By Jeff Stepen: Speech-Language Pathologist
It's my pleasure to welcome back Rinki Varindani to the show! I first interviewed Rinki more than 2 years ago when she was working acute care in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Rinki has now relocated to upstate New York and...
Julia Kuhn was born with the travel gene. Luckily, she gets to be in a profession that makes it easy to work on a temporary basis in a variety of locales. (Hawaii anyone?) Have you ever wondered what it would be...
Happy New Year everyone! Today, on this first podcast of the new year, I welcome noted ASHA fellow Dr. Brian Goldstein to talk about bilingualism. Brian is well known in our field for his work on bilingualism and in particular Spanish phonological...
In this episode I’m asking an important question: Is it possible for a treatment methodology to be considered pseudoscience (at least today) and yet actually work for some individuals? Yes, I’m delving into the world of RPM (Rapid Prompting Method), a...
I'm not sure what the profession looks like in the rest of the world, but here in the U.S. the field of speech pathology is getting harder to get into. There are currently more applicants than available spots in graduate...
Smita Joshi is a speech pathologist, colleague, and friend whom I've had the pleasure of knowing for about 15 years. She was also one of the first persons I asked to be on this show! Though I was politely declined at...
Camp ALEC (AAC, Literacy, Education, Communication) is a weeklong summer camp designed for students with physical disabilities whose primary means of communication is through AAC. The camp is now in its third year under the direction of Drs. Karen Erickson...
Sometimes it seems like app creation is beginning to get about as ubiquitous as the L.A. resident working on his/her screenplay! A lot of people are either making one, thinking about making one, or want to make one (but have no...
Articulation Station is one of the best-known articulation apps on the iTunes store right now. I wanted to meet the developer behind this well designed app and she is none other than Heidi Hanks. Together with her husband Chris (a...
Rinki Varindani is an adult medical SLP working in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Many of you will know Rinki from her Facebook group Medical SLP Forum, which just passed 8,000 members worldwide! In today's episode, Rinki talks about what her undergraduate...
He's a presenter, app developer, blogger, and yes- a male speech pathologist! He's Erik Raj, uber speechie! Join us as we talk about Erik's recent doctoral dissertation, some of his favorite apps, youtube, and a children's show he is developing! Show...
Jane Farrall is an AAC consultant with a specialization in AAC & literacy. Today, she talks with me about AGOSCI 2015, where she was both a presenter and attendee. Of course, I also throw out some related and occasionally random...
Today I speak with Julie Tracy, a mother of an adult son with high functioning autism. Julie talks about the foundation her family recently started: The Julie + Michael Tracy Family Foundation. It's aim is to provide residential, social, vocational,...
Do you work in a school setting in the U.S.? Do you know about Donors Choose? Have you used it? Well, Tom Shull sure has! He's a speech pathologist from the Boston area who successfully funded over $15,000 in projects using...
Today I talk to Paul Andres & Russell Cross from the Prentke Romich Company (PRC) about a new method for interpreting SGD (speech generating device) language samples. It's called "Realize Language". I just started using the service and I can...
Jessica Aubin is a speech pathologist from the Seattle area who works in her own private practice. She is also the founder of JOTx, an iPad app that streamlines the therapy note taking process. Join us as we talk about...
Here’s the first in what I hope will be a number of episodes featuring discussions about products marketed to SLP’s. In today’s episode, you’ll hear about the SmartPalate system by CompleteSpeech. The SmartPalate system is a portable electropalatography instrument used...
In this episode, I talk to ASHA Fellow Dr. Gregory Lof of the MGH Institute of Health Professions about nonspeech oral motor exercises. My hope is that this episode addresses some of the concerns or questions you might have about...
In this episode I speak with Michael Gladstein, an educational psychologist, about his innovative approach to written intervention known as SQWrite. You can visit Michael's website at www.sqwrite.com
Today I'm featuring a former professor of mine, Dr. Pat Van Slyke, who discusses the history of RtI (Response to Intervention) as well as how us SLP's fit into the picture. Enjoy! You can find Dr. Pat Van Slyke at: www.patvanslyke.com
In this second episode, I have a brief conversation with Temple Grandin. Over the course of the conversation, we touched on some issues that I hope to bring up again in future episodes. I hope you enjoy it.
