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Feb 2025: Unconditional with Jase Williams : Elen Nathan

This podcast with Jase Williams explores the complexities of being an educator trying to support neurodivergent students in the classroom, with a trauma informed lens. 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0yIjziEPyYk4DznNcN5fOO?si=3fN2BbEhRy6W0CGw25tCzQ

Feb 2024: Neuroscience and Trauma Informed Network Aotearoa: Korero with Elen Nathan.

This recording discusses trauma - the impact trauma has on developing sensory systems, how experiencing the world can be traumatic for neurodivergent or non-speaking people, common sensory triggers & behaviours experienced everyday for educators and parents such as biting, and ways to look at that through a broad sensory lens as well as exploring ways to increase sensory safety and wellbeing. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prKvtUJ8hpc

September 2024: Parenting Neurodivergent Kids Together : Interoception and Neuroception

This podcast with Tanya explores the 8th and 9th sensory systems a bit deeper.   https://open.spotify.com/episode/1cOJwCQC2QXQZeloxPMrg5?si=55f3d0c614a34643

July 2024 Podcast: No Such Thing As Normal: Sensory Challenges - when you feel too much.

This 35 minute podcast with Sonia Gray sets out to explain why people with sensory differences respond the way they do in overwhelming situations and to help us understand that these reactions are not choices, they are brain and body driven responses to keep ourselves safe.  https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ydneW4ETrejTY6gnr4Abq?si=5992ab784fbc4c60

April 2024 Podcast: Parenting Neurodivergent Kids Together : The 9 Sensory Systems (part 1)

This 50 minute podcast with Tanya explores the 9 sensory systems and how they might be impact on everyday parenting. We discuss how the simple things like getting dressed can have huge knock on effects for our sensory kids.  https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/NakSSPkiFIb

April 2024 Podcast: Parenting Neurodivergent Kids Together : The 8 Sensory Systems with Elen Nathan

This 1 hour 20 minute podcast with Tanya  was the second recording. This one is a very succinct explanation of all 8 sensory systems, and what are flags one could look for that might indicate hyper or hypo sensory processing differences.   https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PDpcKMNoU1JOIz773NYmF?si=hq3eCr6vSXG6y6XhW6pRxg

May 2024 Podcast: Parenting Neurodivergent Kids Together : Exploring ARFID with Elen Nathan

This episode we unpack ARFID  - also known as selective eating.  https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TntjrkSKeNOXkY2PuBoBN?si=9-c0TDgYSJKsi9WQkm9Vug

May 2024 Podcast: 1 in 10: The Little Miracles Trust Podcast, with Elen Nathan

Discussing my personal journey with having a premature baby, this one shares the lived experience of going through a medical emergency birth with both my mum hat and my occupational therapist hats on. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KHcl0BHOC8aw5ea7Z7kUl?si=XvlwsMQcTZKO_A4-5A8vZA

June 2024 Podcast: Play Conversations with Dr Sarah Aiono of Longworth Education.

This podcast discusses our 8 (9) sensory systems and how they impact play and development. 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6trKvV43KuW65EfABf5Na3?si=zusfParYQHaquDuuhxaaTQ

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