The Exceptional Humans Podcast

Penelope Webb
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The Exceptional Humans Podcast is a podcast designed for parents, teachers, allied health professionals and other advocates. The podcast takes an agency-centred approach to fascinating topics related to language, identity, education and behaviour.

Episodes

  1. 11/06/2025

    Navigating Identity Through Language

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    10 min

  2. 10/23/2025

    Helping Loved Ones with Neurodivergence and Eating Disorders

    Send us a text Today we will be discussing how to support a family member diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, or an eating disorder.

    6 min

  3. 10/23/2025

    Embracing Less: Using a Subtractive Problem Solving Approach in Creating Behavioural Change

    Send us a text Today I wanted to discuss a nifty piece of research that I came across some time ago and how it applies to behaviour.

    11 min

  4. 10/23/2025

    A Brief Guide to Using Reinforcer Assessments

    Send us a text Today we will be discussing how to use reinforcer assessments.

    7 min

  5. 10/23/2025

    Drinking for Calm: Engaging Your Parasympathetic System

    Send us a text Today we are discussing how we can use our temperature preferences to access the parasympathetic nervous system for the purposes of emotional regulation.

    4 min

  6. 09/04/2025

    Using a Classroom Environment Checklist

    Send us a text I recently asked a friend of mine what sort of issues they're currently facing in the classroom that we might be able to discuss strategies for on this podcast. Their response was around undiagnosed special educational needs and the impact that that has on learning and the classroom environment as a whole.

    13 min

  7. 07/24/2025

    Enhancing Communication Through Multimodal Strategies

    Send us a text Today we will be discussing using multimodal activities to support instruction and communication.

    7 min

  8. 07/17/2025

    Movement Based Classroom Teaching

    Send us a text Today I thought we would talk about a teaching strategy. This strategy is particularly effective for early childhood and primary school teachers, as well as teachers who have students with ADD and ADHD or strong sensory preferences for movement.

    8 min

  9. 07/03/2025

    The Exceptional Humans Podcast Trailer

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    1 min

  10. 07/03/2025

    Exploring Bilingualism in Non-Verbal Individuals

    Send us a text In this episode of The Exceptional Humans Podcast, host Penelope delves into the intriguing question: Can someone be non-verbal and bilingual? She explores the definition of non-verbal communication, its prevalence in individuals with severe autism spectrum disorder (ASD level 3), and the various augmentative and alternative communication methods. Penelope discusses the cultural and societal assumptions that often overlook bilingualism in non-verbal individuals and shares real-life examples highlighting the challenges and implications of excluding bilingual elements in argumentative and alternative communication. The episode emphasises the importance of acknowledging bilingualism to achieve better outcomes for those with non-verbal communication preferences. 00:00 Introduction to The Exceptional Humans Podcast 00:24 Understanding Non-Verbal Communication 01:25 Challenges and Assumptions in Bilingualism 02:32 Behavioural Perspective on Language 03:37 Real-World Examples of Non-Verbal Bilingualism 05:56 Conclusion and Final Thoughts 06:08 Acknowledgements and References Sources Johnston, J.M. (2014) Radical behaviorism for ABA practitioners. Cornwall on Hudson, NY: Sloan Publishing.  Kay-Raining Bird, E., Genesee, F. and Verhoeven, L. (2016) ‘Bilingualism in children with developmental disorders: A narrative review’, Journal of Communication Disorders, 63, pp. 1–14. doi:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2016.07.003.  Oksaar, E. (1989). Psycholinguistic aspects of bilingualism. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 10(1), 33–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.1989.9994361

    6 min
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The Exceptional Humans Podcast is a podcast designed for parents, teachers, allied health professionals and other advocates. The podcast takes an agency-centred approach to fascinating topics related to language, identity, education and behaviour.

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