Safety As The Foundation of Everything
with Dr. Gillian Boudreau
10/01/2025
Episode 67 was one of our most impactful episodes ever, and today we invite you to relisten. Often as OTs and SLPs we skip right to teaching our Autistic clients new skills. But what about their feelings of felt safety while they are with us? What work do we need to do so that we can show up calm and connected and ready to support our Autistic kids to feel truly safe before they are ready to learn? Psychologist and school psychologist Dr. Gillian Boudreau talks us through this essential and often overlooked first step to supporting our Autistic clients. This is a re-airing of episode 67 in preparation for our next episode, which will be a new conversation with Dr. Gillian Boudreau that builds on this incredibly impactful episode.
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Show Notes
- Join Dr. Gillian Boudreau’s Spring 2026 Reflective Practice Group
- Check out Gillian’s online CE course, Calm is Contagious, open for registration through December 16, 2025
- Learn more from/about Gillian at her Website and Instagram: @CalmConnectionPsychology
- Mentioned in this episode:
- Paula Tursi, yoga teacher/counselor, and blogs like anxiety (& our nervous systems), and the importance of breath (for our nervous systems)
- Kristin Neff’s website,org
- Parenting Program ‘Circle of Security‘ & specifically their “Shark music” video
- Revisit Episode 42 with Corrie Price for supporting teachers’ well-being in inclusive preschool settings