Learning implies Choice
At every step, there is choice in learning.
Every skill we teach is guided by the choices families make and by goals that families have chosen for their children.
As a child grows and becomes more self-aware, their input is also important in choosing the goals of therapy, and we make every effort to provide these choices.
As children grow and mature, they will choose to use one learned skill over another, to attain a valued goals.
Choice is both important and healthy, as it allows a person to have agency and develop control over their life.
This is our job as therapists: to teach skills that help people become their potential through their choices.
Learning implies choice.