Episode #15: BEHAVIOR BABBLE! 2nd 1/2 of Book Review: 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child (part 2)

Behavior Babble continues with part 2 our book review of "10 Days to a Less Defiant Child" by Jeffrey Bernstein. Barb and Pam review the last chapters of the book and reflect on how the book has been helpful in their support of parents. From garnering support in the extended family to working with school and other professionals, Bernstein and 10 Days has great tips, tricks, and reminders to help families support their defiant child.

Episode #14: BEHAVIOR BABBLE! Book Review of Ten Days To A Less Defiant Child (part 1)

The series, "Behavior Babble with Barb and Pam" continues! For this episode, we decided to read a popular best seller about behavior and give our two cents. Maybe this will help you pick it up or not? The book we chose was Ten Days To A Less Defiant Child by Dr. Jeffery Bernstein.

Episode #13: BEHAVIOR BABBLE! Home Versus School Behaviors with Pam Smith

When Behaviors Happen Only At Home or Only At School

For more information about Pam and Barb, check out their websites:
www.synergyautismcenter.com
and
www.pjsconsultation.com





Here are few resources we shared and/or alluded to during our conversation and/or ones

that we find immensely helpful in our work:

A broken feedback loop between the parent and child when the child has Autism is discussed in this

article. It is a mainstream article that glosses over some of the research but can be a good starting

point if you want more information on how the feedback between parent and child can be impacted.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/26/can-parental-training-improve-the-course-of-autism

Effects of Teacher Greetings on Student On-Task Behavior: This 2007 study of the effect of a

simple verbal interaction with each middle schooler in a class goes to the part of the conversation

where Barb was referring to a greeting from a teacher to a child impacts the attention to task

during class.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1885415/

And a couple of fun videos of teachers doing the above with students:

ABC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0jgcyfC2r8

3rd Grade Teacher in Wichita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VzOmZ4bdTw

Inclusion resource that we love….

https://www.paulakluth.com/

One of my all-time favorite TEDtalks on supporting creativity (and neurodiversity by default)

in schools:

https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en

We love Pam’s social goal regarding a student engaging in contingent exchanges rather than

just “turn taking.” Here is a sample:

A student will actively participate in up to 4 contingent exchanges with a familiar adult then a

less familiar adult then a peer across settings. A contingent exchange is either verbal and/or

nonverbal (e.g., Student asks peer “can I have a crayon, please.” Peer nods and holds out

crayons. Student takes the container of crayons and says “thank you.” Peer says “your welcome.”)

Conformity and autism - the autistic perspective. A great resource for learning more about

autism from the inside perspective.

http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/

Epidode #12: BEHAVIOR BABBLE! When a child is "being bad" with Pam Smith

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Barbara and Pam discuss the notion that children are not being bad when they exhibit a
challenging behavior. They delve deeper into one specific case that Pam brings up where
a child is being characterized as choosing to engage in difficult behaviors or is “being bad”.
They talk through how they support families and school teams to move past that thinking
to understand that behavior is communication.

Barb's main website: www.synergyautismcenter.com
Pam's main website: www.pjsconsultation.com

Here are few resources we shared and/or eluded to during our conversation and/or ones that we find
immensely helpful in our work:

Ross Greene

Lives in Balance (wrote Collaborative Problem Solving which he has since renamed Collaborative and
Proactive Solutions)

https://www.livesinthebalance.org/

Stuart Shanker

Helps us move from thinking a behavior is bad to a behavior being a stress response.

Excellent book and resources - available through his website

www.self-reg.ca

Temple Grandin

Well known speaker, advocate, and specialist in autism and livestock handling. She is extremely well
known and respected for her ability to share the “inside view” of autism, as an adult with autism. She
has several books and we will provide her website:

https://www.templegrandin.com/

Insanity quote

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”

Turns out we were both right! Or we were both wrong? Many people trace the quote back to Einstein but
apparently, there is no proof that he actually said it. It IS widely used, as Pam suggested, in recovery programs.
For more discussion on the origins (or non-origins) of the quote, you can read more here:

And

https://quoteinvestigator.com/?s=insanity

The Power of Habit Book

Some good ideas for changing habits and what it takes to change them. He dives into how we develop habits,
how triggers and routines continue them, and then how to create new ones. This is a nice introduction into
how setting events, rewards and consequences all shape behavior (the basis of many autism interventions)

https://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit/

How Habits are formed

There was a study in 2009 by Lally et al that found that it takes an average of 66 days to create a new habit.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.674

HIPAA

Healthcare Information Portability and Accountability Act

We will not be disclosing identifying details from the cases we discuss due to the fact that we are governed
by HIPAA which is a law that protects the privacy of medical information.

https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=31785

Episode 11: The Boy Who Dives Under the Table with Kristie Pretti-Frontczak

Hello and welcome to another episode of our wonderful Synergy Autism Podcast.

Today, I am chatting with my good friend and colleague, Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak. She was working with a classroom team in one of her trainings who was perplexed as to what to do for and with a child who dives under the table at the end of the day.

Listen in as we "unpack" what to do in the middle of the storm but then also how to return to the issue to teach and support in different ways. We explore what to do to:

• Decrease stressors
• Engage your whole classroom team in decreasing stressors
• Engage a parent who is there to pick up the child

An extra special thank you to Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak for another great question for us to discuss and share with you.

A couple of our favorite resources we mentioned during this podcast:

The Yes Brain by Tina Bryson and Dan Siegel

Self-Reg by Stuart Shanker

Our website for further exploration for teachers, parents, and administrators:

www.curiositytoyou.com

And my main website where I have links to local and online training and support services specializing in autism:

www.synergyautismcenter.com

Episode 10: When A Child Will Only Be Held with Kristie Pretti-Frontczak

Listen in to episode 10 where Barbara Avila and Kristie Pretti-Frontczak discuss a question Kristie got from the field (early childhood preschool classrooms)....

What do you do when a child will only be held and will "meltdown" if put down onto the floor, a chair, or elsewhere? How can that child be successful and how can I run a classroom when I am having to hold a child all day!?

https://soundcloud.com/synergyautismpodcast/episode-10-when-a-child-only-wants-to-be-held

Episode 9: When A Child Just Won't Join The Group! with Kristie Pretti-Frontczak

When a child says "NO WAY!" verbally or through their behavior - what do you do?!?

What IEP or IFSP can you possibly write?

What do you do when they refuse to join?

In this podcast, I am speaking with Dr. Kristi Pretti-Fronczak. We answer a question from one of her ECSE teams about a child who just won't join the group or any other activity for that matter. The team wants to know how to teach and what IEP/IFSP goals to write when this happens. Listen in as we hash this one out together!