SLP Coffee Talk

Are you ready to hear about how you can use video games to help your students with their goals?

Dr. Erik X. Raj is joining me in this episode to talk about using video games to keep older students excited to practice their goals and objectives, and evolve as communicators.

Dr. Erik X. Raj holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is a practicing speech-language pathologist who works with school-age children and adolescents with various communication difficulties. 

He regularly presents interactive workshops demonstrating how speech-language pathologists can use mobile and Internet-based technologies to educate and motivate school-age children and adolescents. In addition to developing over 25 mobile apps for children with communication difficulties, he is the creator of SLPVideoGames.com, a website that features a collection of online video games with built-in speech and language flashcards.

This is such an interesting episode about how SLPs can use video games to expand our student’s receptive language, expressive language, pragmatics, and more, so tune in to hear more about Dr. Raj and how he uses video games with his students!

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Are you sick and tired of professional development that isn't relevant to you in the field being a school-based SLP or an SLP that works with school-aged children? 

I’ve been there, and that is why I created the Speech Retreat conference which provides amazing professional development and practical and relevant information for school-based SLPs!

I decided to record an episode about the Speech Retreat to answer all of your questions, let you know a little bit more about why it was created, and why I think you should join us for it on July 17th!

I highly recommend that you tune in and grab your ticket ahead of time at speechretreat.com because we are starting to give away tons of fun prizes in the exclusive Facebook group!

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Do you have students on your caseload that struggle with their vocabulary?

In this episode, I am discussing how I help my students strengthen their vocabulary. 

I like to do this by focusing on strategies instead of specific words because I believe that they don't need to learn specific vocabulary words. They need to learn what to do when an unknown word comes their way. 

I am giving you some actionable tips and advice as well as resources and materials to use so you can easily create more teachable moments.

If you want to help your students improve their vocabulary, this is the episode for you.

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Some days or weeks are harder than others, and that is just the honest truth! Luckily, there are so many ways we can refocus and stay positive as SLPs.

Marie Muratalla is joining me in this episode to talk about using improv as a way to stay positive and feel gratitude in the crazy SLP world we live in!

Marie is a preschool SLP who has found a balance between work & life through the power of gratitude. It is her goal to share the gratitude goodness and empower other SLPs, educators, parents, etc. to take time for self-reflection and see the benefits of leading with gratitude. 

This is such an impactful episode because Marie is giving us such helpful examples, tips and tricks that we can use every day.

Tune in to hear what to do in moments that feel tough, the benefit of reflecting on the things you are grateful for and more.

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Do you incorporate the curriculum in your sessions?

I get asked this all the time!

In this episode, I am sharing a trick with you that I like to do that makes me feel like I am incorporating the curriculum into my sessions.

This is a shorter episode, but I think you are going to get a lot of value out of hearing how I use curriculum maps to bring in some of the same concepts that our students are learning about in their classrooms.

If you want to feel like the activities you are doing in your speech room are relevant to what your students are focused on in their classrooms, tune in!

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Do you work with younger kiddos and their parents?

My guest, Amanda Gerson, and I are talking about early intervention and the importance of parent involvement.

Amanda (Karas) Gerson, M.S., CCC-SLP, TSSLD is a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist with a passion for working with children, families and professionals.

She really breaks down how to manage sessions with younger children and how to keep parents involved in this episode.

Tune in to hear common questions parents have, how to manage virtual sessions, what to do when parents are resistant and more!

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Do you need help with goal selection, writing and management?

My guest, Maureen Wilson, and I are going over this in today’s episode and giving out some valuable tips to benefit you and your students.

Maureen has been a school based SLP for 10 years.  She authors the blog, The Speech Bubble SLP. Maureen has a TpT store of the same name where she creates comprehensive resources to empower and equip SLPs to provide therapy with confidence. 

I know you will feel more confident taking on goal setting, writing and management after listening to this episode with Maureen. Her tips are so helpful!

Tune in to hear the importance of baselines for goals, recommended materials to use for baselines, how to keep track of goals and more!

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Do you struggle with staying patient, calm and confident with the preschool population?

Younger students can definitely be a challenge!

I am excited to be talking about this on today’s episode with my guest, Anna Dalziel.

Anna Dalziel, MSc.SLP, R,SLP, is a Speech-Language Pathologist who works primarily with 3-6 year olds with severe speech and language delays. Anna loves play based therapy, treating speech sound disorders, and working closely with her student’s families. She is a proud mom of two young boys and a Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) Author of speech therapy materials at Anna Dee SLP. 

This is a really helpful episode for all SLPs who work with younger students, but there are so many pieces of advice from Anna that can benefit SLPs working with students at any age.

Tune in to hear goals you can work on with things like play-doh and magnets, how to help students that can’t sit still and more!

Full show notes available at https://speechtimefun.com/60

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Do you need some advice on how to effectively provide important information to parents?

Some parents have a hard time understanding or helping their children. Luckily, we are able to bridge that gap as SLPs, but it can be difficult sometimes!

I am excited to be talking about this on today’s episode with my guest, Andi Putt.

Andi is a pediatric SLP who specializes in autism assessment and intervention, so she has a lot of experience in helping parents navigate what their child needs. 

This is such an important and informative episode. I know that it will give you some great tools and recommendations that you can apply with your students and their parents.

Tune in to hear ideas for parent involvement, activities to recommend to parents, at-home dos and don’ts and more!

Full show notes available at https://speechtimefun.com/59

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How would you feel if you were being tested everyday?

You would feel so much pressure! That is how our students would feel if we were always testing them especially because they are testing so often in the classroom. 

In this episode, I am talking all about why we should not always be testing our students and why we should be teaching them instead.

This is a shorter episode, but I really think it’s an important one because this concept will really benefit you and your students.

Tune in to hear the benefits of an easy teaching moment, how to model your own thinking and more.

Full show notes available at https://speechtimefun.com/58

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