Positive Interactions Therapy

12/09/2025

At Positive Interactions Therapy, we lean into special interests and familiar play on purpose. What a child already loves often brings regulation and comfort. When bodies feel safe, language has a better chance to land.

That regulation makes a difference. Language models are more likely to be noticed, processed, and even tried when play feels predictable and joyful. And using the same toys over and over doesn’t mean we’re stuck doing the same thing. It means we get to be flexible and creative.

The same few toys can become a car ramp, a story, a conversation, or a whole new game. Letters can ride. Brown Bear can crash. Movement can take the lead — and language follows.

Familiar play isn’t limiting. It’s a powerful starting point for connection, communication, and a whole lot of fun.

12/02/2025

Whether it’s spinning, crashing, or jumping, whatever brings the giggles can also build connection. This is what therapy looks like for me.
I meet kids right where they are because the relationship is the real engine behind progress. When little bodies get the movement they crave, regulation comes easier and language finally has a place to land.
And for my fellow SLPs, here’s a gentle reminder that therapy doesn’t have to happen at a table. We work with kids, and buy-in skyrockets when the session feels fun, safe, and meaningful.

11/27/2025

I’m so thankful for all of the families who trust me with their child’s communication therapy, for all the OT’s and professionals from whom I’m continually gleaning information and for the lovely therapy space I use. I am truly blessed. I hope you all enjoy a beautiful, relaxing Thanksgiving Day!

11/25/2025

A parent shared this with me and it stopped me in my tracks…

Her very verbal, autistic son got upset over a game and needed a little space.

Once he calmed, he asked for his AAC. With the app pulled up, he typed exactly what he needed… and even told her why he was upset in the first place.

“I was hungry.
Eat orange please.
I love you and me.”

That’s the power of AAC.
It doesn’t get in the way of speech. It doesn’t replace connection.

It gives kids more ways to communicate what’s going on inside their heads and hearts.

Communication isn’t just talking.

It’s being understood.

And sometimes a device is the bridge that makes that possible.

11/15/2025

This is our first getaway since the wedding. Just some quiet time, some Christmas shopping and time at Findlay Market for this: drinking chocolate with a shot of espresso!!!!! 🥰😍😋😃☕️ Pure bliss!

11/14/2025

When you give an SLP a day off……….she makes sourdough apple cake and sourdough English muffins. 😊😋🍞🍰🧑‍🍳

11/11/2025

Thank you so very much, veterans! Gods bless you all!

10/20/2025

10/20/2025

We are so blessed to have gained a daughter-in-law this past weekend. It was a beautiful, joyous occasion and we couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful day!

10/10/2025

Mark this on your calendar!

09/04/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CXiH5Ziz1/
I'm not endorsing the course this is advertisment for, just advocating for the idea that we should assume competence!

We see this all the time in schools.

People are doing the same drills they've been doing since their students were in kindergarten and now they're in 10th grade.

They have the same IEP goals.

They're still working on the same basic tasks.

Don't we want to ask the question, WHY?

How would you feel if at the age of 5 and the age of 15 you were working on the same thing?

Is it really that you don't know what you're doing or have you become so disenfranchised in this entire "educational" process that you've just stopped caring?

This is a theme among the things our students share. So much so that this post and our next will both address it.

Gordy tells us, "Imagine spending every day from age 5 to 21 looking at clocks, coins, and colors. Are you bored enough to riot? Are you defeated enough to unravel your shorts and eat them? I’ve been there and it sucks. If I could change just one thing about education before I die, it would be the idea that nonspeaking people can’t handle real academics. Do better."

Let's make this the year we actually follow through and do better. Want an easy place to get started? Check out this info on our Accessible Academics course - a super affordable, lifetime access, self-paced course designed to help parents or educators learn easy ways to make real academic content accessible to their learners who don't speak and may be communicating just by making choices.

We've helped more than 300 folks get started with this course. Let us help you, too.

https://www.reacheveryvoice.org/accessible-academics-course

09/02/2025

Check it out!

✨ Free play, new friends, and big smiles — it’s Play It Forward Thursday! ✨
•
On Thursday, September 4th, families are invited to join us for a special day of FREE open play, sponsored by We Rock the Spectrum – Carmel. 🥳
•
The goal of Play It Forward is simple: to create space for new families to discover the gym, for kids to connect through play, and for our community to grow stronger together. 💙
•
✅ Free open play all day
✅ Sensory-friendly fun for ALL kids
✅ The perfect chance to check out the gym for the first time
•
Tell your friends, bring a buddy, and come rock with us!
•
💌 Interested in sponsoring a future Play It Forward Thursday? Reach out — we’d love to partner with you!
•