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Born to Be Free: Supporting Neurodivergent Clients to Learn, Play, & ThriveWhen Your Autistic Client Also Has OCD, Depression, Anxiety or Other Co-Occurrences: Affirming, Person-Centered Practices with Matt Lowry, LPP{{Two Sides of the Spectrum is now Born to Be Free!}} This episode is a sweeping overview of the co-occurring conditions that Autistic people often experience, including OCD, depression, anxiety, ADHD, PDA, and more. Autistic Licensed Psychological Practitioner Matt Lowry helps us take a topic that can feel huge and overwhelming and reduce it to a few core themes that make affirming practice feel clear, grounded, and simple, even when we are supporting clients with more complex profiles.
Matt Lowry lives and practices in Kentucky, where he specializes in autism and ADHD evaluations, and Autistic-centered therapy. He...
2026-05-2737 min
Born to Be Free: Supporting Neurodivergent Clients to Learn, Play, & ThriveTwo Sides --> Born To Be Free (New Podcast Name!)We have a new podcast name! Keep your eyes out for our first episode of Born to Be Free: Supporting Your Neurodivergent Clients to Learn, Play, and Thrive. The podcast is relaunching with an emphasis on all of the complexities our Autistic clients experience, and how we can support them in affirming ways. We're starting off with a focus on Autistic people who also have OCD, depression, anxiety, ADHD, multiple disabilities, motor difficulties, PDA, twice exceptionality, and more. Don't miss our first episode of Born to Be Free where we will talk about co-occurring conditions for Autistic people with...
2026-05-2001 min
Born to Be Free: Supporting Neurodivergent Clients to Learn, Play, & ThriveThe Holiday Dragon +A Gift from Us to YouHappy New Year! We're giving away a FREE 1.5 hour continuing education course by Autistic psychologist Matt Lowry to every professional who wants to watch it. It's called Understanding the Autistic Neurotype: A Deep-Dive from an Autistic Psychologist. It's registered for ASHA, AOTA, NASP, and ASWB CEUs and it's available on-demand from January 10 - February 21, 2024. Fill out the form at learnplaythrive.com/summit and to grab your spot! We'll be back in two weeks with a new episode.
For show notes as well as in-person and livestreamed CE trainings visit learnplaythrive.comFor more episodes...
2024-01-0302 min
Born to Be Free: Supporting Neurodivergent Clients to Learn, Play, & ThriveStrengths Based Diagnostics & "The Legend of Autistica" (re-release) with Matt LowryIn this episode, Autistic psychology practitioner Matt Lowry helps us dive into what a strengths-based diagnostics process looks like for autism, and the incredible difference this can make. We also explore what parents and other professionals should look for to find a neurodiversity-affirming evaluator when making a referral. And Matt reads us a story that he wrote called The Legend of Autistica, which is his poignant, hilarious, and insightful origin story of the Autistic people. This episode is re-release of episode 51.
For show notes as well as in-person and livestreamed CE trainings visit learnplaythrive.com
2023-10-041h 03
Born to Be Free: Supporting Neurodivergent Clients to Learn, Play, & ThriveStrengths Based Diagnostics & "The Legend of Autistica" with Matt LowryIn this episode, Autistic psychology practitioner Matt Lowry helps us dive into what a strengths-based diagnostics process looks like for autism, and the incredible difference this can make. We also explore what parents and other professionals should look for to find a neurodiversity-affirming evaluator when making a referral. And Matt reads us a story that he wrote called The Legend of Autistica, which is his poignant, hilarious, and insightful origin story of the Autistic people.
For show notes as well as in-person and livestreamed CE trainings visit learnplaythrive.comFor more episodes visit patreon...
2022-07-201h 04
Born to Be Free: Supporting Neurodivergent Clients to Learn, Play, & ThriveStrengths Based Approaches in Action: Answering Listener Questions with Matt BraunDr. Matt Braun is a speech language pathologist who owns a private practice in the Kansas City area. His doctoral thesis examined whether OTs and SLPs write our goals and evaluations from a strengths or deficits-based perspective. This episode is the third in a three-part series. First check out episodes 4 and 12, then join Dr. Braun in this episode we:- Explore what real, strengths-based, in-context intervention looks likes- Answer all of your listener questions about IEPs, reducing paperwork time, working with parents, and more!
For show notes as well a...
2020-11-1859 min