All About Kids Podcast

On this episode of The All About Kids Podcast, Jennifer Martin and Zach discuss what sparked Jennifer's desire to become a Speech Language Pathologist, the evolving role of teletherapy since the pandemic, struggling with impostor syndrome, advice for young SLPs, and more.

Welcome The All About Kids Podcast brought to you by All About Kids, the leading provider of children’s therapeutic and educational services in New York. This time I sit down with Kathy Obrien. Kathy is a speech language pathologist with a background in psychology, Special Education, communication sciences, and ABA. On this episode, Kathy discusses how she got involved in working with children with autism, what “theory of mind is” and what makes it so important, the concept of joint attention, how role playing plays a role in language development, the interplay of emotions and perception, exercises to help children with autism develop better social skills and more. We were extremely lucky to have Kathy on the podcast, she is so good at what she does and such a knowledgeable source on communication and working with children with autism. Without further ado, please enjoy this deep diving, wide ranging conversation with Kathy Obrien.

On this episode of The All About Kids Podcast, Angie Merced and Zach discuss how she became a speech pathologist, what burnout looks like for most people, how to reclaim your time and energy, the difference between burning out and being lazy, how new SLP grads can set themselves up to avoid burnout, setting boundaries with your time, and more.

Guest Bio: Angie Merced is a speech-language pathologist, life coach, author, and the founder of 'The SLP Burnout Coach'

On this episode of The All About Kids Podcast, Dikirys Pichardo and Zach discuss how Dikirys became a Universal Literacy Reading Coach at The New York Dept of Education, healthy reading habits that children can adopt for reading, her journey as a Special Education teacher, the importance of movement and music, the future of school in a post-pandemic world, and more!

Guest Bio: Dikirys Pichardo is a Special Education Teacher (CPSE), a Literacy Reading Coach, and the author of 'The EGGSciting Sleepover,' a children's book about two sassy school-aged cousins exploring different eating habits.

On this episode of The All About Kids Podcast, Erica Fernandez and Zach discuss Erica's path to becoming a bilingual speech-language pathologist, how to build confidence as a new therapist, setting boundaries to prevent burnout, advice for new SLPs out of grad school, the best practices for networking, and more.

On this episode of The All About Kids Podcast, Zach sits down with Haley and Melissa of Pediatric Speech Pals to discuss what it takes to get into SLP grad school, the best resources for parents and therapists, starting an SLP podcast, SLP vs. SLPA, the biggest challenges in the field of speech pathology, and more.

On this episode of The All About Kids Podcast, Zach sits down with Abbie Lande. Abbie is a speech-language pathologist and the owner of Upword Speech Therapy LLC which provides engaging and innovative speech and language therapy services in Indianapolis, Indiana and the surrounding area. Today, Abbie and I get into what drew her to speech therapy, helpful digital resources for SLPs, late talkers, play-based strategies for therapy, and more.

The guest today is Dr. Sima Gerber, a professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Linguistics and Communication Disorders of Queens College, City University of New York. Dr. Gerber actually was Cathy's teacher and Clinical Supervisor while Cathy attended the Graduate Program in Speech Pathology there.

Dr, Gerber has over 40 years experience specializing in the treatment of children with autism spectrum disorders.

She​ has presented nationally and abroad on the topics of language acquisition and developmental approaches to intervention for children with challenges in language development.

Dr. Gerber also has a 3 part book series out now titled 'To The Ones Who Love Me' that covers socio-emotional, language, and motor development. They're written totally from the perspective of the baby to give a window into how the baby sees the world at critical developmental points in his or her first year of life.

This time on the All About Kids Podcast, I sit down with Sandi Lebenns-Mosher, the ABA Program Supervisor at All About Kids. This is part 2 of a multi-part series on ABA that picks up right where we left off in episode one. You can go back to the last episode of the All About Kids podcast if you’d like to also tune into part one covering the foundations of ABA. In part 2, Sandi and I get into the four functions of behavior, the “first, then” statement, the importance of catching your child being “good,” the 5:1 rule, and much more.

This time on the All About Kids Podcast, I sit down with Sandi Lebenns-Mosher, the ABA Program Supervisor at All About Kids to discuss the foundations of ABA, Applied Behavior Analysis. We get into the fundamentals of ABA as a practice, how you can teach parents to be detectives, step-by-step examples of how to diffuse unwanted behaviors of your child in real-world situations, communication of non-verbal children, Visual learning, and more. This is the first part of a multi-part series on ABA, so make you’re subscribed to the All About Kids Podcast to not miss an episode!