HeyJaredThe Autism Mom Coach
Do you sometimes feel like your life has been hijacked by Autism? If so, this is the podcast for you. The Autism Mom Coach is a podcast for moms who feel overwhelmed, afraid, and sometimes powerless as they raise their child with Autism.
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- 11
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- Sep 23, 2026
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Understanding After-School Meltdowns and Dysregulation in Autistic Children and Teens (Ep. 217) (opens the original)
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After-school meltdowns don't always look like meltdowns. Some autistic children come home yelling, arguing, or provoking their siblings. Others head straight to their bedrooms and refuse to talk. And some follow Mom from room to room, asking repeated questions or needing constant reassurance. In this episode, Lisa Candera, The Autism Mom Coach, introduces three after-school patterns: the Collider, the Cocooner, and the Clinger. She explains how these patterns can change as autistic children grow
The School Called About Your Autistic Child. Should You Rehash It at Home? (Ep. 216) (opens the original)
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You get the call, the email, or the communication log, and now you are holding information about your autistic child's school day that they do not know you have. The question is whether to bring it up at home, and if you do, when and how. In this episode, Lisa Candera, The Autism Mom Coach, walks through the three-part decision tree she uses to make that call, with examples from her own experience with her son and from clients parenting kids in elementary school through high school. In this epis
Parenting an Autistic Adult, Lessons from My First Year. (Ep. 215) (opens the original)
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Ben turns 19 days after this episode airs, which means Lisa has now spent a full year parenting an autistic adult. She spent sixteen years preparing for his 18th birthday (the will, the special needs trust, the conservatorship petition, the placement research) and none of it prepared her for what the milestone actually felt like. In this episode she shares what that first year taught her. In this episode, you'll learn: Why you can prepare mentally and tactically for your child turning 18, but no
How to Stop Feeling LIke a Failure as an Autism Mom (opens the original)
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Feeling like a failure as an autism mom can become the default when you are constantly measuring yourself against impossible standards. In this episode of The Autism Mom Coach , Lisa breaks down how those expectations get created, why they keep you feeling like you are always coming up short, and how to replace them with standards that actually make sense for the life you are living. In this episode, you'll learn: How to catch the unrealistic “should” expectations that make every hard day feel l
Autism and Video Games: What You Can Learn and Leverage from Your Child's Special Interests (opens the original)
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If you have ever stood in the doorway wondering whether your child is spending too much time gaming, this conversation is for you. This week I am joined by Andrew Fishman, a licensed clinical social worker who has spent more than a decade working with autistic kids and teens and is the author of Parenting a Gamer . We talk about why autistic kids and teens with autism are drawn to video games at nearly twice the rate of their peers, what those games actually provide that the real world often doe
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