Co-Regulation Strategies to Support Communication in Autistic Children
Speech-language therapy is most effective and meaningful when autistic children feel safe, connected, and regulated. Beyond assessment results, therapy activities, and data, we are humans helping humans. This presentation explores co-regulation through a neurodiversity-affirming lens and provides practical strategies to support autistic children in speech therapy.
Speaker
Emily Byers Chaney, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a pediatric speech-language pathologist and the founder of Boundless Speech and Language, a private practice in Los Angeles offering in-person services locally and teletherapy services across California. With eight years of experience, Emily is dedicated to providing neurodiversity-affirming, child-led care and helping families and professionals move beyond compliance-based approaches toward relationship-centered, evidence-informed practice. She is passionate about empowering caregivers and clinicians through practical, strengths-based strategies and educating others on neurodiversity-affirming approaches that support meaningful participation and authentic communication.
Disclosure: Owner and Speech-Language Pathologist, Boundless Speech and Language Speaker is compensated for presentation
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Every minute is written for working clinicians, educators, and families. You walk away with real-world tools to try with your next learner, not abstract theory.
Speech-Language Pathologists
Behavior Specialists
Educators
Parents & Caregivers
After this course
What you’ll walk away with.
You leave with concrete skills and frameworks you can apply in your next session, classroom, or family visit, not just ideas to think about later.
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Attend the full course and pass the post-session assessment at 80% or higher. Your 0.1 ASHA CEUs are reported to ASHA when you opt in on the assessment.
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You’ll be able to
Explain the relationship between co-regulation, nervous system regulation, and communication in autistic children.
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You’ll be able to
Describe the speech-language pathologist's role in supporting regulation within a neurodiversity-affirming, evidence-informed framework.
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You’ll be able to
Apply practical, regulation-informed strategies to support participation, learning, and progress toward speech-language goals proactively, during moments of dysregulation, and over time.
The full 1 hour
Your learning path.
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Introduction & Learning Objectives
2 minutes - 2
Why Should SLPs Care About Regulation?
3 minutes - 3
What Have Autistic People Taught Us?
6 minutes - 4
Why Regulation Matters for Communication: What Happens in the Brain?
7 minutes - 5
What Does Regulation Actually Look Like?
4 minutes - 6
Is This Within Our Scope?
3 minutes - 7
Proactive Regulation Supports
15 minutes - 8
Supporting Children During Moments of Dysregulation
7 minutes - 9
Supporting Regulation Over Time
5 minutes - 10
Considerations Across Settings (Early Intervention, Private Practice, and Schools)
2 minutes - 11
Final Thoughts
1 minute - 12
Questions
5 minutes
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