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How do you help your students with their social skills?

My guest, Kimberly Delude, and I are talking all about social skills and how to work on social skills through books in this episode. She is the perfect person to be talking to about this because she actually wrote her own books to help promote language growth and social skills.

Kimberly Delude is a Speech Pathologist in public schools. By day she enjoys helping her students find their voices, while at night she writes. She is the author of two popular series: Freddie the Fly and Fairy Tales 2.0. The former is a series that helps kids learn a variety of social skills through fun lessons that don't feel like learning. The latter is a series of books for at-home practice that parents can easily employ.

We are getting into how to use a book in general in a speech session from start to finish, how to get a better understanding of the things we don’t see, why practice and collaboration are so important for carryover, and more.

Kimberly is sharing endless ideas, insight, and inspiration on incorporating books to work on social skills, and she is also giving away one of her books! Listen to this episode to learn all about this topic and also to find out how to win!

Resources Mentioned: 

http://speechretreat.com

https://www.speechtimefun.com/cfbootcamp

https://socationbooks.com

https://www.instagram.com/thespeechvine

https://twitter.com/kimdbooks

https://wow.boomlearning.com/author/thespeechvine

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I know many of you in the schools are working with students that are also seeing children in private practices or outside therapy. There are also a lot of you that want to recommend students to outside therapy because they might not have qualified for school-based therapy.

A lot of questions come up about these types of situations which is why I am so grateful to be joined by Lexi Smith in this episode who owns a private practice called Cascada Resilient Therapy.

We are talking all about how school SLPs and private SLPs can collaborate to set up the best plan of care possible for the child/family.

Lexi Smith, MA, CCC-SLP collaborates with many occupational and physical therapists, play therapists, counselors, nutritionists, doctors, and other care providers. These contacts and her breadth of experience allow her to provide the highest quality and most holistic care possible in order to fulfill her commitment to empower her clients and help them and their families achieve their goals. 

Lexi opened Cascada Resilient Therapy in early March 2021. After marketing her tail off, she ended up with a few clients in just two weeks. She gets to dedicate so much more of her effort to personalizing care towards families and doesn’t feel burned out at the end of the day like she used to before owning a private practice!

If you find yourself wondering how you can better collaborate with other SLPs, this interview is a great resource for you.

Resources Mentioned: 

https://www.cascadaresilienttherapy.com

instagram.com/cascadaresilienttherapy

https://www.facebook.com/CascadaResilientTherapy

TikTok: @cascadaresilienttherapy

https://www.cascadaresilienttherapy.com/referrals

https://www.cascadaresilienttherapy.com/resources

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Do you bring a strong multicultural mindset to your classroom?

This is so important because it allows us to create greater connections with the many different families and clients that we work with. 

My guest, Sofia Almeida, is joining us to talk all about working with bilingual students and English language learners. She is also giving tips to monolingual speech therapists!

Sofia Almeida is new to this crazy speech world. She just graduated in 2019 and dove headfirst into the world of Instagram, joining an amazing community. She is a bilingual speech therapist in the big apple where she is certified in both Spanish and English. Having lived in Queens her whole life has allowed her to develop a multicultural mindset which has bettered her as an SLP, specifically with the bilingual community.  She has a love for the early childhood population where she works in a preschool by day and in private practice as a side hustle. 

Her passion shines through her love for the field and hopes that everyone can develop a multicultural mindset in order to not only better our field but the world!

I am always so eager to have conversations like these because I actually work a lot with English language learners. I learned so much from Sofia, and I know you will too.

If you want to strengthen your multicultural mindset, this episode will be so helpful for you.

Resources Mentioned: 

http://instagram.com/SoSofiaSpeech

https://www.facebook.com/SoSofiaSpeech/

speechretreat.com

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Do you understand your role in supporting children who are D/Deaf and hard of hearing?

If not, we are talking all about this with my guest, Sydney Bassard, from The Listening SLP in this episode!

Sydney is a pediatric speech-language pathologist with a clinical focus in working with children who are deaf and hard of hearing and literacy. She's passionate about early detection and intervention for those who are deaf and hard of hearing, and she is an advocate for assisting families to find functional ways to build language. 

Sydney and I are covering how to support families with children who are in these populations, the biggest challenge when it comes to literacy, the difference between what hearing itinerant teachers do and what SLPs do, how to analyze our own biases when providing information to families and so much more.

If this is new to you or you are simply interested in additional resources and advice for supporting children who are D/Deaf and hard of hearing, this episode is so helpful. Don’t miss it!

Resources Mentioned: 

www.thelisteningslp.com

https://www.instagram.com/thelisteningslp

https://www.facebook.com/TheListeningSLP

https://www.hearingfirst.org/

https://www.handsandvoices.org/

Speechretreat.com

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What does executive functioning have to do with speech-language pathology?

SLPs are able to work on many skills under the executive function umbrella including task initiation, focus, time management, working memory, task completion, organization, self-regulation, and more. 

Although it is a newer topic in our field, we are able to work with students with executive functioning challenges to accomplish various tasks and achieve goals. Kate Melillo is joining me in this episode to break all of this down!

Kate obtained her Master of Education degree in Communication Disorders with a focus on pragmatic language. Prior to earning this degree, Kate spent time as a pragmatic skills researcher, helping to design web-based programs and resources for neurodiverse individuals to learn different types of pragmatic skills, workplace skills, and transition skills. She was also a preschool and kindergarten teacher in the US and abroad. Kate has worked in the clinical speech and language field with a wide range of children from infancy to young adulthood, as well as older adults. 

Kate’s passion is teaching her students and families about navigating the social world using a neurodiverse perspective. In a fast-paced world of social media and screens, she believes that now more than ever families can use every opportunity necessary to connect face-to-face in a way that they choose.

We cover various examples of executive functioning challenges, why SLPs teach self-advocacy and pragmatic skills rather than just social skills, how assessment is handled for executive functioning challenges, the importance of teaching students self-advocacy and so much more!

If you are interested in how you can help your students (especially the older ones) with their executive functioning skills, tune in!

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/72

Resources Mentioned:

Speechretreat.com

www.beaproblemsolverservices.com

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Do you know how SLPs fit into the dyslexia intervention process?

In this episode, I am talking to Jeannette Washington about dyslexia and what an SLPs role is in treating children with dyslexia.

Jeannette Washington, M.Ed. has worked as both a Speech Language Pathologist and Software Engineer. Her experience working largely with dyslexic learners has earned her recognition in The Washington Post alongside the cofounder of the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. Jeannette is trained as a LETRS instructor which is accredited by the International Dyslexia Association. 

Learning to code further ignited her passion for special populations in the tech industry and inspired her to write the book Technical Difficulties: Why Dyslexic Narratives Matter In Tech. Jeannette can always be found boasting the importance of accessibility, inclusivity, cognitive diversity (or neurodiversity), and equity in tech. 

We talk about the early indicators of dyslexia, why dyslexia is not one-size-fits-all, ways you can move forward and help your students, and much more.

If you want to learn more about your role as an SLP when it comes to treating children with dyslexia, this episode will be so informative for you!

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/71

Resources Mentioned:

Speechretreat.com

slpelevate.com

www.bearlyarticulating.com

Instagram.com/bearly_articulating

Twitter.com/bearlyartic

Facebook.com/bearlyarticulating

https://bearly-articulating.tumblr.com

https://www.redbubble.com/people/BearlyArtic/shop

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Bearly-Articulating

https://www.mindmeister.com

https://www.hoopladigital.com

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Do you use YouTube in speech therapy? I hope you do!

YouTube videos can be so motivating for our students and there are SO many goals that we can address while using them.

I was interviewed by Deborah Brooks from the SLPs Wine and Cheese podcast to talk all about this topic, and I loved our conversation so much that I asked her if I can have the recording to put on SLP Coffee Talk! That is what you will be hearing in this episode!

The way I see it, students love technology and YouTube, so why not utilize it? Plus, it is a great opportunity to switch things up and reduce reading and writing!

I know you will enjoy this interview and get a lot of good value out of the tips and resources that I share with Deborah!

Deborah Brooks provides speech therapy to individuals of all ages and levels of need throughout NYC. From podcasting to teaching college courses to creating her own educational materials, there isn’t a stone in the world of Speech Pathology that Deborah Brooks has left unturned.

When she's not doing therapy, Deborah and co-host Maria Kotsonis have a weekly Speech Therapy podcast on iTunes and Spotify called SLPs Wine and Cheese. If you’d like to see Deborah’s sessions in action, she posts daily videos to her Instagram account @deborahbrooksslp.

Make sure to check out her podcast, SLPs Wine and Cheese, and subscribe for more of her episodes!

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Is there really a direct connection between difficulty with speech and learning to read?

There sure is, and Angie Neal is joining me in this episode to talk about this connection. We are also getting into why we need to be aware of this as SLPs, and how to help our students with literacy.

Angie Neal is the SLP Contact for the South Carolina State Department of Education, an adjunct instructor for the University of South Carolina, a Board Member for the South Carolina Branch of the International Dyslexia Association and she provides professional development across the United States on her favorites topics which include the /r/ phoneme, language, and literacy as well as social communication.  

She completed the inaugural ASHA Leadership Development Program for School-Based SLPs and has spoken at ASHA twice as well as the International Council for Exceptional Children conference twice. She received the Nancy McKinley Leadership Award from the Ohio School Speech Pathology and Educational Audiology Coalition and is a former Teacher of the Year. She is the author of Spelling That Makes Sense, The Pirate Who Couldn’t Say Arrr (Tate Publishing), Simply Social At School (Super Duper Publications), and various products on TeachersPayTeachers! 

Angie is giving such great advice in this episode as well as pointing us in the direction of numerous resources that we can use to learn more about supporting our students with their speech-to-print connection, so tune in!

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I can’t believe I haven’t talked about this on the podcast yet...

I am talking all about using commercials in speech in today’s episode with a focus on using them to work on inferencing.

Working on inferencing is definitely one of my favorite topics and goals to work on because it allows me to show my students that they can actually be successful!

This is such a hard and tricky skill, so I teach it to my students with materials that are fun and interactive. That is where commercials come in!

Listen in to this episode to learn more about how I use commercials in speech to help my students meet their goals.

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How do you manage the behavior of your speech students?

Lauren LaCour Haines from Busy Bee Speech is joining me in this episode to talk all about behavior when it comes to speech and language!

Lauren LaCour Haines is a graduate of Louisiana State University and has been a school-based speech-language pathologist in the Baton Rouge area for several years.  She serves as an SLP and the lead special education teacher at a local primary school.  Lauren is the author of the website busybeespeech.com and sells speech therapy-related resources on Teachers Pay Teachers.   

We are covering tips for keeping students engaged, tips for handling defiance or refusal, the four main functions of behavior, individualizing strategies and so much more.

Tune in to hear Lauren’s advice and how she manages behavior in her classroom!

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/67

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