Season 5 ∨
Episodes
Is “Just Model” Enough? Rethinking AAC with M.O.D.E.L. (+ Free AAC Toolkit)
Is “Just Model” Enough? Rethinking AAC with M.O.D.E.L.
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I’ve reopened my AAC survey for one final week. I...
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Hypernasal Kids & Speech Sound Disorders: What SLPs Must Do Differently (VPD Assessment + Therapy)I238
Have you ever had a preschooler who’s producing /k/, /g/, and glottal stops… but can’t give you a /p/ or a /t/?
Who has an /l/ and an /r/ but no early stops? Who sounds like they have a never-ending cold?
Friends,...
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Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn, or Flop? What to Do in the Moment (and How to Prevent It)
When a child feels unsafe, their brain downshifts into survival mode, and you’ll see it as fight, flight, freeze, fawn, or flop. In this episode, I share five evidence-based strategies for responding in the moment and...
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236. The Real 3 R's Every SLP Is Missing (It's Not Reading, Writing & Arithmetic)
You know your targets. You know your cueing hierarchy. You know exactly how to get that sound out. So why does your client suddenly flop, freeze, or turn silly halfway through the session?
In this episode, Ms. Kelly...
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235. The 4-Step Routine That Builds Visual Motor Skills in Every Single Speech Session
What if one small routine could quietly build the skills your speech and language kids need to read and write, without adding a single minute to your session?
Today I'm taking you behind the scenes on my back porch to...
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234. Spice Up Social-Emotional Literacy in Speech Therapy with This Dollar Store Hack
"Happy, sad, mad" isn't enough. Research suggests that when children learn the gradations of emotion words, they can pinpoint their own feelings and other people's more precisely. That precision is linked to stronger...
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233. SPOT and Zones of Regulation? Which to choose?
In this episode, we take a deep dive into social-emotional literacy by comparing two of the most widely used interventions at the preschool and elementary level: the SPOT approach (Diane Alber) and Zones of Regulation...
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232. Behind the Curtain: How to Build a Pragmatic Communication Group That Actually Works
Ever feel like your general speech and language groups just aren't cutting it for kids with pragmatic communication challenges?
In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain to show you exactly how to build a social...
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231. The Brain Part We're Not Talking About (But Should Be): Why the Cerebellum Changes Everything for Your Caseload
Ready for the episode that might just rewire how you think about therapy? We're heading straight to the cerebellum, the tiny, mighty brain region that holds 80% of your client's neurons despite taking up just 10% of...
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230. The One-and-Done System: How to Prep Your Whole Caseload Without Feeling Like an Octopus
Ever feel like a fast-food clerk grabbing activities off the shelf behind you, session after session, all day long? That was me. Ten different activities for ten different goals, reaching behind me like an octopus,...
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229. The Behavior Crystal Ball: 5 Research-Backed Rules for Kids with Communication Delays
Get ready for the new school year with your behavior crystal ball: the research! In this episode, we dig into five behavioral challenges that show up more often in preschoolers with speech and/or language delays, and...
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228. The Research Is Clear: Combine Movement + Storytelling for Bigger Gains
Narratives and movement are better together, and today's episode has the research to prove it. I'm breaking down a preschool study that found combining movement with storytelling produces bigger gains in language and...
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