Ep. 51: Quick Tips for Integrating Sensory & Gestalt Language Ft. Bohospeechie
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What is the focus of today’s episode with Katja “Bohospeechie”?
What's up everyone and welcome to Making the Shift.
We're an SLP couple from California with three boys and a passion for finding better ways to support autistic kids.
I'm Chris. You might know me as speech dude. I'm a Neurodivergent High School SLP and the creator of the Dynamic Assessment of Social Emotional Learning, and I specialize in crafting neurodiversity affirming IEPs through my online course.
And I'm Jesse, a sensory integration trained SLP, owner of a top-rated clinic in Los Angeles, and the creator of the Inside Out Sensory Communication Programs for Parents and Therapists. Join us weekly to learn neurodiversity affirming ways to support social, emotional development, and regulation in autistic kids.
Are you ready to make the shift?
Hello, hello. I just startled the baby who is on me. Today we are doing quick tips on how to integrate sensory with gestalt language. I'm super excited for this and I just spoke so loud. You probably see if you're here live. We got Teddy on my belly and Chris is currently locked in the boys' room. with the three boys. So that is what he is doing right now and he is under strict orders not to come out. We will see how he does. But today we are going to be talking all about tips for integrating censoring assault language with Katya who is here right now. And let me bring her in. Hi Jesse. Hi baby. Hello. Okay, I'm so excited to catch up with you just because it's been so long. So I'm so glad that this worked out.
Me too.
So first of all, congrats on your private practice. That's been like a little less than a year, right?
Yeah. Yeah, um Yeah, it's been like a year and a half that I've had the practice, but I get the keys for my space tomorrow, so I'm super excited.
Oh my gosh, that's amazing. Okay. I have to know the what percentage of your clients find you on social media and then come to you.
Um, probably ninety percent. Um,
yeah. That is so crazy. I was just thinking about that because when I started my practice, there wasn't like social media was a personal thing. It wasn't a professional thing. Yeah. So I just that's so awesome.
How did Katja transition from a sensory certification to specializing in gestalt language?
Congrats. That's amazing. And how exciting your clinic. Oh,
it is exciting. Yeah. Social media is a nice way to market because people It's easy to attract like-minded families because they already get a sense of what you're about versus just finding your website. Um, so yeah, it's it's
totally yeah for sure. Well, I'm so excited to talk about this. Just for everyone's kind of background, okay, correct me if I'm wrong on this timeline, but you went through the sensory certificate course and then you started like diving really deep into Gasalt language and now that's basically like all you're doing and specializing in.
Yep. Yeah, I don't I don't know which came first. I think they were pretty uh simultaneous, but yeah.
That's awesome. So I would love for you to kind of share like Maybe we'll just go more general of like what therapy was like for you before you were doing any of this stuff.
Yeah. Um I knew I wanted to specialize in working with autistic students, but And I had a background in doing behavioral therapy, so I felt like somewhat comfortable with these kids, but you know, that those methods that I learned there were very different than what I'm doing now. Um I never really loved like tabletop work or um that kind of thing, but it is what I was gravitating to because it's what I was taught. Um and I mien As you know, just the way dealing with behaviors, um, seeing them now through a sensory lens versus before through um A very different lens of like Yeah, that that has um been the biggest shift I think is um understanding the the behavior piece from a sensory lens and then also, yeah, I mean, incorporating those strategies at all um during my sessions.
Um yeah. Yeah.
Oh my gosh, the behavior one is huge because And I think it's like kind of a relief for therapists when you realize like Okay, there's a reason this is happening, you know, because we put so much of our heart into what we do and we get so emotionally invested and when we see these like
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the focus of today’s episode with Katja “Bohospeechie”?
0:08–2:37
2
How did Katja transition from a sensory certification to specializing in gestalt language?
2:37–5:18
3
Why is viewing behavior through a sensory lens crucial for autistic learners?
5:18–8:08
4
How does co‑regulation support language development in dysregulated children?
8:08–11:11
5
What practical sensory strategies can therapists use when a child becomes dysregulated?
11:11–14:33
6
How can therapists embed sensory‑based gestalts into communication sessions?
14:33–17:37
7
When should speech therapists refer to occupational therapists for sensory needs?
17:37–20:32
8
How can listeners get certified in sensory integration through the Inside Out Sensory course?
20:32–23:14
Speakers
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