#1 Summary

My non-speaking son Henry, now 14 and I are up on the 26 letter-board now that is hugely exciting and also challenging - a bit like starting all over again. And episode sharing our tirals and tribulations with being a parent CRP (co-regulation partner) and some tips and wisdom that have been passed on to me as a Practitioner now from the one and only Elizabeth Vosseller (EV) and her equally amazing counterpart Anna Lechleiter of Palz Ireland.

#2 Guest: N/A

#3 Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro to Episode.

1:43 How practice is going at home and being up on the 26.

4:57 Toggling.

8:00 Mispokes and 3 board foundations.

9:22 The excitement and experience of semi-opens, prior knowledge and even open questions.

10:45 Encouragement, emotions and expectations.

13:30 The Motor vs Cognitive balance i.e. seesaw.

16:36 Reassurances and being cool!

20:29 Windows into their personalities.

22:07 Not assuming we know what they are thinking and feeling by looking at their bodies.

24:15 Working through dysregulation and being the mailmen/women.

#4 Main Points

• Practice - resonating with parents.
• Toggling up/down on the 26 stencil.
• Mispokes/Typos.
• 3 board foundations
• Semi-opens and opens!
• Motor v Cognitive balance.
• Reassurance and encouragement.
• Not reading into what their bodies are doing.
• Being mailmen/women.

#5 References: see below for details on I=ASC (International Association for Spelling as Communication or S2C) and Anna at Palz Ireland.

#6 Calls to Action:

pre-roll: welcome and thank you

mid-roll: i-asc

end-roll: inviting guests and how to become a practitioner

#7 Social media n/a

#8 Next Episode tbc