E135: Untangling Behavior with CPS through a Neurodiversity Affirming Lens with Santana Ficken
The Parent IEP Lab
English - July 25, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingParenting Kids & Family Education How To autism iep parenting advocacy cerebralpalsey disability downsyndrome parentingdisability parentstories specialeducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
CPS (Collaboritive Proactive Solutions) is a model that takes it a step deeper than "behavior" to find support needs or difficulties, and is also a model that teaches problem solving and buiding rapport.
Santana Ficken is a mental health provider and autustic adult that works as an advocate with Minasota NEAT, Minnesota Neurodivergent Education, Advocacy, and Therapy Services (MnNEAT), a non-profit group that specialized in supporting neurodivergent people to be included across the livespan.
In this episode we cover:
1) What the CPS model is and why it's worth it to invest time into learning
2) The "lens change" that can help get to the root of difficulties your child is experiencing (rather than everyone focusing on behavior)
3) How Santanna has used the model within the context of IEP advoacy
4) How the CPS method can help with identifyng accommodations and goals for your child
Minnasota NEAT: https://mnneat.org/
Minnasota NEAT email: [email protected]
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