CONNECT First: Helping Children & Young People Thrive Throug
A book for parents, caregivers, and professionals who want communication to feel easier, calmer, and more connected.
Connect First is a practical, heartfelt guide for anyone supporting a child’s communication, emotional development, or regulation. Grounded in the CONNECT Framework®, this book offers the everyday tools that truly make the difference — the ones that help children feel safe, understood, and able to thrive.
Rather than teaching “techniques,” Connect First gives you something far more powerful:
✨ A way of seeing your child differently.
✨ A way of understanding what sits beneath their behaviour.
✨ A way of supporting communication through connection, not correction.
It’s written for real families, real lives, and the moments that matter most.
Now available on Amazon and through Avid Language Publishing.
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What if supporting your child’s communication didn’t mean squeezing in more therapy, more strategies, or more pressure—but instead meant noticing what’s already there, and building on it?
In this honest, practical, and empowering guide, speech and language therapist Susannah Burden shares The CONNECT Framework®—a relationship-first, neurodiversity-affirming approach that helps families support their child’s communication, emotional regulation, and confidence in the moments that matter most.