SLP Happy Hour

TW: Brief mentions of death, suicide, and loss

Key Topics
0:00 Topic & Intro
1:24 Ambiguous Loss
12:09 What can I do for someone experiencing grief?
14:07 About Rumination

In this episode, the cohosts share more about ambiguous loss, and how to tell if you are experiencing it. They also cover 5 ways to help loved ones who are grieving, and what “ruminating” looks like and some self-care questions to ask yourself when you are stuck in a negative thought loop.

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In this episode, the cohosts define pandemic rage as well as 10 implications for SLPs.

Time Stamps
0:00 Intro & Sponsored By
2:05 What’s new with us?
4:40 Pandemic Rage - are people meaner right now?
20:45 Self Care Challenge - 5 Acts of Kindness
21:57 Easy Lesson - Movement Ideas
23:53 Recap

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In this episode, Sarah shares her travel experience to Florida (during the Omicron surge, unfortunately) and what she learned about AAC at the 2022 ATIA conference. The first part of this episode is a chatty account of the travel experience, so if you just want the tips, skip ahead to 18:34.

Full Show Notes: www.slphappyhour.com/show-notes/117

Time Stamps
0:00 Introduction
2:57 Why AAC? Why now? (Sarah’s work transition)
7:11 Pandemic Travel
18:34 What I Learned at ATIA
32:39 Wrap Up

Key Takeaways
Don’t assume the child isn’t attending to modeling
Teach, don’t just model
Oftentimes, parent training IS the intervention
Use least to most prompting hierarchy for AAC
Find ways to offer more communication opportunities throughout the day
Use Canva to design open ended activities (presentation mode)
Ask fewer questions and offer more statements (instruct, don’t question)
Choose what vocabulary to target based on observation & a spontaneous language sample - what are they doing now to communicate?
Reduce expectations and increase engagement
RAPP Reading Strategy - read the text and use an AAC model, ask a question and provide an aided AAC model and wait 5 seconds, answer the question and proved an aided AAC model and wait 5 seconds, provide a brief verbal prompt like “your turn” or “show me”


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In this interview episode, Sarah Gregory shares all about school age AAC - including how to write goals, how to get team buy in and what makes for successful intervention sessions.

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Time Stamps

0:00 Introduction 

5:00 Impostor Syndrome and AAC 

6:42 Lightning Round

12:57 School Age AAC - Where do you start? 

15:39 Getting buy in from the team (parents, families, teachers) 

19:41 Common classroom challenges for AAC 

31:00 How does my student get a device? 

34:59 Writing Goals for AAC 

49:22 Examples of interventions with younger learners

52:07 Examples of interventions with older learners  

54:22 Recap & Wrapping up with a story 

58:07 Where to connect with Sarah Gregory SLP 

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In this interview episode, SLP Rachel Madel shares tips for school-age AAC users.

Time Stamps

0:00 Introduction and Lighting Round

10:47 How did you get interested in AAC?

15:07 Case Study (2nd Grader Conner)

28:11 How do we do a high tech AAC assessment? Where do we start? What resources can we access to do this AAC eval?

32:32 How do you judge success in an AAC trial? How do we know if what we are trialing is working? What are we looking for?

41:58 Defining “robust AAC,” and giving examples of systems that are robust

43:18 Resources to use during an AAC evaluation

47:15 What are some motivating activities you use in your session?

50:50 Ideas for students who line up and stack toys by color - how can an SLP engage in that activity when that’s what is motivating?

56:00 Ask communication partners - if a child had consistent access to a way to communicate - what would they say?

01:07:00 7 Takeaways for AAC use, wrap up


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In this solo episode, Sarah shares dos and don’ts for AAC intervention with emerging communicators.

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Key Points:

Do extend interactions

Do practice joint problem solving

Do practice playful obstruction

Don’t model words you choose before a session starts (instead, follow the child’s lead)

Don’t hide/mask too many of the words (make sure there are plenty of words to choose from - in most cases)

Don’t just model requesting - do work on comments and negation (and more pragmatic functions)

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In this interview episode, Sarah talks to Tanna Neufeld SLP & AAC Coach about an early communicator case study.

Key Topics
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:36 Interview Begins
00:06:18 Case Study - Luke
00:22:57 Joint Problem Solving Examples
00:30:37 Core versus Fringe
00:33:41 Varying the routines when a child has one preferred routine/toy
00:37:28 Goals for Emerging Communicators
00:49:28 Students who aren’t attending to AAC models


Reflection Questions:
How can you let go of control and follow the child’s lead during your sessions?
How can you incorporate shared problem solving and communication temptation strategies such as playful obstruction into your sessions?
What can you do to entice a student to attend to you more?
Where would you like your client to go next? What are some goals that you can write for your client that will allow you to track their communication progress without locking you and them into specific communication words or systems?


This episode explores:

- What to do if students seem not to attend to your models

- Ways to vary play

- How to model AAC & where to start

- Exploration of a case study to get started

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This episode is an interview with Tanna Neufeld, SLP, University of Washington Professor, and AAC Consultant. This episode focuses on intervention sessions for emerging communicators.
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Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
1:45 Interview with Tanna begins: background, interest in AAC
5:00 Impostor Syndrome & AAC
8:40 Lightning Round/Get to Know You
11:09 Emerging Communicators - What does the term “explorers” mean?
15:18 Child-Led Play & Examples of Explorers
19:23 Do gestalt language processors or kids with some spoken language need AAC?
26:45 Who needs AAC?
30:00 What are the barriers to starting AAC earlier and using it more often?
33:19 High tech or low tech?
39:12 Core, Fringe & Personal Core Words (definitions and examples)
45:00 Communication Dictionary or Signal Inventory
51:20 How do we know what words to target and how many to target at a time?
01:01:00 Tanna’s Nonprofit & Courses, wrap up

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Key Topics
0:00 Introduction
2:01 What to Expect on the Podcast in 2022
3:51 Work and Job Updates for the Cohosts (including celebrations and challenges)
17:03 End of Year Reflections (5 Important Reflection Questions - and our Answers)
23:01 Recap

End-of-Year Questions:
What is something that disappointed you and something that surprised you in 2021?
What is something that has changed for you in the past year?
What goals do you have that you are going to put on hold or let go of that are no longer serving you?
How is your heart?
What is a way that you are people pleasing and what are you going to do about it?

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In this solo episode, Sarah shares 5 benefits to setting boundaries, plus some scripts for SLPs looking to set more boundaries at work.


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