Whole Body Listening with Elizabeth Sautter

Elizabeth A. Sautter, MA, CCC- is a licensed speech and language pathologist and co-director and co-owner of Communication Works (CW), a practice providing speech, language, and social communication therapy in the San Francisco Bay Area.

After having her own children, Elizabeth followed her professional passion for supporting those with social, self-regulation, and executive functioning challenges and started CW as a private centre providing individual and group therapy. 

Currently, Elizabeth provides training, consultation, supervision, and program development in schools and organizations as well as presentations on social communication and regulation in the US and Canada. She works closely with Leah Kuypers, who developed the Zones of Regulation curriculum®, and she is a collaborative trainer on the Zones.

What we discussed:

• Who is Elizabeth?

• How Elizabeth’s personal perspective allows her to be more passionate and compassionate with people she’s working with

• Elizabeth explains how she moved to the role of Speech and Language Pathologist.

• The real goal of supporting children with big behaviours.  Elizabeth shares her experience with the son of her cousin.

• Revamping the traditional 'Whole Body Listening' strategy.

• What Elizabeth wishes teachers knew about The Zones of Regulation.

• The importance of interoception and teaching it every day.

• Elizabeth tells more about her book:  Make Social and Emotional Learning Stick: Practical Activities to Help your Child Manage Emotions, Navigate Social Situations and Reduce Anxiety.

• Elizabeth’s top tips for supporting neurodivergent learners in the classroom.

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