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From: Tim Mackesey
Date: 10 Oct 2006
Time: 21:04:46 -0500
Remote Name: 72.145.253.179
Conversational reframing is the key to getting the parents to WANT TO change. One 5th grader with a severe block was being told by previous SLPs and his parents to "say fewer wrods." The positive intention was to limit his struggle- reactive indeed. I had to validate her positive intention and praise her providing 7 years of speech therapy before me. I asked his mother: "Let us imagine he is 18 and has a chance to interview for a premier university. When he is asked open ended questions, do you want him to shorten his answer to 2-3 words?" NO she said. I continued: "well let's imagine he is now 18 and interviewing freely..how would you feel? (great)...well ,from that perspective and looking back to today, what did you do?" This nailed it. He was class president 6 months later. Cheers, Tim