SLP Coffee Talk

What is the role of an SLP when it comes to dyslexia? 

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with two rock star SLPs, Karina and Heather from @SoarWithWords, to talk about all things dyslexia and how we as SLPs can best support our students that struggle with it and help them reach their goals.

Heather is a certified speech language pathologist and owner of HBC Language and Literacy. Karina is a licensed speech language pathology assistant and co-author of Soar With Words School. 

Topics covered in this episode include:

• Who is responsible for diagnosing students with dyslexia 
• Tools and testing materials for diagnosing dyslexia 
• The importance of early intervention and the Dyslexia Paradox
• Tips for working with older students with dyslexia 

If you are wondering how you can better support your students with dyslexia, this episode is for you so make sure to tune in! 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/165

Resources Mentioned: 

Visit the Soar With Words website: https://www.soarwithwords.com/

Follow Soar With Words on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soarwithwords/

Check them out on Teachable: https://soarwithwords.teachable.com/

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007

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Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets

What do successful readers do naturally? 

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with none other than my very own daughter, Ella, to talk about some things that successful readers do. She’s given me a lot of insight into what our students are picking up naturally in the classroom, and she’s here to share some tips that we can all apply to our therapy sessions! 

Topics covered in this episode include:

• What Ella does when she doesn’t know a word when reading 
• The tricks she learned from her teacher this year to help her remember and understand things while reading
• How she approaches research and writing 
• Ella’s tips for answering comprehension questions

Learning is hard sometimes! So, it’s so good to know what a good reader is doing naturally while they’re reading so that we can better help our speech students! Tune in to learn more! 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/164

Resources Mentioned: 

Listen to my previous episode with Ella: www.speechtimefun.com/97 

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007

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Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets

As SLPs, we all know that writing IEPs can be a challenge. 

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Jennifer Hofferber to talk all about IEPs and get her best time-saving tips and meeting must-haves that will make your life a whole lot easier. 

Jennifer Hofferber is a special education teacher with a passion for supporting struggling special educators.  She supports them through her podcast, resources, and SPED Prep Academy. 

Topics covered in this episode include:

• How to create a weekly prep schedule
• Tips for creating systems to simplify your work 
• Ways to simplify collecting data for each student
• Must-haves and organization tips for your next meeting 

Jennifer has tons of tips that we can use to make our lives so much more organized and simple. Tune in to learn them now! 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/163

Resources Mentioned: 

Visit Jennifer’s website: https://www.spedprepacademy.com/

Listen to The SPED Prep Academy Podcast: https://www.spedprepacademy.com/podcast

Get a free copy of Jennifer’s Understanding Percentiles visual: https://www.spedprepacademy.com/percentilechart

Check out her TpT store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Login?f=/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Sped-Prep-Academy-jennifer-Hofferber

Follow Jennifer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spedprepacademy/

Follow Jennifer on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpedPrepAcademy

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007

Follow Hallie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechtimefun

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Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets

Do you feel confident going into your mixed groups? 

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I’m sharing a clip from a free training I did all about mixed groups and tackling them with confidence. I shared my top tips and strategies for planning them and feeling ready to take them on. 

Topics covered in this episode include:

• Why you shouldn’t overthink your mixed groups
• Tips for implementing a good behavior management system in these groups
• How to find commonalities in the objectives for each student in the group
• Simple ideas for activities you can use tomorrow in your mixed group sessions
• How to use one activity with as many groups as possible

I know mixed groups can be challenging, but they don’t have to be! Tune in to hear my best tips for planning a smooth and successful mixed group therapy session. 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/162

Resources Mentioned: 

Sign up for SLP Elevate: https://www.speechtimefunpd.com/slp-elevate-aug

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007

Follow Hallie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechtimefun

Follow Hallie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpeechTimeFun/

Follow Hallie on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/missspeechie/

Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets

Do you have students that just don’t want to write? 

You’re not alone! In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, we are diving into how we can help reluctant writers and the things we can do to encourage them to reach their writing goals. I sat down with Megan Polk, a literacy specialist, to get her top advice for SLPs. 

Megan Polk is a literacy specialist living in Nashville, Tennessee and the content creator behind The Literacy Dive and Writing Made Simple where she creates reading and writing resources that are creative, rigorous, and comprehensive. She seeks to equip teachers who share similar challenges and have the same mission: to close the gap, to increase student confidence and achievement, and to develop students who will expand their true love for literacy. 

Megan has tons of tips for making writing fun and engaging your reluctant writers! Make sure to tune in to learn more! 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/161

Resources Mentioned: 

Check out The Literacy Dive website: https://theliteracydive.com/

Follow Megan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theliteracydive/

Follow Megan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLiteracyDive

Follow Megan on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theliteracydive

Check out her TPT store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Literacy-Dive

Listen to Megan’s Podcast: https://theliteracydive.com/category/podcast/

Check out the Writing Made Simple membership: https://theliteracydive.com/join

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007

Follow Hallie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechtimefun

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Follow Hallie on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/missspeechie/

Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets

Ready to learn more about AAC? 

People can be very intimidated by AAC and this is something I get a lot of questions about from other SLPs. I decided to bring an expert on the topic onto the show to talk about all things AAC so that you can become the best SLP you can be. 

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Laura Hayes to dive into this topic so we can learn more about AAC, who needs it, teaching students advocacy, and so much more. 

Laura Hayes is a speech-language pathologist with over 14 years of augmentative and alternative communication experience in both school and medical settings. 

Laura has presented locally and at state, national, and international conferences such as MSHA, ATIA, AAC in the Cloud, Helix, TalkingAAC, and the Pediatric Perspectives Conference. She has been published and supported both inpatient pediatric and educational augmentative communication research.  She loves providing training, implementation resources, and guided direction to help with success using AAC.  She can be followed for more resources and ideas on Instagram. 

Tune in to learn more about making the most out of your therapy sessions with students that have an AAC! 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/160

Resources Mentioned: 

Visit Laura’s website: https://sites.google.com/view/aacinnovations/home?pli=1

Get her free AAC for Gestalt Language Processors course: ​​https://www.meaningfulspeech.com/AAC-course

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aac_innovations/

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007

Follow Hallie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechtimefun

Follow Hallie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpeechTimeFun/

Follow Hallie on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/missspeechie/

Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets

Are you ready for Valentine’s Day? 

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I’m sharing some low-prep therapy ideas that you can use with your older speech students with a Valentine’s Day theme. 

Often we think that this holiday might be more fitting for your younger students with some basic activities that focus on love words and red things. But we can totally incorporate the theme with our older speech students as well! 

Anything that they might be motivated by, we can utilize in our speech room to elicit a ton of language.

So I’m sharing five low-prep therapy ideas that you can use to get your students engaged in meeting their speech goals this Valentine’s Day that are completely free! I am all about taking these few activities and using them all week. They are all versatile enough to be used for multiple goals and multiple different groups. 

Tune in to learn more about what these free resources are and how to use them with your older speech students this Valentine’s day! 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/159

Resources Mentioned: 

Check out Simon’s Cat - Valentine’s Day Collection: https://youtu.be/kfAd5ekuxuo

Check out Art Club Hub - draw a Valentine (and others): https://youtu.be/LA6gG4vIm9c

 Check out the YouTube Short Film - First Comes Love: ​​https://youtu.be/XXhsh9nvgyg

Check out Mystery Doug - Where Does Chocolate Come From: https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/chocolate#slide-id-14399

Check out Baamboozle - Would You Rather Valentine’s Day edition: https://www.baamboozle.com/game/348553

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007

Follow Hallie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechtimefun

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Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets

Are you ready to be a leader? 

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with a returning guest, Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan to talk about how she helps SLPs step into the leadership role so that they can give their students the kind of help that they need. 

Dr. Karen is the founder and CEO of Dr. Karen, LLC, a company focused on helping K-12 therapists (SLPs, psychologists, social workers, and other service providers) be better leaders so they can provide comprehensive support for their caseloads. Specifically, she helps them develop programming around language, literacy, and executive functioning. 

Before starting her company, she spent 14 years working in the public school system. She has a doctorate in Special Education and a Director of Special Education credential, as well as an M.S. and B.S. in Speech Pathology; all from Illinois State University.

Tune in to learn more about building relationships and trust in your workplace and taking on leadership roles. 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/158

Resources Mentioned: 

Visit Dr. Karen’s website: https://drkarenspeech.com/

Listen to my previous episode with Dr. Karen: https://speechtimefun.com/but-there-isnt-a-language-curriculum/

Get the free guide on 30 tools to foster generalization: https://drkarendudekbrannan.com/generalization

Check out the De Facto Leaders podcast: https://drkarendudekbrannan.com/blog/

Check out the De Facto Leaders Podcast FB page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088427702647

Join Dr. Karen’s Speech & Language FB page: https://www.facebook.com/drkarenspeech

Follow Dr. Karen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkarenspeechlanguage/

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007

Follow Hallie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechtimefun

Follow Hallie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpeechTimeFun/

Follow Hallie on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/missspeechie/

Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets

Do you ever just wing it? 

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I’m sharing a different type of episode. I’m diving into the topic of winging it and giving you permission to throw something together last minute if your lessons don’t go according to plan or even if you just change your mind. 

As SLPs, we are busy. We have so much on our plate. There are evaluations to write up, students to gather up, and so much more. 

Sometimes things happen. Sometimes you just end up scrambling, and that’s okay! I do it, other SLPs do it. You’re not alone. 

It’s easy to want to have the perfect lesson each and every time. But remember, we are human and your students don’t even know when things don’t go according to plan. So there is no reason to stress. Your lessons don’t have to be perfect to be effective. 

Tune in to learn more about why it’s okay to just wing it sometimes and tips for those days when you don’t have time for a perfect lesson. 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/157

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007

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Follow Hallie on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/missspeechie/

Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets

Are you wondering how you can help the parents of your students become better advocates for their children? 

Sometimes it comes down to making sure they understand what to ask. In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with a fellow SLP and the March 2023 Speech Retreat speaker, Dr. Tinita Kearney! She’s here to talk about topics like empowering parents, educating colleagues, and her new book! 

Dr. Tinita Ortega Kearney is a pediatric speech-language pathologist (SLP) specializing in autism spectrum disorder. Tune in to learn about Dr. Tinita’s books and her top tips for empowering parents to advocate for their children. 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/156

Resources Mentioned: 

Visit the Lola Koala website: https://www.lolakoala.com/

Visit Dr. Tinita’s website: https://www.tinitakearney.com/

Follow Dr. Tinita on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/finalpiecetherapy

Follow Dr. Tinita on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.t_slp/?hl=en

Follow Lola Koala on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LolaKoalaExplorer/

Check out Dr. Tinita’s TpT store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Dr-T-Slp

Sign up for the Speech Retreat: https://speechtimefunpd.mykajabi.com/speech-retreat-recharge

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007

Follow Hallie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechtimefun

Follow Hallie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpeechTimeFun/<

Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets