Helping children and young people thrive through real-life communication
What if supporting your child’s communication didn’t mean more strategies, more pressure, or squeezing in more therapy…
…but instead began with noticing what’s already there — and building from it?
In this honest and practical guide, Susannah Burden shares The CONNECT Framework®, a relationship-first, neurodiversity-affirming approach that helps children communicate more confidently by focusing on:
Connection
Emotional regulation
Natural routines
Understanding sensory needs
Empowering parents in real life
Strengthening communication through everyday life and relationships
Drawing from lived experience on both sides of the table — as a therapist and as a parent — this book offers clarity, compassion, and real tools for everyday moments.
Whether your child is autistic, anxious, sensory-seeking, deaf, late talking, or simply developing in their own way… this book will help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface and how to support communication through connection.
If you’re looking for something practical, reassuring, and immediately usable, this book was written for you.
Helping children and young people thrive through real-life communication
What if supporting your child’s communication didn’t mean more strategies, more pressure, or squeezing in more therapy…
…but instead began with noticing what’s already there — and building from it?
In this honest and practical guide, Susannah Burden shares The CONNECT Framework®, a relationship-first, neurodiversity-affirming approach that helps children communicate more confidently by focusing on:
Connection
Emotional regulation
Natural routines
Understanding sensory needs
Empowering parents in real life
Strengthening communication through everyday life and relationships
Drawing from lived experience on both sides of the table — as a therapist and as a parent — this book offers clarity, compassion, and real tools for everyday moments.
Whether your child is autistic, anxious, sensory-seeking, deaf, late talking, or simply developing in their own way… this book will help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface and how to support communication through connection.
If you’re looking for something practical, reassuring, and immediately usable, this book was written for you.
