly two options, never open-ended.
✅ Structure Plus Autonomy: Combine routine with freedom like holidays.
✅ Shared Demands: Working together halves perceived anxiety and demands.
✅ Fresh Daily Starts: Each day deserves a clean slate.
✅ Emotional Honesty: Model feeling words and processing aloud.suelarkey.com.au/pda-odd-difference
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✅ Choice-Making Complexity: requires problem-solving and understanding consequences.
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✅ Anxiety-Problem Solving Link: higher anxiety lowers ability.
✅ Autism Strategies: offer two real choices always.
✅ PDA Approach: provide autonomy through indirect language.
✅ ADHD Support: time limits and visuals prevent overload.
✅ ODD Management: stay calm; avoid power struggle traps.
✅ Educational Outcome: define your goal before offering choices.suelarkey.com.au/choice-making-neurodiversity-classroom-strategies
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Executive Functioning: Brain's admin team managing planning, organizing, deadlines, emotions.
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✅ Autistic Inertia: Difficulty shifting gears from rest to action or stopping.
✅ Environment Over Child: Modify structure, not the child—autism plus environment equals outcome.
✅ Neurological vs Behavioral: Executive functioning issues are can't-do, not lazy won't-do.
✅ Object Permanence Anxiety: Out-of-sight tasks create persistent worry about completion.
✅ Understanding Changes Adults: Why matters more than what for changing practitioner approach.
✅ Neurotypical Privilege: Neurotypical brains process less information; world designed for them.suelarkey.com.au/executive-functioning-classroom-strategies
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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.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Executive Functioning: air traffic controller managing stimuli and focus.
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✅ Seven Components: emotional control, impulse, planning, organizing, task initiation.
✅ Practice: Executive functioning improves with consistent practice like muscles.
✅ Emotional Control: Children struggle with emotions and negative feedback.
✅ Task Initiation: Five-minute warnings and rewards help start tasks.
✅ Organization: Minimize distractions and keep items in one place.
✅ Working Memory: Break tasks into visual steps with routines.suelarkey.com.au/executive-functioning-as-strategies
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Meeting Tone: Be mindful of tone and choose comfortable environments.
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✅ Positive Feedback: Always share four positives for every negative.
✅ Collaborative Approach: Work together with parents, don't be adversarial.
✅ Gather Evidence: Keep detailed behavioral notes with dates and examples.
✅ Professional Boundaries: Never diagnose or recommend medication as teacher.
✅ Documentation Trail: Email meeting summaries, next steps, and follow-ups.
✅ Red Flags: Monitor social, emotional, and academic development areas.suelarkey.com.au/talking-to-parents-diagnosis
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Diverse Learners: use multiple strategies for each child's individual needs.
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✅ Ultimate Guide: 500+ strategies from early years through adult life.
✅ Meltdown Types: distinguish behavior, sensory, and tantrum for effective plans.
✅ Visual Timers: time timers show children remaining time visually.
✅ Whole-Class Approach: teach social skills with entire class for support.
✅ Girls Underdiagnosed: girls show different traits; need recognition and support.
✅ Metaphor Tools: red beast and similar books help normalize emotions.suelarkey.com.au/neurodiverse-student-support-tools
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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.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Behavior Communication: Children communicate needs through challenging behavior.
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✅ Environment Over Child: Adjust structures to support children's needs.
✅ Mistake Anxiety: Fear of errors triggers avoidance and perfectionism.
✅ Control Through First: Being first provides predictability and emotional regulation.
✅ Fair Over Equal: Meet individual needs, not identical treatment.
✅ Short Strategy Videos: Forty-nine five-minute videos teach practical behavior responses.
✅ Find The Need: Identify missing support, then provide appropriate accommodations.suelarkey.com.au/neurodiverse-children-classroom-strategies
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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.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Time Blindness: neurodiverse individuals struggle to perceive passing time accurately.
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✅ Visual Timers: make time visible and accessible for all students.
✅ Digital Schedules: portable schedules with digital time beat analog clocks.
✅ Task Breakdown: split work into smaller parts to reduce overwhelm.
✅ Warnings: give five-minute warnings before transitions or activity endings.
✅ Routines: work backward from bedtime to plan evening schedule.
✅ Reinforcement: acknowledge when children manage time well and independently.suelarkey.com.au/visual-timers-neurodiverse-students
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Motor Skills: Poor fine and gross motor impacts handwriting ability.
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✅ Routines: Establish clear routines from day one to reduce stress.
✅ Timers and Visuals: Use visual supports to manage transitions effectively.
✅ Interception: Many neurodivergent kids miss thirst, hunger, toilet body signals.
✅ IEP Collaboration: Involve teacher assistants, parents, specialists in planning meetings.
✅ Homework Systems: Provide clear workspace, timers, buddy support, movement breaks.
✅ Behavior Strategies: Reference practical strategy books rather than custom materials.suelarkey.com.au/classroom-setup-neurodiverse-students
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In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Preparation: Give at least two weeks advance warning.
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✅ Social Stories: Use pictures and videos of venue.
✅ Optional Activities: Allow kids to skip uncomfortable tasks.
✅ Food Flexibility: Let kids bring preferred meals or drinks.
✅ Sensory Accommodation: Consider seating, noise, temperature, clothing.
✅ Emotional Support: Discuss feelings and regulation strategies.
✅ Peer Mentoring: Have older kids share their experiences.suelarkey.com.au/school-camp-neurodiverse-students-preparation
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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.
In this episode, we will discuss:
✅ Emotional Literacy: Children learn language to understand feelings.
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✅ Magical Metaphor: Book uses magic powers for engagement.
✅ Feelings Town: Story setting with different emotional stops.
✅ Stop Sign Strategy: Key tool for emotional regulation.
✅ Choice and Control: Children personalize their regulation approaches.
✅ Whole-Class Participation: Everyone creates stop signs together.
✅ Adult Modeling: Adults show their own emotional regulation.suelarkey.com.au/teaching-children-self-regulation
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