Dr. Peggy Bown and Laura Caswell - Reimagining sensory-friendly businesses

11/24/20 • 58 min

In this episode of the Sensory Friendly Solutions Podcast our Host Matt George is chatting with Dr. Peggy Bown, dentist, and Laura Caswell, theatre Director of Education.
EPISODE GUIDE
4:49 Dr. Bown's Introduction
7:26 Peggy's COVID-19 Experience
11:10 Laura Caswell's Introduction
15:12 Laura reflects on the early days of COVID-19
20:14 Peggy introduces Sensory Friendly service provision
25:58 Dr. Bown tells us about the "Patient Experience"
27:33 Laura's Sensory Friendly journey with Neptune Theatre
32:12 Laura's strategy for reducing the noise of the current moment
33:39 Peggy's strategy for reducing the noise of the current moment
37:00 Season 1 Recap with Christel Seeberger
SEASON 1 RECAP
Tune in to the final segment of this episode to hear Christel & Matt review the most impactful themes of Season 1.

Thanks for listening - Christel Seeberger and the Sensory Friendly Solutions Team.
Full blog posts and transcripts for each episode can be found on our website.
Podcast leadership is provided by Sensory Friendly Solutions Founder and CEO Christel Seeberger.
This podcast was produced by Matt George and was engineered by Zachary Pelletier.
Thank you to our sponsor TakingITGlobal, ensuring that youth around the world are actively engaged. Head to risingyouth.ca to learn more and to become the next RisingYouth grant recipient.
The podcast is also supported by New Brunswick Community College as part of the Community Resource Awareness During and After COVID-19 applied research project, funded by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. Learn more about NBCC's efforts to transform lives and communities

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EPISODE GUIDE:
3:17 Trish's radical transitions in 2020
7:03 Trish's experience in broadcasting
8:39 Trish's thoughts on Podcasting
10:00 Trish did not take her family for granted
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12:37 On Working From Home (WFH)
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21:47 Why don't more families pursue diagnosis?
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EPISODE GUIDE:
3:48 Dr. Grandin shares her childhood experience living with autism
4:38 Dr. Grandin shares her top research priorities
5:24 Educating other researchers
8:17 What are the types of thinking?
10:32 Importance of routine during COVID-19
18:53 Thoughts on standardized education
24:11 What does high but reasonable expectations look like?

INNOVATION:

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Thanks for listening - Christel Seeberger and the Sensory Friendly Solutions Team.
Full blog posts and transcripts for each episode can be found on our website.
Podcast leadership is provided by Sensory Friendly Solutions Founder & CEO Christel Seeberger.
This podcast was produced by Matt George and was engineered by Zachary Pelletier.
Thank you to our sponsor TakingITGlobal, ensuring that youth around the world are actively engaged. Head to risingyouth.ca to learn more and to become the next RisingYouth grant recipient.
The podcast is also supported by New Brunswick Community College as part of the Community Resource Awareness During and After COVID-19 applied research project, funded by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. Learn more about NBCC's efforts to transform lives and communities

Sensory Friendly Solutions - Dr. Peggy Bown and Laura Caswell - Reimagining sensory-friendly businesses

Transcript

Matt (00:00):

Today's episode of The Sensory Friendly Solutions podcast on the Unsettled Media Podcast Network is brought to you by Sensory Friendly Solutions. Discover sensory friendly solutions for daily life. To learn more head to sensoryfriendly.net.

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