Ep. 61: Enhancing Your Sensory Approach in a Clinic Setting
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Who is Celina Wright and what is her background in sensory‑trained therapy?
What's up, everyone? And welcome to Making the Shift for Autistic Kids. We're an SLP couple from California with four boys. And we're here every week to bring you neuro-affirming tips, tricks, and tools. Are you ready to make the shift? Let's do
Hello, hello. Today we are answering all of your questions about being a sensory trained therapist in a clinic setting. We're gonna talk all about the challenges that therapists in a clinic setting might face when using a sensory based approach and our best tips for being able to be successful in that setting. I am joined today by my, I was gonna say right hand, but like more like right and left hands. Mrs. I was going to say miss, Mrs. Alina Wright, who has been a therapist for many years. She is also the mom to three boys, her fourth boy on the way. So we are team four boys together. And she has been working in a clinic for a very long time and has had lots of, you know, supervising roles or director roles, as you might say, in there as well.
And First of all, Selena, I know you have been on our show before, but I don't think we've really gotten too much into your background. But I would just love if you are okay sharing a little bit more about your family and how you came into this field. Because I really think something that sets you apart is that you went into the field with the perspective already of being a parent who had a child in therapy and I always think that you downplay that so much but it's such a valuable piece of like you're just the wisdom you have coming for that perspective is so valuable so I'd love if you could share a little bit more about that journey.
Definitely. Thank you. And I'm excited to be here talking about this topic. Yes, as you had said, my entrance into the field was unique in that I had the experience as a parent for a few years at that point. So when I first ventured out, you know, when we're young and we're like, okay, what are we going to do with our lives? What's that saying? Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life. I think a I had thought teaching maybe, working with children in some capacity. I wasn't sure if like school psychologist fit me. So I was really trying to feel all of that out. So that was my beginning years in college. Simultaneously, our eldest, Jake, he had been diagnosed already at that point with multiple things, primarily cerebral palsy.
a seizure disorder. And so he was already receiving a lot of in-home services at that time. He wasn't yet in school. And I had the opportunity because it was in home to participate in a lot of those services as did my husband.
How did Celina’s experience as a parent shape her approach to clinic‑based sensory therapy?
And it was just, it was really nice to be able to be on that side of it and just really our eyes be opened and encouraged. and hopeful for these services that existed. So as you know, anyone who from a clinic clinician side who works with parents, you form a relationship and a rapport, right? So these people were in our home and, you know, we would talk to them and of course about Jake and then they'd get to know us. So one of the early, what was the title? Early intervention specialist, I think was the title. She had found out what I wanted to do and what I was starting to take classes for. And she said, you know, I think you would be great doing what I do. And you have a lot of the classes under your belt already.
Why don't you maybe explore it? And it might be something nice for you to, you know, get your feet wet in the field. And, and one thing led to another. So I applied for that job and got it. And then working a couple of years in that company, met a speech therapist, um, an SLP and we developed a relationship. And then she told me about this licensure called SLPA, which was like new ish at the time. I feel like not, it was around for maybe five, seven years at that time, but I feel like not a lot of people knew about it. Um, so then that kind of started my path with speech and, um, went to school, you know, well changed my directory, I should say, and my trajectory and got my SLPA license, got licensed.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Celina Wright and what is her background in sensory‑trained therapy?
0:08–3:18
2
How did Celina’s experience as a parent shape her approach to clinic‑based sensory therapy?
3:18–5:46
3
What are the biggest benefits of using a sensory‑based approach in a clinic setting?
5:46–9:12
4
How can therapists design flexible session structures and goals for sensory work?
9:12–12:00
5
What common barriers (space, equipment, mindset) limit sensory implementation in clinics?
12:00–15:46
6
How can clinicians adapt sensory strategies without a dedicated sensory gym or special equipment?
15:46–18:35
7
What strategies help clinic‑based therapists collaborate effectively with school‑based SLPs?
18:35–22:12
8
Why does ‘how you do it’ matter more than ‘what you do’ in sensory therapy?
22:12–25:14
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