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Supporting Your Gestalt Language Processor
Supporting Your Gestalt Language Processor: Tips for Parents and Caregivers By Kristin McConnell, MS, CCC-SLP As a parent or caregiver, understanding how to support your child who is a gestalt language processor can be both empowering and...
Understanding Gestalt Language Processing
Kristin McConnell, MS, CCC-SLP Have you noticed that your child uses phrases or sentences that don’t seem to make sense at first—a potential sign of gestalt language processing? Do they sometimes repeat words or phrases they’ve heard elsewhere...
Supporting Play: How to Engage with Your Child
Kaitlin Berzsenyi M.A., CCC-SLP Playtime is so much more than just fun! In fact, it’s the foundation for your child’s cognitive, social, and emotional growth. By engaging with your child during their playtime, you can not only help them develop...
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The Power of Play – Understanding Types and Stages
Kaitlin Berzsenyi M.A., CCC-SLP Did you know that curiosity promotes the release of dopamine and aids memory? A 2014 study from UC Davis found that participants were 30% more likely to recall a fact when they were highly curious. Staying curious...
Sensory Processing-Understanding the Basics
In our fast-paced daily lives, the ability to process sensory information effortlessly is like having an internal compass that guides us through daily life. For many of us, this happens automatically. We hear a car honking, and we look towards the...
Connecting with Your Child through Co-Regulation
“Regulation (of the nervous system) does not mean to calm; it means to connect.” - Lisa Dion Co-regulation, once a term used mainly by psychologists and child development experts, is gaining popularity among parents. It entails a caregiver...
Self-Regulation Strategies and Tools to Help You and your Child
What is self-regulation and why is it so important? If your child struggles to pay attention, is easily distracted, seems to not learn from his/her mistakes, or has frequent meltdowns, you may be familiar with the term self-regulation. As an...
The SensAble Kids Owl
I am frequently asked if I really love owls as I have always had an owl as part of the SensAble Kids logo. Well, I do like them and love listening to them in my trees at night, but no, I am not owl obsessed. When creating our original logo, I...
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For some time now I have wanted to create a space to share all of my many ideas, resources and takeaways from the countless hours of continuing education that I take part in each year. I love educating the parents that I work with and understand...
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