Ep. 87 Child-Led Therapy for Gestalt Language Processors
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What is child‑led therapy and why is it important for Gestalt language processors?
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 neuroaffirming tips, tricks, and tools. Are you ready to make the shift? Let's do this! Hello, hello, everyone. Welcome to Making the Shift. Today I'm so excited to have my friend and fellow SLP here, Nicole Casey. You guys might know her on Instagram as the Childled SLP. She is a private practice owner in Pennsylvania, and she is the co-host of a new podcast that Chris and I were just on called the Great Language Partner Podcast. AKA G L P podcast, because that is her specialty, is supporting distort language processors. So excited to have you here.
Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be on this end of the podcast for once, it seems like.
Yes, the interviewee. And also something that is very exciting. Nicole just launched a brand new workbook. It's all about supporting early stage GLPs. It is through a neurodiversity affirming lens, child-led lens. And that's what we wanted her to come and chat with me about today is what does child led therapy look like and why is it so important for GLPs? Maybe that would be a good place to start is Why is it so important for GLP specifically to use a child led approach?
Yeah, I think you know it's helpful for all kids, but for Gestalt language processors. The way that they're acquiring language and and connecting with language really is um based on what they're drawn to and what they're connected with. And so, you know, for example, our GLPs, they pick up language in moments where there's a lot of emotions, whether they're really excited or really frustrated, or they pick up language in moments that are really meaningful to them. And so A child led approach allows us to offer more of those meaningful moments for our GLPs to actually be doing things that they wanna do that's meaningful for them. And I have found that following my GLP's lead. Is what has really kind of taken progress to a new level because it's like whatever we're doing in the session.
Is up to the child, and that makes everything. A go be more meaningful for the child, right? But B It helps them generalize those skills. quicker and more effectively because if they're choosing what to do in our session, it's something that they enjoy and they're likely to do that again in the future, whether it's at home or at school. Versus if I bring a child into my office and I have this really perfect like Pinterest craft activity, they might participate in it, but will they go home and do that on their own? Will they practice that? skill again? Probably not unless they're really into that kind of thing. Right. But I think the child led approach, it lets us see what's important to kids. And that's where we can we can offer our support and and build language.
Yeah, so many good points there. And it definitely reminds me of lots of conversations we've had on the show about the importance of intrinsic motivation, you know, because that's how kids learn. And when we are just putting something in front of them because we want to do it or because it's like the theme of the week, I mean, what else LP doesn't love a good theme? I know we all do, but it's just in reality, there are things we can be doing that are going to be more meaningful for them and therefore more intrinsically motivating. and more likely to build language. And I wanted to chat a little bit about what child led therapy looks like because I feel like there's this huge misconception. That Child led therapy just means like following a kid around.
And I think therapists get into this mentality of, okay, I need to be child led. And then they the kid comes in and they're going from like toy to toy and they're moving around. And then the therapist is literally just like following them around. And then at the end of the the session, they're like, but I didn't actually get to work on anything. You know? So I think it's like The difference between liter literally following the child's lead versus like what it means therapeutically.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is child‑led therapy and why is it important for Gestalt language processors?
0:08–5:42
2
How does Nicole Casey’s new GLP Workbook support early‑stage Gestalt language processors?
5:42–10:00
3
Why is following the child’s lead more effective than a therapist‑directed activity?
10:00–15:06
4
What are the five key components of a truly child‑led therapy session?
15:06–19:51
5
How can therapists create meaningful moments and invitations for GLP children?
19:51–24:32
6
What strategies help balance silence, observation, and modeling in child‑led sessions?
24:32–29:17
7
How does the workbook guide clinicians and parents in building trust and intrinsic motivation?
29:17–31:38
Speakers
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