Staci Neustadt

Spending whole sessions on regulation in speech therapy? Here's why that's still communication work, plus one question that changes what you do next.

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What do you do when an autistic child shuts down, walks away, or says no as soon as you introduce a therapy goal? You can be child-led and still work toward meaningful goals. In this conversation, we explore how sensory needs, regulation, processing, and the expectation itself can make participation harder—and why leading with invitation instead of expectation can change what happens in your therapy session.