Melanie Weber
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894 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2023
last heard 23 Oct
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He was like, I'm nervous.
White iPad, please.
Because whenever he would get overwhelmed or anxious, he would take a break with his iPad.
And that was something he had worked out with another therapist.
And what a beautiful moment that was because not only was he communicating to me, he was anxious.
He was also communicating what he knew he needed to regulate, to like overcome that anxiety.
And that was just so amazing to me.
And so when we validate these, our kids scripts, we validate their child, we validate the child and how they're feeling.
And it's so much easier for connection to follow then.
And the more connected you are with the child, the more you see into their inner world, the more these scripts really start to make sense.
So, you know,
Once I knew like in my gut that his communication was not meaningless, I knew I needed to find a way to move beyond validating.
Like, of course I can validate.
Of course I can like offer him maybe another phrase that has a more clear meaning to what he's trying to communicate.
But then I was kind of stumped by what else to do.
And, you know, as a speech therapist, I'm there to provide therapy.
How do I write that as a goal?
So I did what I do, which is Google.
And I was Googling everything, you know, why we shouldn't eliminate echolalia.
How do I mold echolalia?
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