True Confessions with Lisa & Sarah

True Confessions with Lisa and Sarah has been on hiatus for a while, but are excited to be back in the Confessional with the one and only Bill Bolden! 

We break down his January SLP Summit presentation, the mixed reaction to his live giveaway during his course, and the relationship between presenters who both speak and have products to sell. We also dive in to how to use a cycles approach to teach grammar, so we're not spinning our wheels in therapy. This approach can be used for all ages, so join us for this must-listen to podcast!

This is our last episode of the season! Join Lisa and Sarah as they chat about how they are each a work in progress (both personally and professionally), Summer Camp (an exclusive opportunity for SLP Toolkit subscribers), and a scholarship offer for new grads/CFs to be! They also tease out some exciting news about major upcoming developments in the world of SLP Toolkit.

In this episode, we chat with the amazing Cari Ebert about her journey in the field of speech pathology as well as her SLP Summit course (How to Prepare for Speech Therapy Using Principles of Motor Learning)! Cari gave us several nuggets of information, including how she made the shift from working from a strengths-based vs. deficits based approach with Autistic children, how SLPs need to use a diagnosis to drive the treatment bus, and how to assess and treat CAS (childhood apraxia of speech) for all children (including those with other diagnoses and children who are teenagers). We could have talked to her for hours! This episode is a must listen-to.

Resources mentioned:

We have the amazing Rachel Dorsey in the confessional, and we are so excited! We've had the chance to collaborate with Rachel several times in the past, and each time we speak to her we always say we wish it had been recorded, because she is a wealth of knowledge! In this episode, we chat about her recent SLP Summit presentation on writing neurodiversity affirming IEP goals and the difficulty with sustaining masking behavior in Autistic individuals (which is what we traditionally see written in IEP goals).

Resources Mentioned:

Rachel's Instagram and Facebook

Rachel's blog post: Beyond Unlearning

Rachel's courses from her site

Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network

Autistic People of Color Fund

Foundations for Divergent Minds

Neuroclastic

We are thrilled to have our bestie Shannon with Speechy Musings in the confessional (from her Airstream)! If you have ever thought about being a traveling SLP, starting a business, creating products, or making a change within the field - this episode is for you! We know that burnout is real but this profession needs you! We hope you find this confession inspiring and informational.

Resources:

Shannon's website: https://speechymusings.com/

Shannon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechymusings/

Speechy Musings on TPT: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Speechy-Musings

Boom Cards: https://wow.boomlearning.com/

Searching for Home (Shannon's book): https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Searching-for-Home-Narrative-Based-Language-Intervention-Unit-Speech-Therapy-6623779

Bjorem Speech Cards: https://www.bjoremspeech.com/

Smiles for Speech: https://www.smilesforspeech.org/

It's that time of year..and no we aren't talking about the holidays! It's progress report time and in this episode, Lisa and Sarah are sharing about the headaches of progress reports and a solution of how to make it less painful!

Wes Chernin is in the confessional!!!!!!! We had the privilege of collabing with Wes for SLP Summit and his course, Transgender Cultural Responsiveness for Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologists, was the beginning of an enlightening conversation that we couldn't wait to continue! Wes makes us want to be better humans and we hope you love this episode as much as we do!

Resources:

-- Wes Chernin's social media handles:

https://www.instagram.com/wes.chernin/

Other Resources mentioned:

The Gender Unicorn: https://transstudent.org/gender/

-- ALOK 

www.alokvmenon.com 

https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/

Podcast referenced

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alok-vaid-menon-the-urgent-need-for-compassion/id1571480224?i=1000530016080

-- Q Inclusion

Email - [email protected]

Gender Spectrum: https://www.genderspectrum.org/

We have Perry Flynn in the confessional and he showed up with a string of confessions 🙂. We chat all about LRE and best practices for service delivery in the school setting - which are easier said than done! We also are able to get answers to some of your burning questions from his SLP Summit presentation! This is just the start of a very important conversation and mindset shift!

Resources:

Perry's website with resources: https://hhs.uncg.edu/csd/people/flynn-perry/

We are thrilled to finally have our SLP bestie, Shontaye Glover, in the confessional with us to talk about all the things! This is an honest conversation about personal experience, perspective, how the title of our online conference The Equity Series triggered some negative responses, and most importantly why representation matters, and how and why you should diversify your library and practical ideas for literacy-based therapy.

Resources:

Shontaye's website: Having Our Say 

Having Our Say on TPT: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Having-Our-Say

Shontaye's social media: https://www.instagram.com/havingoursay/ https://www.facebook.com/havingoursay

Liam's First Cut 

The Equity Series: https://www.bethebrightest.com/conferences/the-equity-series

Diverse library resource: https://www.havingoursay.org/diverse-picture-books

Wheel of Power/Privilege

Jordyn Carrol Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jrc_theslp/

Wes Chernin: Social: https://www.instagram.com/lavenderspeech/  website: https://www.qinclusion.com/

It's the first episode of Season 4 and a new school year! Sarah and Lisa are in the confessional sharing all of their wisdom on how you can be your best while admitting they don't always follow their own advice 😂. Let's just say there are a lot of snappy phrases given with a lot of caveats! We hope this episode will inspire and motivate you to start the school year off with a bang while reminding yourself that it's easier said than done.

Resources:

SLP Toolkit Process Guide PDF: https://toolkit-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/SLP+Processes+.pdf

SLP Toolkit Process Guide Google Docs (editable. version): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y-S6OxKlylQxkTj_tAdzkNmBYH6MgcL7

Project Management Software: Asana www.asana.com

Daily Planner: Amplify Planner https://www.amplifyplanner.com/