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Parenting Hacks for Autism Families: Part 2

September 08, 2022 • Crystal Sanford • Season 3 • Episode 5

Parenting in general can be tough and rewarding at the same time. Life gets a little more tricky when you add Autism to the mix. Learn parenting hacks to implement asap from our guest, Clinical Speech Pathologist, Consultant, Author, and Mom, Susie Harder (https://www.authorable.com/).

Susie Harder
Susie Harder is a clinical speech-language pathologist who is also the Founder and Director of three organizations to support kids. As a speech-language pathologist, Susie worked in the school setting and taught graduate-level speech pathology courses until she opened her own practice, Central Valley Stuttering Center in Clovis CA. She is currently one of California's top requested workshop speakers in her area of specialty, a consultant for school districts across the state, a direct clinical service provider, and coaches parents in how to best support their kids at home. In addition, Susie is the Founder and Director of Kids Rebuild, a nonprofit she created to engage kids in a community-based rebuild project after the devastation of a wildfire. Her nonprofit journey led her into authoring a children's book to support kids who lost homes in a fire in her hometown. Her book, Where's My House? is a bestseller in 4 categories on Amazon with 100% of the book proceeds going toward kids who lost homes in the Central California Creek Fire.

Crystal Sanford, M.Ed.. M.A. CCC-SLP
Crystal is the owner and director of the Sanford Autism Advocacy Group, LLC (https://www.sdautismhelp.com), a consulting practice offering IEP advocacy and parent empowerment classes for fellow Autism families throughout the U.S. To learn more about IEP assistance and help advocating for the special education your child deserves, contact our team at info@sdautismhelp.com. For San Diego families, Crystal has also opened the Sanford Speech & Learning Center (https://www.sanfordspeech.com), offering speech therapy and social groups for children of all abilities.

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