Episode 12: An SLPA's Perspective on Promoting Neurodiversity w/ Clarissa Behrens, B.S., SLPA
Neurotwist: A Speech Pathologist's Journey Through NeurodiversityShow Notes
This is our 4th episode of Prep for An Affirming School Year, where we're talking to school-based professionals about how they implement affirming practices in their setting and spread the word on their campus and in their districts. In this episode, SLPA Clarissa Behrens speaks about the opportunities she's had to share new ideas with supervisors and others on her team, and how she makes neurodiversity approachable to others in her school.
Note: at about 10:15 Clarissa mentions "whole body listening". She would like to clarify that she's referring to "old" whole body listening, which has been revised by Elizabeth Sautter to be much more affirming.
Clarissa's recommended resources:
-PODCAST: Two Sides of the Spectrum podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-sides-of-the-spectrum/id1514489746
- Learn Play Thrive - (trainings) https://learnplaythrive.com/trainings/ -Rachel Dorsey Autistic SLP https://dorseyslp.com/
-Autism Level Uphttps://www.autismlevelup.com/
-Neuroclastic https://neuroclastic.com/ -Play spark https://play-spark.com/educational-handouts -Neurodiversity Strengths Checklist file:///Users/cbehrens/Downloads/Neurodiversity%20Strengths%20Checklist.pdf -Autistic Self advocacy Network (ASAN) https://autisticadvocacy.org/
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