The Pediatric Speech Sister Show Podcast: Building Culturally Responsive Practice with Melanie Y. Evans, MS CCC-SLP

Are you looking for creative ways to incorporate Black history in your speech therapy activities? Listen in as I talk with Mecca Lewis, MS CCC-SLP (aka @aaefortheslp) on how we can best celebrate Black History Month as speech pathologists year round! Let us know your takeaways in the reviews!

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In this episode we discuss 3 ways BIPOC Speech Pathologists, SLPAs, and SLPs2Be can navigate the unique challenge of being a part of a predominately White field. 

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How can we support our Asian-American clients & colleagues as anti-Asian violence persists in our communities? In this episode, we talk about 7 ways we can show our solidarity for the LONG-HAUL.

Sources: 

Educators, Your Asian Students Could Use Your Support (Nam, 2022)

The Monterey Park Shooting, What You Can Do to Help or Get Help (Stop AAPI Hate, 2023)

Asian Justice Organizations Mentioned: 

API Speech, Language, Hearing Caucus

AAPI Equity Alliance

AAPI Women Lead

Stopaapihate.org

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How do you consider the perspectives of your clients? Considering the perspectives of our students/clients’ and their families is the first step toward cultural competency! By taking a cultural humility approach, we can better understand our client’s needs, goals, and doubts. Doing this will allow us to foster stronger connections to yield treatment gains!

Sources: 

Cultural Considerations for Communication and Swallowing Disorders (Baylor University, 2019)

The Importance of Cultural Competence in Speech Pathology (Viggers, 2023) 

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LSA is an essential aspect for dynamic assessment of CLD students however speech pathologists are too overwhelmed! Here are some ways I like to think about LSA and reframe my mindset when I feel like I don't have the time. 

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Sources:

Klatte, I. S., van Heugten, V., Zwitserlood, R., & Gerrits, E. (2022). Language sample analysis in clinical practice: Speech-language pathologists' barriers, facilitators, and needs. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 53(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_lshss-21-00026

Busy Speech Language Sample Analysis Checklist

Post-holiday trauma is often not considered when returning back to school from Winter Break. Rachel is a speech pathologist and survivor of the 2018 Stoneman Douglas Parkland Shooting who bravely uses her experience to teach SLPs and educators how we can be more trauma informed in our work. 

Join our conversation as we discuss:

Rachel can be reached via her Instagram: instagram.com/ptsd.slp 

Note: This episode was recorded on a digital platform. Please expect minor delays in audio.

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Sources:

AGE-RELATED REACTIONS TO A TRAUMATIC EVENT

Climate Change as ACE (Climate Trauma Project)

How Extreme Weather Threatens People with Disabilities

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration 

Teen gunman kills 17, injures 17 at Parkland, Florida high school

Trauma Informed Oregon 

“What is Child Trauma?” (Northwestern University, 2022)

Trauma Informed Books (from our Affiliates)

What Happened to You? - Oprah Winfrey & Bruce Perry

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity

Did you know your faith has a lot of power in who you are as a clinician? In today's episode, we recognize the 7th principle of Kwanzaa, "Imani", which means "To believe with all our hearts in our people and the righteousness and victory of our struggle." 

Join me as we think of different ways we can use faith in our profession to grow as experts and reach our full potential. You don't want to miss this episode! 

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In this episode we recognize the 6th principle of Kwanzaa, "Kuumba," which means to "make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness."

Kuumba is a principle SLPs can certainly relate to! Tune into this episode as we discuss 5 ways you can be creative as an SLP!

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Did you know 60% of SLPs are burnt out (Brito-Marcelino et al., 2020)? That's why for Kwanzaa's 5th Principle, NIA, we focus on making "our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness."

In today's episode, we discuss: 

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Burnout Article: 

Brito-Marcelino A, Oliva-Costa EF, Sarmento SCP, Carvalho AA. Burnout syndrome in speech-language pathologists and audiologists: a review. Rev Bras Med Trab. 2020 Dec 11;18(2):217-222. doi: 10.47626/1679-4435-2020-480. PMID: 33324464; PMCID: PMC7732050.

Cooperative Economics means "to build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together." Join me in today's episode as we talk about: 

- What Cooperative Economics look like in the field of speech pathology

- Different ways we can support small-business owners without spending a dime

- How your support empowers SLPs to continue to serve their initiatives 

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