Conversations In Speech Pathology

Director Ryan Gielen joins me to discuss his recent documentary “My Beautiful Stutter” now playing on Discovery Plus.

Kelly Vess is back to talk about her just-released book on speech sound disorders. It’s called Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation & Treatment. Please check out our earlier episode if you haven't already (which covers her use of the complexity approach).

In today's episode, Kelly discusses why she wrote the book and how the everyday clinician should utilize it. What I like about Kelly's book is that it includes discussions about children with autism spectrum disorder as well as other developmental delays. And she includes nonspeaking children as well!

Important aspects of Kelly's approach come from other disciplines like occupational therapy and psychology. Along with DTTC, Kelly has come up with a formula for successfully working with many children with speech sound disorders. But make no mistake! The book is not meant to be a "how-to" cookbook. The recipe for success is ultimately up to you SLP’s.

Kelly Vess has been a speech pathologist for over 17 years. She works in a school district with kids in an early childhood program. Kelly is also a clinical instructor and mentors graduate clinicians. She has presented at various venues and can be found presenting online as well. 

Links/Notes:

Kelly Vess's website

Kelly's YouTube Channel

Helen Tager-Flusberg's talk on YouTube

A general outline of Narrative Intervention by Trina Spencer & Douglas Petersen (I included this link because most SLP’s in the US will be able to access this paper without a paywall).

DTTC (Dynamic Tactile & Temporal Cueing) training opportunity

Check this out too!

A paper from 2011 by Rvachew & Nowak that calls into question the usefulness of the complexity approach

Disclaimers:

Conversations in Speech Pathology is a podcast meant to provide an ongoing dialogue about topics important to the practice of speech-language pathology/therapy. The show, its host, and guests do not provide medical or therapeutic advice regarding individual clients. Parents and other professionals are urged to seek the advice of a licensed professional for specific concerns regarding communication disorders/delays.

It should go without saying that practicing clinicians will need to do their homework to determine best practices. Please do not accept as gospel everything said on this program.

Please send all correspondence to [email protected]

Thank you for listening!

Jeff

Accent Connection is a website designed to connect speech pathologists with clients seeking accent modification. Seth Koster, an American speech pathologist, is the developer behind the site. In this episode, we'll hear Seth's story of how he left the United States for Okinawa, then Tokyo, and now Vietnam.

COVID-19 seems to have accelerated our adoption of teletherapy. Expressable, a speech-therapy teletherapy company launched last year (what timing), is well-positioned to ride this wave. But to me, what sets them apart is their straightforward business model.

Joining me in this episode is one of the founders of Expressable, Leanne Sherrod, MS/CCC-SLP.

You can find Expressable's website here.

LInda D'Onofrio is a speech-language pathologist in Portland Oregon specializing in oral myofunctional disorders (OMD's). I first came across her name about 3 years ago (likely thanks to Robyn Merkel-Walsh). Recently I've taken two or three of her online courses and have been smitten by her willingness to speak honestly (and with a sharp wit) about the problems in our profession.

Links:

Linda's Oromyofunctional Facebook group

Linda's Vimeo course: How Oral Motor Impacts Articulation & Language Development

The Dropbox folders:

OMF Articulation Abstracts

OMF Breathing Abstracts

OMF Chewing Abstracts

OMF Craniofacial Abstracts

OMF Feeding/Swallowing Abstracts

OMF Frenulum Abstracts

OMF Lactation Abstracts

OMF Mouthbreathing Asthma Abstracts

OMF Occl Ortho Abstracts

OMF Oral Habits Abstracts

OMF OSA SDB UARS Abstracts

OMF Posture Abstracts

OMF Protocols & Measurements

OMF Surgical Abstracts

OMF Therapy Abstracts

OMF Voice Abstracts

Chandler Speaks is a nonprofit charitable organization recently launched in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Its goal is to raise money to help needy families with the cost of ongoing speech therapy. The organization was started by Bryce Moen, a business executive in Texas who was looking for an opportunity to give back to the community. He found a need when his own daughter Chandler was diagnosed with a speech disorder. 

For more information about the organization, go to www.chandlerspeaks.org.

Thanks for listening!