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This week’s return guests are Amanda and Danielle from Navigating Behaviour Change. 

Amanda is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist and Danielle is a Special Education Teacher Consultant and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Together Amanda and Danielle are co-owners of Navigating Behavior Change. They provide resources, professional development, and consultation on research and evidence-based strategies to teach and promote generalization of socially appropriate behaviors. Given Amanda and Danielle’s diverse professional background, Navigating Behavior Change strives to provide supports to not only teachers, but also school psychologists, administrators, and other related service providers. 

We cover the following and more:
1. When considering the function of challenging behaviors, how do BCBA's view the role of communication?
2. How do BCBA's use the principles of behavior to teach, practice, and reinforce functional communication skills?
3. In what ways do you effectively collaborate with a SLP to improve functional communication? Is there overlap? 
4. In the school setting, what barriers do you often encounter in regard to improving a student's ability to communicate their wants and needs?

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This week’s guest is Chanel Konja-Mertz. She is a pediatric speech language pathologist and orofacial myologist based in San Diego. She works with children ages 15 months to 17 years old and you can find her on her Instagram page @its.me.the.slp! Welcome to the podcast Chanel! 

We cover the following and more:
1. What are orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs) and who experiences OMDs?
2. When do OMDs occur?
3. What causes OMDs?
4. What are signs and symptoms of OMD in young children?
5. What are signs and symptoms of OMD in adults?
6. How do OMDs affect speech production?
7.  What else can be affected by OMDs?
8. What healthcare professionals help to treat OMDs?

For the story about the tongue tip clipping check out Kayla's IG page.

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This week’s guests are Amanda and Danielle from Navigating Behaviour Change. 

Amanda is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist and Danielle is a Special Education Teacher Consultant and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Together Amanda and Danielle are co-owners of Navigating Behavior Change. They provide resources, professional development, and consultation on research and evidence-based strategies to teach and promote generalization of socially appropriate behaviors. Given Amanda and Danielle’s diverse professional background, Navigating Behavior Change strives to provide supports to not only teachers, but also school psychologists, administrators, and other related service providers. 

We cover the following and more:
1. What is a BCBA?
2. Where do BCBA's typically work and what do they do in those settings?
3. Who do BCBA's typically collaborate with?
4. How would parents know they need one? 
5. How do you become one? 

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• Website

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Jessica Bunnell is back! She is an SLP who owns a private practice called CommuniKids Speech and Language Services working with kids ages 3 and up in the state of Massachusetts where she provides evaluation, treatment and parent coaching.

Today we talk all about starting a private practice. The pros, the cons, money, how to get started and helpful resources.

If you want to hear more from Jessica check out the podcast we did together on Imposter Syndrome.

Find Jessica:
Instagram: @communikids.slp and speechies.r.us
Website: http://www.communikidsslp.com
Facebook: CommuniKids Speech and Language Services

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This week’s guest is Ally Rochon. Ally is a Communicative Disorders Assistant, currently working in a private practice based out of Vancouver called Vancouver Language Therapy 4 Kids. Ally works with children of all ages ranging from preschool to the teenage years. At VLTK she works with 6 SLPs and runs the companies Instagram page @languagetherapy4kids. 

In this podcast we talk about:

• What is an SLPA?
• What is a CDA?
• How do you become a CDA or SLPA?
• What are the advantages to an SLP using SLPAs/CDA in their practice? 
• Where do SLPAs or CDAs work? 
• What are some resources for SLPAs, CDAs and supervising SLPs?  

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Today’s guest is Jessica Bunnell! She is an SLP who owns a private practice called CommuniKids Speech and Language Services working with kids ages 3 and up in the state of Massachusetts where she provides evaluation, treatment and parent coaching.

Today we talk about what imposter syndrome is, how to combat it and how it can show up in different people. Enjoy!

Find Jessica:
Instagram: @communikids.slp and speechies.r.us
Website: http://www.communikidsslp.com
Facebook: CommuniKids Speech and Language Services 

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Leanna Vollintine is back! She is a pediatric in-home speech-language pathologist who is joining us today to talk all about buy-in. 

We discuss what buy-in is, why it is important, how to encourage collaboration with families and the community and more! Enjoy. 

Find Leanna on her website and also on:
- Instagram - @speechworkstherapy
- Facebook - SpeechWorks Therapy
- Teachers Pay Teachers - Speech Works Therapy

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Today’s guest is Hallie Sherman from the VERY popular Instagram page Speech Time Fun! She is a school-based SLP who works with older students, a blogger, an author, a TPT creator and a fellow podcaster. Today we talk about ways to keep older students motivated and engaged. We discuss why it can be challenging to work with older speech students, how to overcome these challenges and easy/free resources to use when working with older students. 

You can find out more about Hallie by checking out her blog, podcast and Instagram page.

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Leanna Vollintine is a pediatric in-home speech-language pathologist. She has worked with children throughout her 17 year career as an SLP, and started her private practice, SpeechWorks Therapy, in spring of 2016. Her life's mission is to do whatever it takes to help those whom she serves to be the best communicators they can be while helping families advocate for their children.  

Today we talk about how to strategically look for games and materials, how to address many goals per activity, and tips for budgeting! These tips can work for anyone working with children or for parents who want to find new ideas on how to budget when it comes to buying toys for home. 

Where can people find you?
Find Leanna on her website and also on:
- Instagram - @speechworkstherapy
- Facebook - SpeechWorks Therapy
- Teachers Pay Teachers - Speech Works Therapy

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Alyson Smith, MS, CCC-SLP from @ei.teletherapy is back! Alyson is a pediatric swallowing and feeding specialist based out of Texas.

This podcast is an SLP CORNER SNACK where Alyson covers the hot topic of baby-led weaning. She discusses why it was developed, pros/cons and alternatives such as BLIS (Baby-Led Introduction to SolidS).

To learn more from Alyson listen to her previous episodes on the SLP Corner podcast:
- Episode #13 - SLP CORNER: Intro to Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing
- Episode #29 - SLP CORNER: Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Assessment, Treatment, and Making Appropriate Referrals – Part 2
- Episode #30 - SLP CORNER: Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Assessment, Treatment, and Making Appropriate Referrals – Part 1

Citations:
- Morison et al., 2016
- Cichero et al., 2016
- Wright et al., 2011
- Brown & Lee, 2013
- Morison et al., 2016
- Townsend & Pitchford, 2012

You can find more swallowing and feeding resources here:
- Picky Eaters vs. Problem Feeders
- Swallow Your Pride podcast
- First Bite podcast

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