Relationship-Based Learning

Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Pragmatics / Social Skills / Life Skills

Short description

The therapist prioritizes joyful connection, attunement, co-regulation, and child-led play over compliance-based intervention.

Long description

The therapist prioritizes joyful connection, attunement, co-regulation, and child-led play over compliance-based intervention. Before a child can learn, they must first be regulated and trust the adult who is teaching them. Cari Eberts (speech-language pathologist) discusses the importance of relationship-based learning in her work, and specifically in The Learning to Learn Program.