{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwo-sides-of-the-spectrum.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fstrengths-vDFfiiie","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"A Strengths-Based Approach to Autism Interventions with Dr. Kristie Patten","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/62e905a3-f925-4404-974d-ccbaebf8701a/536b161b-5ed6-407d-8711-ceab228f2f87/4.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Kristie Patten is the chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy at New York University whose cutting-edge work focuses on using strength-based approaches in autism. Join us in this episode as we delve into:\n\n- How most OTs wound up using a deficits-based model with autistic kids and why this is not serving our clients well\n\n- Why we should move away from withholding kids' interests from them. We'll also talk about how first-then schedules and even limiting screen time may fall into this category \n\n- How we can support autistic clients to build from their strengths to support their joy and participation in life, leisure, and work\n\n- What we should be doing instead of social skills groups\n\n- Why it's really easy to be a bad therapist and really hard to be a good one (plus some concrete steps to take to help get us there!)\n\n"}