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This week's guest is one of my absolute favourites Anna Dalziel, RSLP also known as Anna Dee SLP! Anna 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 families and school staff.

Find Anna's:
- Instagram
- FB Page
- Anna Dee SLP website and Anna's Communication Services website
- Teachers Pay Teachers page

We discuss late talkers, what SLPs assess other than word size in late talkers, pre-verbal skills, strategies to help late talkers and other kiddos in need of some SLP supports, how to differentiate between Autism and a late talker, and why Anna loves play-based therapy. We also talk about play milestones and how symbolic play relates to language development.

Note: Two things we want to emphasize is (1) make sure to always get a hearing test in addition to an SLP assessment and (2) most late talkers still have difficulties by age five and therefore they still require SLP intervention.

Click here for a helpful article on symbolic play and click here for the link for the research discussed below.

Research has shown us that Late Talkers (LT) follow one of these paths:
- Between 20–30% of LT do not grow out of their language delay. These children have ongoing difficulties and need intervention to help them with their language and literacy skills. They may receive a diagnosis of language disorder.
- Between 70–80% of LT seem to catch up to their peers by the time they enter school. Sometimes these children are called “late bloomers” because they eventually seem to catch up to other children their age. When their “general language skills” are tested, they score in the average range, which might tell us not to worry anymore. But research tells us that these children still have difficulties that we should not ignore.
- LT who seem to catch up continue to have some weaknesses
- LT who seem to “grow out of it” are working at a disadvantage when it comes to developing later language and literacy skills
- While these differences might seem small, it means that LT who seem to “grow out of it” are working at a disadvantage when it comes to developing later language skills. 

“Late bloomers” who seem to catch up actually show weaknesses in these areas:
- Some language & literacy skills – these include vocabulary, grammar, phonology, reading, understanding and creating stories, writing, and listening comprehension. These subtle weaknesses can continue through adolescence
- Other skills that are related to language – these are skills that rely on language, such as social skills, behaviour, and executive function skills
- How the brain processes speech – researchers have studied 3 to 5-year olds who had a history of late talking, and noticed that they don’t process the speech they hear as easily as other children do. This means that they have immature or less developed speech processing skills, which can interfere with their progress with language and literacy development

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This week's guest is Grace Mao Wong CCC-SLP aka @speechtherapy mom on Instagram and Youtube.

We discuss what to include and what not to include on your resume, how to prepare for interviews, what types of questions to prepare for for interviews, how to negotiate salary and helpful resources for job searching.

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Sometimes I come across a little tidbit that I like to call an SLP SNACK! It is a shorter version of my regular podcast that offers bite sized information that I feel is interesting and worth a discussion.

This podcast is based off of a talk by Dr. Mandy, a clinical psychologist who discussed ways in which to improve the recognition of females on the autism spectrum at an Autism Community Training (ACT) research conference in April 2018. At this talk Dr. Mandy discussed the history of autism, common myths about autism, the gender ratio in autism, and the female autism phenotype. I reference a blog post I wrote on this topic - to read the blog click here.

This specific podcast episode is a bite sized introduction into the popular topic of autism in girls and the improvement of the recognition of females on the autism spectrum. I discuss the reasons why females with autism are often under-diagnosed and some of the differences between females and males with autism. 

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This week's guest is Rachel Musial, M.A., CCC-SLP. Rachel is based out of Denver, Colorado and is currently working in pediatric home health. We discussed home health, early intervention, parent coaching and why it is vital to have parents involved in the therapy team. Rachel also shared strategies you can use for communicating, coaching, and involving parents in sessions and dove into the topic of using a child-directed play-based approach and why it is so effective.

You can find Rachel's website here, her Instagram here, and her FB page here.

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This week's guest is Mark from Senso Minds. We discuss all things sensory! Although sensory processing disorder is not an official medical diagnosis a lot of children with special needs struggle in the sensory department. They could be hypersensitive or hyposensitive or potentially both at different times. Although I do refer to sensory processing challenges as "Sensory Processing Disorder" at times during the episode as I mentioned above, it is not an official medical diagnosis. That being said, if you are concerned about this then an Occupational Therapist (OT) would definitely be the expert in this area so it may be helpful to seek guidance and find out more information from an OT.

This podcast dives into some signs or symptoms of sensory processing challenges and what exactly sensory processing challenges means. We also discuss the mission behind Senso Minds, some of the products they have available and I review the popular topic of chewlery.

You can find Mark and the Senso Minds team on their website www.sensominds.com, their Instagram (@sensominds), and their podcast "The Sensory Corner."

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Today's guest is Marie Muratalla, M.S., CCC-SLP. Marie is an SLP based out of Southern California and is currently working in a preschool setting. 

This podcast dives into a discussion on inclusion in a preschool setting. We discuss Marie's background with inclusion, what exactly 'inclusion' means, how speech and language development can be supported through inclusion, the importance of peer modelling, the benefits of working in an inclusive setting, what makes it work so well and Marie's goal in sharing this information on inclusion. 

Find out more about Marie by checking out her website www.thanksmorris.com, her Instagram @thanksmorris, her podcast @thanksmorris and her YouTube channel.  

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Today's guest is Kate Van Vuren, MS, CCC-SLP from @katherineannvv. She is a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist based out of Long Beach, California. Kate is currently working on her life coach certification with the goal of bringing the "health" back into healthcare and to serve the wellbeing of the therapist. 

This podcast dives into the popular topic of burnout! Kate has been researching burnout for the past year and is well versed in this area. We discuss the signs and symptoms of burnout, where people should go if they are feeling burnt out, the grind mentality and how to transition away from it.

Find more our about Kate by checking out her website www.katevanvuren.com and her Instagram @katherineannvv. Kate has some very helpful resources such as her eBook titled, "The Dynamic Dialogue- Using Mindset and Wellness to Unlock Potential”, perfect for anyone in the field. And her most recent book, ‘Everything You’ll Never Learn’. Check it out!

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In this podcast I interview two elementary school teacher's Laura Wiebe (@learningwithl) and Sarah McChesney (@magicalmomentsiwthmissm).

This podcast dives into the many benefits of reading, reviews some relevant research on this topic and discusses Laura and Sarah's initiative called "Reading for Rupert" which is a free educational resource for parents and their children to utilize during COVID-19. We end off the podcast with a discussion of a few of our favourite children's books that target goals from inclusivity to more specific SLP goals such as prepositions and phonemic targets.

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Today's guest is Alyson Smith, MS, CCC-SLP from @ei.teletherapy. She is a pediatric swallowing and feeding specialist based out of Texas. This podcast dives into signs and symptoms, evaluation, and treatment/management of dysphagia and feeding disorders. We also discuss popular topics such as chewlery and special feeding tools. Alyson also shares ways SLPs can further their knowledge base surrounding this niche area of SLP.

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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Happy Mother's Day! Today's guest is very special. Not only is she a retired public health nurse but she is also my mom. Welcome to the SLP Corner podcast, Mom (aka Erin). Erin has a breadth of experience as a public health nurse in various settings, from rural Ontario to Alberta to the Northwest Territories. One of her favourite aspects of public health nursing was parent counselling and teaching.

We discuss ideas parents can do at home to occupy young children in a stimulating way, positive parenting tips and tricks, and ways to navigate challenging behaviours. We dive into topics such as separating the deed from the doer and natural versus logical consequences.

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