We believe that helping your child experience joy within back and forth interactions is THE first step towards all of the communication you want for your child in the future. Implementing our IRC - one minute at a time approach WILL set your child up for all meaningful, internally motivated communication to come. We ALSO believe that it is is not the only approach that a child will need. As your child develops the ability to communicate purposefully, there may often be other approaches or types of therapies or protocols that are also beneficial to your child as a whole person. As we like to sa ..read more

In a world of input, we have a choice! For moms of neurodivergent communicators, the noise is even louder at times. Listen in, as we encourage you to choose what input is most valuable to you, we always have a choice! Want to connect with us? Email us at cherieandalicia@connect-speech.com. Visit our website: www.connect-speech.com Find us on IG @connectspeech We love to connect with our listeners so reach out! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/connectspeech/message ..read more

You may have heard this before, but listen in to see how it relates so much to the approach we teach here! We always have the choice to help our brain focus on areas we want to grow in and today's episode is a reminder for all of us. Visit our website: www.connect-speech.com Find us on IG @connectspeech We love to connect with our listeners so reach out! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/connectspeech/message ..read more

Why are we talking about self care? Listen in as we share what it is and what it isn't, talk about our own experiences as younger moms and why this topic is important for you! Visit our website: www.connect-speech.com Find us on IG @connectspeech We love to connect with our listeners so reach out! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/connectspeech/message ..read more

We often say our approach is opposite of ABA, but is it? Today we discuss just that! Tune in to hear the differences between our approach and the approach ABA uses. This is a good one, so make sure to listen! If you are interested in find out more about our approach and what we do in coaching, you can learn more here:  https://cherieandalicia.clickfunnels.com/what-is-coachingf81dp0iz If you’d like to set up a 1:1 consultation with us, email us at cherieandalicia@connect-speech.com. Visit our website: www.connect-speech.com Find us on IG @connectspeech We love to connect with our listener ..read more

Waiting is the hardest part . . . we know! We talk about our garden analogy all of the time . . we plant those seeds with our approach, trusting the process that the sprouts and even more will come! Listen in as we share why planting those seeds and staying consistent is worth it and why it's 100% ok to want more! Click here for the following episodes: A Different Way of Thinking About Communication! https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/e9K5gGp0yFb Ignite the Social Driver! https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/qjMolqf0yFb Meet them where they are! https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/XX7WQPG0 ..read more

Choice making is very likely a strategy that you have learned from your early interventionist or speech therapist! However, make sure to listen to this episode because we do it differently, always with the goal in mind of helping your child become an internally motivated communicator! Rewarding All Communication Episode: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/xsdpZ1uMgFb If you’re interested in learning about our IRC coaching program, email us at cherieandalicia@connect-speech.com. Visit our website: www.connect-speech.com Find us on IG @connectspeech We love to connect with our listeners so re ..read more

Tune in and find out how perspective taking in the future relates to the work we do now with toddlers and children! Some of the concepts we talk about here may be new to you, but we really encourage you to listen, so that you can understand why your work at the level of back and forth interactions is so so important! If you’re interested in learning about our IRC coaching program, email us at cherieandalicia@connect-speech.com. Visit our website: www.connect-speech.com Find us on IG @connectspeech We love to connect with our listeners so reach out! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcas ..read more

Focusing on connection and communication first leads to meaningful communication and also words! When those words come, it can be so hard to understand them, so what do you do? Listen in as we share the why this happens and what you can do! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/connectspeech/message ..read more

In this episode, we share about the concept of "scaffolding". This process allows us to give support when needed and reduce support when it's not. Tune in to learn how scaffolding can help with the communication process! If you’re interested in learning about our IRC coaching program, email us at cherieandalicia@connect-speech.com. Visit our website: www.connect-speech.com Find us on IG @connectspeech We love to connect with our listeners so reach out! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/connectspeech/message ..read more