Listen "My Journey with Spelling to Communicate S2C - Part B"
Episode Synopsis
#1 Continuing the S2C journey with my son Henry who is 13, non-speaking autistic and adhd. He is learning to point to letters of the alphabet on stencils to answer questions from age appropriate lessons and I am learning to become his co-regulation partner (CRP) on the stencils/boards. It is a long journey that takes an enormous amount of commitment. It is fraught with inconsistencies and frustrations, takes many people to be invested in it, heaps of belief and the determination to never give up. But what could be more important right? It will eventually lead to Henry being able to spell out his own thoughts and ideas giving him not only access to communication at last but agency and autonomy too. How incredible and how exciting. #2 Guest N/A#3 Time Stamps0:00 Intro to episode and Part A recap.1:00 What S2C sessions look like and involve.3:13 Becoming a co-regulation partner (CRP).9:30 What your practitioner will teach you the parent about: speech vs language; types of motor; presuming competence; the boards/stencils and how to use.14:35 Paradigm shifts to make as a parent. 19:35 What is least dangerous assumption you could make?20:57 Where I am at with Henry so far and how it has gone during the past 9 months or so.#4 SummaryPart A recapBecoming a CRPLearning about elements of S2C: speech v language; motor; competence; boardsParadigm shifts to makeWhere Henry and I are at in our journey now after 9 months or so#5 References/Links/Books:see links below#6 Calls to Actionmid-roll: my monthly newsletter on www.thethreadsoflife.co.uk#7 Social Mediasee @_thethreadsoflife_#8 Next EpisodeNovember and tbc
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