The Working Therapist: Providing Helpful Ideas for Pediatric Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapy

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10.07.2022

Today's Working Therapist Podcast is brought to you by Haden Boliek, SLP, as she consults with Kjirsti Myles, PT, about exercises to develop head control in babies. Kjirsti shares some great movements that parents can do with their babies during ...

The Working Therapist: Providing Helpful Ideas for Pediatric Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapy episodes:

10.07.2022 Promoting Head Control in Infants: Strategies for the Pediatric Physical and Occupational Therapist Today's Working Therapist Podcast is brought to you by Haden Boliek, SLP, as she consults with Kjirsti Myles, PT, about exercises to develop head control in babies. Kjirsti shares some great movements that parents can do with their babies during ...
09.23.2022 Apraxia of Speech: Identification, Diagnosis, and Where to Start In this episode of the Working Therapist Podcast, Haden Boliek, SLP, explains how to distinguish apraxia of speech from other motor-speech disorders through a series of assessments, as well as learning the history and background of the child. Once apraxia ...
09.09.2022 The Ins and Outs of Taping for the Pediatric Physical and Occupational Therapist In this episode of The Working Therapist Podcast, Haden Boliek, SLP, welcomes returning guest Kjirsti Myles, PT, to discuss the "Ins and Outs of Taping." Taping is a great modality for muscle facilitation and joint alignment. Throughout this episode, Kjirsti ...
08.26.2022 Let's Progress! Growing from the Bottle to an Open Cup Today's podcast involves Haden Boliek, SLP, and Kjirsti Myles, PT, offering some helpful tips on how to move a child from a pacifier and sippy cup to an open cup in a developmentally-appropriate and simple way! They explain the necessary ...
08.12.2022 Has Progress in Your Speech, Occupational, or Physical Therapy Sessions Slowed Down? Some Ideas for Jumpstarting Progress! Progress stalling in your therapy sessions can be a challenging situation. In today's The Working Therapist Podcast episode, Haden Boliek, SLP, and Kjirsti Myles, PT, will discuss some simple strategies on how to jumpstart progress in your therapy session! Tune ...
07.29.2022 Motor Planning: Tips for Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapists on "Re-Training the Brain" On this episode of the Working Therapist Podcast, Haden Boliek, SLP, and Kjirsti Myles, PT, discuss how speech, occupational and physical therapy sessions are where therapists work to "re-train" the brain to develop new motor patterns. Tune in now to ...
07.15.2022 FUNctional Group Therapy: 5 Steps to Creating a Fun and Functional Group Therapy Session for the Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapist The Working Therapist's Podcast introduces special guest Nikki Curtis, SLP, and host Haden Boliek, SLP, to examine the implementation of an effective group therapy session to serve multiple children's goals. They discuss 5 important steps to strategically carrying out a ...
06.30.2022 3 Essential Phases of a Speech, Occupational, and Physical Initial Evaluation In this week's The Working Therapist Podcast episode, Haden Boliek, SLP, reviews the three essential phases of an initial evaluation of a child for speech, occupational or physical therapy. These three phases will help you ultimately determine how to make ...
06.30.2022 3 Essential Phases of a Speech, Occupational, and Physical Initial Evaluation In this week's The Working Therapist Podcast episode, Haden Boliek, SLP, reviews the three essential phases of an initial evaluation of a child for speech, occupational or physical therapy. These three phases will help you ultimately determine how to make ...
06.17.2022 Intervention Ideas for the Speech Language Pathologist: Targeting "Wh" Questions In today's podcast episode, Haden Boliek SLP shares insight into how to teach your patient "Wh" questions without the use of picture cards! She first discusses how to develop goals related to "Wh" questions in terms of functionality and through ...
06.17.2022 Intervention Ideas for the Speech Language Pathologist: Targeting "Wh" Questions In today's podcast episode, Haden Boliek SLP shares insight into how to teach your patient "Wh" questions without the use of picture cards! She first discusses how to develop goals related to "Wh" questions in terms of functionality and through ...
06.17.2022 Intervention Ideas for the Speech Language Pathologist: Targeting "Wh" Questions In today's podcast episode, Haden Boliek SLP shares insight into how to teach your patient "Wh" questions without the use of picture cards! She first discusses how to develop goals related to "Wh" questions in terms of functionality and through ...
06.17.2022 Intervention Ideas for the Speech Language Pathologist: Targeting "Wh" Questions In today's podcast episode, Haden Boliek SLP shares insight into how to teach your patient "Wh" questions without the use of picture cards! She first discusses how to develop goals related to "Wh" questions in terms of functionality and through ...
06.17.2022 Intervention Ideas for the Speech Language Pathologist: Targeting "Wh" Questions In today's podcast episode, Haden Boliek SLP shares insight into how to teach your patient "Wh" questions without the use of picture cards! She first discusses how to develop goals related to "Wh" questions in terms of functionality and through ...
06.03.2022 Strategies for Writing an Effective Daily Note for the Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapist In this episode of the Working Therapist, Haden Boliek SLP relays the importance of documenting therapy sessions, as well as advises how to write an accurate and effective daily note that doesn't require hours of time! She examines how to ...
05.20.2022 Gestures to Single Words: Intervention Strategies for the Speech Language Pathologist Today's the Working Therapist Podcast is brought to you by Haden Boliek, SLP and her take on how to develop words and language skills using cause and effect toys in a therapy session! She provides some great informational insight into ...
05.06.2022 Suck, Swallow, Breath: Infant Feeding In today's episode, the Working Therapist's host Haden Boliek SLP presents one of her favorite subjects: infant feeding! Throughout the episode, Haden speaks about what normal anatomy and physiology look like for infant feeding. She reviews the normal suck, swallow, ...
04.22.2022 TLC for the Tongues, Lips and Cheeks: Assessment and Treatment Strategies for the Speech Language Pathologist and Occupational Therapist Today's podcast episode is a continuation of the Working Therapist's last episode on "Jaw Assessment and Feeding Strategies for the Speech-Language Pathologist and Occupational Therapist." Haden Boliek SLP discusses what to look for during the oral-motor assessment when evaluating the ...
04.08.2022 Jaw Assessment and Feeding Strategies for the Speech Language Pathologist and Occupational Therapist In today's episode of the Working Therapist, Haden Boliek, SLP reviews the importance of jaw assessment in the oral- motor exam. Specifically, assessment of jaw control, strength, and rhythm is reviewed, and how these impact tongue movement for feeding and ...
03.25.2022 Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapeutic Intervention Ideas for the Beach When the weather gets warmer here in North Carolina, we start thinking about the beach! In this episode of the Working Therapist, Haden Boliek SLP shares some of her favorite ideas for intervention strategies for speech, occupational and physical therapists ...
03.11.2022 Setting Up Therapy to Promote a Successful Home Exercise Program In this week's podcast, Haden Boliek SLP and Kjirsti Myles PT review writing a home exercise program (H. E. P.) that follows C. A. N. in that it is clear, achievable, and noteworthy. They go on to discuss setting up ...
02.25.2022 Strategies to Make S. M. A. R. T. Goal-Writing Easy F. S. M. A. R. T. - What does the "F" stand for? In this podcast, Haden Boliek SLP and Kjirsti Myles PT talk about S. M. A. R. T. goals and the one "F" component that makes goal-writing easy.
02.04.2022 4 Key Elements to Consider Prior to Discharging a Patient from Speech, Occupational or Physical Therapy In this week's podcast episode, Haden Boliek, SLP and Kjirsti Myles, PT introduce a helpful acronym to help Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapists when approaching discharge for their patient. This H. O. L. D. acronym highlights 4 key elements to ...
01.21.2022 Co-Treats and Collaboration: Strategies for the Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapist In the field of pediatric developmental therapy, it's always necessary to treat the whole child and that involves collaborating with others! That can look many different ways for many different scenarios in individualized patient care. In this week's podcast episode, ...
01.07.2022 The Benefits of Low-Tech Augmented and Alternative Communication In today's podcast episode, Haden Boliek SLP and Hunter Behrmann SLP go back to basics and explore the benefits of low-tech augmented and alternative communciation. Low-tech AAC provides a strong foundation in teaching a child how to communicate, aids in ...
12.17.2021 Feeding Evaluations and Emergency Foods to Have on Hand What happens when you have a feeding assessment and the parent/guardian forgets to bring in food? Haden Boliek, SLP, and Kjirsti Myles, PT, examine which foods (and tools!) to have on hand for a planned or impromptu feeding evaluation. Haden's ...
12.03.2021 Infant Feeding and a Tongue-Tie: Is There an Impact? Is there an impact on infant feeding and a tongue-tie? Haden Boliek, SLP, discusses one of her favorite topics: infant feeding! She reviews the anatomy and physiology of the mouth, nutritive sucking and whether a tongue-tie could impact an infant's ...
10.29.2021 The Ins and Outs of the Oral Motor Exam, Part 2 How do speech therapists administer an oral motor exam and which areas do they focus on? Listen in on this week's episode of the Working Therapist Podcast as Haden Boliek SLP and our very special guest, Nikki Curtis, an experienced ...
10.15.2021 The Ins and Outs of the Oral Motor Exam: Part 1 What is an oral motor exam and why is it important? Tune into this week's episode of the Working Therapist Podcast as Haden Boliek SLP and special guest, Nikki Curtis, a seasoned SLP at Pediatric Developmental Therapy, give you the ...
10.01.2021 Tools of the Trade: The Oral Motor Exam Box What's in your Oral Motor Exam Box? In today's podcast, Haden Boliek, SLP explains her recommendations for some tools that she uses for an oral motor exam. Then, Haden and Kjirsti Myles, PT share what tools are in the Oral ...
09.17.2021 5 Successful Scheduling Strategies for the School Speech/Language Pathologist Today's podcast features a special guest, Hunter Behrmann SLP, along with the Working Therapist Podcast host, Haden Boliek SLP. Together, they list out 5 functional and practical strategies to implement when scheduling speech therapy caseloads in the school setting. These ...
09.10.2021 Shoe Choices for the Developmental Stages: A Physical Therapist Perspective, Part 2 In Part 2 of our Shoe Choices for the Developmental Stages: A Physical Therapist Perspective series, Haden Boliek SLP and Kjirsti Myles PT go in depth about foot development in children and shoe choices for ages 3 and up. As ...
08.25.2021 How to Manage the Therapy Session for Positive Behavior Responses Often in our work environment, we hear that a therapist may be struggling with the behaviors of a child. But what does that mean? If we think about it, there are positive and negative behaviors, and all of us behave ...
08.20.2021 Shoe Choices for the Developmental Stages: A Physical Therapist Perspective, Part 1 In Part 1 of our "Shoe Choices for the Developmental Stages: A Physical Therapist Perspective" series, Haden Boliek SLP and Kjirsti Myles PT explore the topics of milestones related to foot development in babies and toddlers, the importance of proper ...
08.06.2021 Ideas to Simplify Your Home Programs: Part 2 In today's Part 2 of the Ideas to Simplify Your Home Programs series, Haden Boliek SLP and Kjirsti Myles PT talk about ideas and strategies, based on their experience, to simplify home programs and make them more effective. They cover ...
07.23.2021 Ideas to Simplify Your Home Programs: Part 1 In today's The Working Therapist Podcast episode, Haden Boliek SLP and Kjirsti Myles PT discuss ideas and strategies, based on their experience, to make home programs simplified and more effective. They cover what factors must come together to make a ...
07.23.2021 Ideas to Simplify Your Home Programs: Part 1 In today's The Working Therapist Podcast episode, Haden Boliek SLP and Kjirsti Myles PT discuss ideas and strategies, based on their experience, to make home programs simplified and more effective. They cover what factors must come together to make a ...
07.09.2021 Medical Necessity for the Speech Therapist The term "medical necessity" is commonly used by occupational and physical therapists, but not so much by speech therapists. But speech therapists apply "medical necessity" in their practice the same as OTs and PTs. As a speech therapist, you have ...
06.14.2021 How To Have Influential Conversations To Impact Positive Clinical Outcomes - Part 2 As a therapist, when you are invested in helping a patient to make progress towards their goals, you will experience the necessity to have various conversations with the guardian of your patient or the patient to best help them succeed. ...
04.09.2021 How To Have Influential Conversations To Impact Positive Clinical Outcomes As a therapist, when you are invested in helping a patient to make progress towards their goals, you will experience the necessity to have various conversations with the guardian of your patient or the patient to best help them succeed. ...
03.24.2021 Exploring Toe-Walking Through a Whole Child Approach When should a physical or occupational therapist treat childhood toe-walking? What would be considered normal versus abnormal toe-walking? In this episode Haden Boliek, SLP and Kjirsti Myles, PT discuss differential diagnoses for toe-walking and considerations for when it is appropriate ...
03.09.2021 Enviromental Setup When treating the "whole child" we not only consider the disciplines involved in treatment, but the environment in which we treat. In this podcast, Haden Boliek, SLP and Kjirsti Myles, PT discuss the impact of the environmental set up on ...
02.04.2021 Reflux: Helpful Information for the Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapist - Part 2 Reflux in infants can have lasting impacts on development. In Part 1 of this podcast Haden Boliek, Speech Therapist, and Kjirsti Myles, Physical Therapist, discussed common causes of reflux seen in clinical practice, as well as more uncommon, often difficult ...
12.11.2020 Reflux: Helpful Information for the Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapist - Part 1 Reflux in pediatric patients is a common occurrence that can present as other medical conditions. In this episode, Haden Boliek, Speech Therapist, and Kjirsti Myles, Physical Therapist, discuss therapists' role in detecting causes, symptoms, and considerations when treating the whole ...
10.23.2020 Practice Pointers about Apraxia vs. Phonological Disorder: Tips for identifying Similarities and Differences In this Episode of the Working Therapist Podcast, Haden Boliek, Speech Therapist, and Kjirsti Myles, Physical Therapist, use their more than three decades of combined experience to discuss characteristics of Apraxia of Speech and Phonological Processing disorders. The Podcast also ...
09.01.2020 Back-To-School: Therapeutic Considerations for Backpacks Wear In this episode Haden and Kjirsti discuss back-to-school and considerations for weight, size and packing of a backpack. Additionally, they share some of their insight into IEP accommodations for patients and backpack wear.
08.14.2020 Ear Infections: Strategies for Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapists In this episode, Haden Boliek, speech therapist, and Kjirsti Myles, physical therapist, review the signs and symptoms of chronic Otitis Media (Ear Infections).They give an experienced discussion of the impact on development, and provide a list of "red flags" that ...
07.17.2020 Questions Leaders Should Ask Prospective Therapists in a Job Interview After 23 years of interviewing speech, occupational and physical therapists, Haden Boliek, speech therapist, delivers some ideas on questions to ask prospective therapists. The interview questions she asks prospective team members are designed to inform the therapists as to the ...
07.06.2020 NEW TELETHERAPY for CHILDREN: Tips and Strategies for Professionals Description: Haden Boliek, speech therapist, and Kjirsti Myles, physical therapist, offer tips and strategies to therapists meeting the needs of the pediatric population receiving teletherapy for speech, physical and occupational therapy. Many therapists pivoted following the initial response to the ...
07.06.2020 NEW TELETHERAPY for CHILDREN: Tips and Strategies for Professionals To keep connected, while at a distance, all of our PDT Clinics have outdoor seating. These bistro sets are set up and cleaned up before close of business, daily. We want to ensure our staff is able to maintain safety, ...

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The Working Therapist: Providing Helpful Ideas for Pediatric Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapy episodes:

Promoting Head Control in Infants: Strategies for the Pediatric Physical and Occupational Therapist

Apraxia of Speech: Identification, Diagnosis, and Where to Start

The Ins and Outs of Taping for the Pediatric Physical and Occupational Therapist

Let's Progress! Growing from the Bottle to an Open Cup

Has Progress in Your Speech, Occupational, or Physical Therapy Sessions Slowed Down? Some Ideas for Jumpstarting Progress!

Motor Planning: Tips for Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapists on "Re-Training the Brain"

FUNctional Group Therapy: 5 Steps to Creating a Fun and Functional Group Therapy Session for the Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapist

3 Essential Phases of a Speech, Occupational, and Physical Initial Evaluation

3 Essential Phases of a Speech, Occupational, and Physical Initial Evaluation

Intervention Ideas for the Speech Language Pathologist: Targeting "Wh" Questions

Intervention Ideas for the Speech Language Pathologist: Targeting "Wh" Questions

Intervention Ideas for the Speech Language Pathologist: Targeting "Wh" Questions

Intervention Ideas for the Speech Language Pathologist: Targeting "Wh" Questions

Intervention Ideas for the Speech Language Pathologist: Targeting "Wh" Questions

Strategies for Writing an Effective Daily Note for the Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapist

Gestures to Single Words: Intervention Strategies for the Speech Language Pathologist

Suck, Swallow, Breath: Infant Feeding

TLC for the Tongues, Lips and Cheeks: Assessment and Treatment Strategies for the Speech Language Pathologist and Occupational Therapist

Jaw Assessment and Feeding Strategies for the Speech Language Pathologist and Occupational Therapist

Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapeutic Intervention Ideas for the Beach

Setting Up Therapy to Promote a Successful Home Exercise Program

Strategies to Make S. M. A. R. T. Goal-Writing Easy

4 Key Elements to Consider Prior to Discharging a Patient from Speech, Occupational or Physical Therapy

Co-Treats and Collaboration: Strategies for the Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapist

The Benefits of Low-Tech Augmented and Alternative Communication

Feeding Evaluations and Emergency Foods to Have on Hand

Infant Feeding and a Tongue-Tie: Is There an Impact?

The Ins and Outs of the Oral Motor Exam, Part 2

The Ins and Outs of the Oral Motor Exam: Part 1

Tools of the Trade: The Oral Motor Exam Box

5 Successful Scheduling Strategies for the School Speech/Language Pathologist

Shoe Choices for the Developmental Stages: A Physical Therapist Perspective, Part 2

How to Manage the Therapy Session for Positive Behavior Responses

Shoe Choices for the Developmental Stages: A Physical Therapist Perspective, Part 1

Ideas to Simplify Your Home Programs: Part 2

Ideas to Simplify Your Home Programs: Part 1

Ideas to Simplify Your Home Programs: Part 1

Medical Necessity for the Speech Therapist

How To Have Influential Conversations To Impact Positive Clinical Outcomes - Part 2

How To Have Influential Conversations To Impact Positive Clinical Outcomes

Exploring Toe-Walking Through a Whole Child Approach

Enviromental Setup

Reflux: Helpful Information for the Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapist - Part 2

Reflux: Helpful Information for the Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapist - Part 1

Practice Pointers about Apraxia vs. Phonological Disorder: Tips for identifying Similarities and Differences

Back-To-School: Therapeutic Considerations for Backpacks Wear

Ear Infections: Strategies for Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapists

Questions Leaders Should Ask Prospective Therapists in a Job Interview

NEW TELETHERAPY for CHILDREN: Tips and Strategies for Professionals

NEW TELETHERAPY for CHILDREN: Tips and Strategies for Professionals