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62. Breaking Through Sensory Distraction in Autism: Practical Tips for SLPs
If you work with children with autism, this is an episode you cannot miss. Attention is the foundation of every skill we target—without it, there’s no progress in socialization, play, language, or speech.
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61. Multimodal Cueing in Speech Therapy: The Most-to-Least Strategy That Transforms Outcomes
If you treat children with speech sound disorders, this is a can’t-miss episode. Multimodal cueing isn’t just about using a variety of supports—it’s about knowing the right order to fade them so children build...
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60. Why Verbal Cues Hold Children Back in Speech Therapy (and What to Do Instead)
Verbal cues may feel like the least intrusive form of prompting in speech therapy—but research and practice show they are actually the most restrictive.
In this episode, I share three powerful reasons why verbal cues...
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59. Challenge Creates Change: Why Complex Speech Targets Lead to Faster Progress
In speech therapy, we often focus on quantity—how many times a child should produce a treatment target correctly in a session. But research (and lived practice) shows that quality and complexity of the treatment...
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58. Should Preschool SLPs Teach Letters? Rethinking Early Literacy, and Language Development
Should speech-language pathologists care about teaching letters at the preschool level? Some professionals argue no, prioritizing play, pragmatics, or comprehension instead. But research shows this doesn’t have to be...
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57. Three Speech Sound Disorder Myths Every SLP Should Rethink (Right Now)
Think you need to start with single sounds before clusters? Or that only kids with phonological processes benefit from complex targets? Think again. In this episode, I call BS on three of the most common speech sound...
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56. Executive Function in Speech Therapy: 4 Proven Strategies for Success
As SLPs, we know communication impairments often go hand-in-hand with executive function difficulties — impacting social, academic, and even vocational outcomes. In this episode, I’ll share four key components of...
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55. Autism A–Z: 20 Evidence-Based Strategies (The Alphabet Soup Approach) for SLPs
Working with preschool or school-age children with autism? This jam-packed episode breaks down 20 evidence-based practices—the Alphabet Soup Approach—so you can treat autism from every angle: motor, sensory, EF,...
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54. Manifestation for SLPs: 3 Visualization Strategies to Overcome Overwhelm and Find Success
Feeling overwhelmed as a speech-language pathologist? Between endless caseloads, behavior challenges, and high expectations, it’s easy to get stuck in stress and self-doubt. In today’s episode, I share three powerful...
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53. Dialogic Reading Strategies Every SLP Needs: How to Boost Literacy & Engagement
Print is becoming a bigger part of how we communicate—and as SLPs, we must be ready to support children’s literacy skills effectively. In this episode, I break down Dialogic Reading and the CROWD prompts (Completion,...
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52. Language Goals Are 80% of Your Outcomes (Stop Wasting Time on Prepositions)
If you work with children with language impairment, this will be a game-changer. Treatment goals are the food that drives 80% of your therapy outcomes—so why are we still writing goals like it’s 2004?
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51. Why Complex Goals Drive Bigger Gains in Speech, Language, and Literacy
This marks the end of the very first year of The Preschool SLP Podcast — thank you for joining me on this journey! Together we’ve grown, questioned, and reimagined how to make therapy more impactful. Today’s episode...
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