Neurodiversity & Autism 101
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Olivia Layfield
11:48
Good morning everyone !! I am excited to be professionally developing .
Olivia Layfield
12:03
With you all today !
April Vanderlinden
13:29
Good morning, Olivia! We are glad to have you here with us today!
Kendra Wolf
13:33
Good morning all! Thank you for joining us, Olivia. We’re excited to have you here, too!
Mharris@cinhs.net
14:14
Good Morning from Cook Inlat Native Head Start in Alaska
Kendra Wolf
16:40
Please share where you are joining us from in the chat!
Steven Reese
16:52
Good Morning from Kuspuk School District
Sarah Holland
16:56
Good morning, I am Sarah, from Anchorage
Airis/Brian
17:00
Hello we are parents to a child with autism in Anchorage.
Olivia Layfield
17:12
I am from Nenana Ak . I work as a Para !
Suzanne Lawrence
17:23
Morning - this is Sue from Wasilla
Lesle Moore
17:36
Good Morning! Lesle Moore, VR Counselor; Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, DeBarr Office
Brian Babcock
17:47
Anchorage :-)
Dana Myers
17:55
Good morning! This is Dana from Kodiak
Francis B
17:56
Good morning from the Philippines! 😀
Leanne Dickson
18:12
Hi, I'm Leanne Dickson and I'm in Anchorage.
Shane Phillips
18:21
Anchorage
Gabriella Timuscuk
18:26
Anchorage!
Shanice Roache
18:34
Good Morning Everyone, My name is Shanice Roache I work for the State of Alaska as the clinic coordinator for our Pediatric Neurodevelopmental outreach clinic
J G
21:07
Hello, All ... I'm Jessica... a parent from Anchorage
Michelle Nelson
24:10
Michelle houston alaska
Jessica Weaver
24:27
Good morning, I'm Jessica from Cordova.
Rocky Eddy
24:56
Hi all- Rocky from Alaska's First City, Ketchikan;-)
Sonia Szczesniak
25:19
Hello Everyone
Sonia Szczesniak
26:16
We will have the list up shortly. Sorry for the delay!
whited_patricia
26:28
Patty Whited. Special Ed. teacher. Anchorage, AK
Rebecca Calfina
28:20
Good Morning! I’m Rebecca, an autism parent in Cordova. You are doing great!
Meredith Mesquita
28:53
Hello! I'm a pediatric speech-language pathologist in Anchorage. Excited to be here!
Dorely Velarde
29:58
hiking
Francis B
30:00
hiking and biking
Bridget Calvery
30:00
Walking and himing
Airis/Brian
30:04
My husband loves PSL, and I love watching the leaves change.
Suzanne Lawrence
30:04
Watching the color changes
Lesle Moore
30:05
Making Soup!
Olivia Layfield
30:06
I love to hike to see the beautiful leaves!! And cider !!
Mharris@cinhs.net
30:06
taking a walk at my favorite trails
Jessica Weaver
30:07
Hiking :)
Ginger Okumoto
30:07
carving pumpkins
Brian Babcock
30:07
Harvesting.
Steven Reese
30:09
Having a cocktail why watching the river freeze up from the front porch
Sarah Holland
30:09
pumpkin carving,
whited_patricia
30:10
walks
Rocky Eddy
30:13
Taking dog for a walk on a nice fall day
Tracey Morgan
30:14
walks
Michelle Nelson
30:19
playing with my dogs in the leaves
Sarah Holland
30:21
having a campfire, with coffee
Laurie Hodne
30:22
Pumpkin Patch
Gabriella Timuscuk
30:23
Earing apple cider donuts
Dale Ebcas
30:28
Hiking 🙂
Meredith Mesquita
30:31
Drinking more pumpkin flavored hot drinks!
Olivia Layfield
30:35
yesss
Leanne Dickson
30:39
Watching the summer give way to snow!
Francis B
30:39
yes
Mharris@cinhs.net
30:39
yea
J G
30:44
getting my boy outside while we still can!
Dale Ebcas
30:44
Yes 🙂
Suzanne Lawrence
30:46
yes
Bridget Calvery
30:48
how to turn off transcript
Michelle Nelson
30:55
yes
Kendra Wolf
34:41
Thanks for letting us know! We will work to change that
Jessica Weaver
38:08
songs
Francis B
38:08
visual skills - so great at painting, memory recall of design
Lesle Moore
38:09
creativity
Patrick James Barcelona
38:10
Listening skills
Mharris@cinhs.net
38:11
visual skills, creativeity
Dorely Velarde
38:11
organized
Debbie Mekiana
38:12
hyper focused
Suzanne Lawrence
38:16
listening skills
Laurie Hodne
38:18
artistic
Sarah Holland
38:18
drawing animals, and having knowledge of all animals around the world
Michelle Nelson
38:22
detail oriented
Olivia Layfield
38:23
My students are great at creativity !
Evelyn Booth
38:25
Drawing
Steven Reese
38:25
flexibility
Brian Babcock
38:26
curiosity
whited_patricia
38:27
great memory
Rebecca Calfina
38:29
Talkative
Rocky Eddy
38:30
musically talented- knows so many songs on the radio
Dale Ebcas
38:30
Focused and energy
Leanne Dickson
38:31
Very good at identifying different plants and trees
Dana Myers
38:31
The ability to fully dive into a single subject and understand it fully
Ginger Okumoto
38:31
memory
Suzanne Lawrence
38:35
hyper focus and retention
Gabriella Timuscuk
38:37
creative and curiosity
Bridget Calvery
38:37
my child has extensive knowledge about his fav topics
Tracey Morgan
38:41
Loyal
Meredith Mesquita
38:45
great story teller
Evelyn Booth
38:48
Strong informational skills
Olivia Layfield
39:35
I work with students !
Suzanne Lawrence
39:55
Family member recently diagnosed
Sarah Holland
39:55
caregiver, provider adgency
Mharris@cinhs.net
39:57
being the Special needs coordinator I support teacher and student at Head Start
Leanne Dickson
40:31
I have in the past been a professional caregiver, and I have family who impacted as well.
Sonia Szczesniak
46:38
Wow! We have a wonderful group of participants today!
Debbie Mekiana
47:04
I would love for my 10 year old on the ASD To watch this video
Rocky Eddy
47:12
Wow- good, straightforward, informative, and well done video
Dorely Velarde
47:20
loved the comparison of sensory overload
Bridget Calvery
47:22
nice toshare with my son
Michelle Nelson
47:32
that is an excellent way of explaining Autism
Sonia Szczesniak
47:32
We will share the YouTube links
Evelyn Booth
47:40
My son with ASD would benefit from watching this cartoon, is it available online?
Francis B
47:47
ND as a term, has freed the individuals from a stigma of having ASD...
Evelyn Booth
47:52
Thank you Sonia
Sarah Holland
48:02
I liked that it was a way of looking at it in a different way, that there might be the senory overload,
Leanne Dickson
48:09
This clip was the best quick explanation of ASD I've come across, Thank you for sharing this!
Olivia Layfield
48:36
Very awesome video.
Suzanne Lawrence
48:41
This clip was real good
LoAna Benton
49:04
Awesome video thanks for sharing
Sonia Szczesniak
49:29
Amazing Things Happen
Sonia Szczesniak
49:33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwRrVw-CRo
Dale Ebcas
50:05
I love the way they show how we are all unique 🙂 and that their factors affecting a person with Autism.
Sonia Szczesniak
50:23
What’s Up With Nick
Sonia Szczesniak
50:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtRYKjucDHk
Evelyn Booth
51:16
Thank you Sonia
Rocky Eddy
51:31
This NIck video has such a good, easy going, up beat vibe- very informative too
Suzanne Lawrence
51:34
Thanks for the link
Dale Ebcas
51:37
Nick is just a kid and he is part of us 🙂 love it
Evelyn Booth
52:13
This video was a great example of an ASD child, I like how the students wanted to help nick.
Evelyn Booth
53:03
He had someone taking him out of classs
Sarah Holland
53:03
he likes planes
Patrick James Barcelona
53:06
Love for model airplanes
Mharris@cinhs.net
53:09
good at building and knowing about airplanes
Olivia Layfield
53:15
He likes to draw.
Lesle Moore
53:16
His love of planes
Dorely Velarde
53:19
model planes
Meredith Mesquita
53:20
learns a little differently
Rebecca Calfina
53:20
Not looking someone in the eyes
Suzanne Lawrence
53:21
Noises and keeping it quieter when working
Leanne Dickson
53:21
He really didn't like loud talking.
Francis B
53:22
loves to draw
Rocky Eddy
53:24
NIck can't handle lots of loud noise- they tried to keep their noise level down
Michelle Nelson
53:26
loves airplane and sharing info about them
Bridget Calvery
53:31
focus and only interested in one main subject
Dana Myers
53:33
How they can help with sensory difficulties
Gabriella Timuscuk
53:34
he likes to draw airplanes
Theresa Stefanski
53:35
That he really liked to talk about the model airplanes
reina peralta
53:44
Gets distracted with a lot of noise
Dale Ebcas
53:47
He loves airplanes 🙂
LoAna Benton
53:57
He likes airplanes
Kayla Coppess
54:38
Passionate about airplanes
April Vanderlinden
57:07
Here is the link for resource requests.
April Vanderlinden
57:26
https://www.alaskaarc.org/aarc-resources
Evelyn Booth
01:00:11
Thank you April
Evelyn Booth
01:02:59
true
Leanne Dickson
01:02:59
ture
Meredith Mesquita
01:02:59
True
Olivia Layfield
01:02:59
True !
Dorely Velarde
01:03:00
true
Dale Ebcas
01:03:00
true
Sarah Holland
01:03:01
true
Michelle Nelson
01:03:01
true
Dana Myers
01:03:01
True
Jessica Weaver
01:03:02
true
Francis B
01:03:02
True
Suzanne Lawrence
01:03:03
true
Tracey Morgan
01:03:04
true
Rocky Eddy
01:03:04
True:0
Bridget Calvery
01:03:04
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Rebecca Calfina
01:03:06
True
LoAna Benton
01:03:06
True
Caitie Jones
01:03:06
truuuee
reina peralta
01:03:06
true
Patrick James Barcelona
01:03:08
True?
Alyssa Rose-Miller
01:03:08
Yup! True
J G
01:03:11
true
Theresa Stefanski
01:03:13
true it is for all
Kayla Coppess
01:03:13
true
Gabriella Timuscuk
01:03:16
True
Sonia Szczesniak
01:11:22
Olivia Layfield
Sonia Szczesniak
01:11:31
Rebecca Calfina
Sonia Szczesniak
01:11:39
Leanne Dickson
Sonia Szczesniak
01:11:49
Alexander Ross
Sonia Szczesniak
01:11:54
Steven Reese
Sonia Szczesniak
01:12:24
aarc@sesa.org
Dale Ebcas
01:12:25
Congrats everyone and Sir Steven!
Francis B
01:12:45
👏
Sonia Szczesniak
01:12:55
kwolf@sesa.org
Kendra Wolf
01:12:56
kwolf@sesa.org
LoAna Benton
01:13:43
Congratulations everyone!