Build Car Ride Confidence with Floreo's New Lesson

AleRelaxedRide

We’re excited to introduce Relaxed Ride with Alejandro, a new lesson designed to help Learners build emotional regulation skills during a common scenario: riding in the car.

For many, car rides can bring unexpected stressors: traffic, noise, waiting, or changes in routine. This lesson creates a safe, guided space to practice staying calm in real time.

In the lesson, Alejandro models three simple coping tools: deep breathing, counting, and using fidgets, that Learners can practice alongside him. Learners are also encouraged to use their own preferred calming strategies, which helps reinforce skills they already know and trust.

By practicing these emotional regulation strategies in a realistic, repeatable, and supportive environment with Floreo, Learners can build confidence and carry those skills into everyday car rides, helping to promote safety and independence.

To accompany this lesson, Floreo's Director of Therapy Content, Marsha Stepensky, MS.Ed, BCBA, created complementary social stories for younger and older Learners, which you can download below.

Download the social stories

Upcoming events

CalABA in Sacramento, CA March 6-7

Floreo Content Rewind March 11 (virtual event)
CEC Convention and Expo in Salt Lake City, UT March 11-15
CASP Fly-In in Washington DC March 26
CASP Conference in Las Vegas NV April 26-28
Autism Investor Summit in Scottsdale AZ May 13-15
Circles of Life Conference in Stevens Point, WI May 14-15

New Partners

A warm welcome to our newest Floreo partners who have recently started their Floreo programs!

Carmichaels Area School District (PA)
Empower U. (NJ)
Guidepost ABA (TX)

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Floreo's Director of Applied Digital Therapy, Rita Solórzano MA, CCC-SLP, is a Speech Language Pathologist with over 30 years of experience.

When kids are little, we think about teaching them social niceties, such as please and thank you, as a way of helping them to develop an awareness of others and a sense of gratitude. We might not consider that the use of these niceties also helps to improve how other people perceive the child. As Learners grow into their teens and prepare for the workplace, we often focus on teaching job-specific skills and forget to teach the social skills that can support success in the workplace. Expanding a student’s knowledge of how to use social niceties at work and why that is important also deserves attention. Floreo’s employment readiness lessons offer a unique way to address these essential skills.

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Heather

Heather is Floreo's Director of Customer Success. She makes sure that all of Floreo's customers are comfortable and confident using Floreo. Prior to working at Floreo, Heather worked at Trove (a news start-up) and eBay for Charity. Heather holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College, where she also played varsity basketball (and won an Ivy League Championship) and a M.Ed. from the University of Mary Washington. In her free time she enjoys reading, tennis, skiing, and hiking around Western North Carolina with her husband, two sons, and adorable lab mix, Pepper.