The Vysdym Podcast
Are you feeling stuck and achingly hopeless with your current parenting strategies for your neurodiverse child? Welcome to Vysdym- Wisdom for Neurodiverse Parenting from a Neurodiverse Occupational Therapist and Parenting coach. Join Maggie, as she unveils the beautifully complex world of Neurodiversity. In each episode you will be offered a cocktail of unfiltered honesty and tender compassion, because neurodiverse children deserve better; and better begins with us.
The Vysdym Podcast
A secure attachment for autistic kids? Hell Yes!
Skills like speech, language and motor abilities are important, but they are impossible to learn and retain without establishing a baseline of safety. The only way to get your autistic child to engage with you is by nurturing a secure attachment. In over a decade of practicing Occupational Therapy, it is the only strategy that resulted in autistic kids letting me into their world repeatedly which opened up infinite possibilities for both the child and me, as the therapist. It is a strategy that MUST be transferred to one/both parents. This episode is for those parents who are willing to do the hard work. A secure attachment is a gift that keeps on giving, for you and your baby! Give it a listen if that stirs something in you.
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