It’s no secret that phonemic awareness plays a huge part in our clients’ success in both articulation and language. But what you may not know is just how specific and demanding the criteria for mastering phonemic awareness is. Typical assessments and programs don’t teach phonemic awareness in a way for our clients to reach the same level as their peers, and they may end up struggling for years to master speech and language skills. Dr. David Kilpatrick explores this topic in depth in his book Ess...
Oct 06, 2021•17 min•Season 3Ep. 43
There are a lot of different treatment options in our profession, and let’s face it, often the experts don’t even agree. Added to that, every treatment choice comes with an opportunity cost. I get it. It’s valuable to have different treatment approaches, BUT when it comes to helping our clients learn to make and reciprocate eye contact, I’m a dyed-in-the-wool believer. I’m such a firm believer that I can’t stay silent when it’s suggested that eye contact can hurt, rather than help, our clients. ...
Sep 22, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Does data get you down? Do you find yourself struggling to write easy to measure goals that are still meaningful? Have you ever found you were measuring the wrong thing when it comes to writing progress reports? If any of this sounds familiar, then this podcast is for you! Learn to make data a good servant, instead of a bad master. Helpful Links Challenges In Early Intervention Phonological Awareness Tracking Form...
Sep 08, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 41
Have you ever wondered what “complex target selection” means in the world of articulation therapy? Kelly Vess breaks it down for us episode 40 of The Mindful SLP. You won’t want to miss Kelly’s insights on a working with preschools to create maximal change, and set them on a path to life long learning. Associated Links 4-Step Process to Selecting Complex Targets Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/ Kelly’s Website. https://www...
Aug 25, 2021•43 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Sometimes you need your client to buckle down, pay attention and work hard, but that’s the last thing they want to do. Here’s a way to motivate a reluctant child to try their hardest.
Aug 11, 2021•11 min•Season 3Ep. 39
When NOTHING works to elicit k or g, here’s a little something that may help. Join us as we discuss a client with a very complicated /k/.
Jul 28, 2021•19 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Have you been thinking about starting your own speech therapy clinic but feel intimated by everything you need to do? Let us talk you through the first steps! In this podcast we cover legal requirement, business management, marketing, and setting up your clinic.
Jul 14, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Using sticky notes to help clients organize their written language reduces the cognitive load of word order and word recall, and at the same time eliminates the frustration of constant erasing.
Jun 30, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Celebrate with us! We are passing our one year anniversary and we couldn't be happier. We also passed our 2000th download this week. Thank you everyone, wherever you listen.
Jun 23, 2021•1 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Helping clients organize their language is a huge part of what we do. Using boxes to represent language concepts can help the abstract become concrete. In this podcast we describe many ways a box can take your therapy to the next level.
Jun 16, 2021•17 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Narrative language intervention with young adults can get complicated pretty fast, leaving therapists wondering how to intervene effectively. Join us as we take a deep dive into a case study with a young adult. Free downloadable resources for this age are available in the Free Resource Library.
Jun 09, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Early Intervention therapy can be challenging without good information on the developmental order of foundational skills, such as gestures. This episode introduces a fantastic resource for clinicians and parents on gesture development and its connection to language. Find and download a free tracking chart for gestures in the Free Resource Library.
Jun 02, 2021•17 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Some children’s first spoken language is sound effects, and language therapy with a child like this might go nowhere fast unless the SLP recognizes and begins speaking their language. Tune into this episode and get some tips on how to treat these children.
May 26, 2021•13 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Are you tearing your hair out over a persistent lisp? Do you have a client with a lateral lisp that resists correction? If so, then this podcast can help you understand what to look at in order to correct that lisp once and for all.
May 19, 2021•12 min•Season 2Ep. 31
If you’ve ever wondered what PROMPT therapy is all about, then this podcast is for you. In this episode you’ll get an overview of how speech therapists use PROMPT to look at all of the aspects of articulation, the order they develop, and how they integrate.
May 12, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 30
My best tip for upping your productivity and reducing stress is featured in today’s podcast. May is Better Speech and Hearing month, and I’d like to share how I become a better therapist. Improving my productivity while reducing my stress allows me the time and mental space to problem solve in areas where I’m stuck. Try it! It can work for you, too.
May 05, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 29
To finish up autism awareness month, we have a special guest this week. Join us to hear David’s mother, Rebecca, describe their struggles and triumphs with autism. David has been featured in all the podcasts this month, and I know you’re going to love hearing his story from his mother’s perspective.
Apr 28, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 28
If you’ve been tuning into The Mindful SLP podcasts this month, then you already know a little about my client David, who is on the autism spectrum, and the significant progress he has made in the past year. In this week’s episode, I describe how David got started telling stories. You’ll also get to hear recordings of him telling stories—a not to be missed thrill for SLPs!
Apr 21, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 27
This week’s podcast describes how teaching Stage One Sentence Types dramatically improved expressive language in a client with autism, and how you can try the same intervention. Essential Language for Autism helps children with autism fill in missing essential language building blocks, and discover self generated language.
Apr 14, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Some of our clients with autism get well and truly stuck when it comes to improving expressive language. They can’t seem to get beyond putting a few words together and using echolalia. Looking at their stage one sentence types can tell us a lot about why they get stuck. Join us as we look at an eye opening case study and explore WHY this client was stuck.
Apr 07, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Tune in to hear the rest of our interview with narrative language guru Doug Petersen, co-creator of Story Champs. Doug describes how Story Champs grew organically from the research they did, what comes in the Story Champs kit, and how to use it. The progress monitoring tools that come with Story Champs check comprehension, inferences, language structures, phonemic awareness and decoding—simply and quickly!
Mar 31, 2021•17 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Are you looking for ways to harness the power of narrative language intervention? Have we got a treat for you! Join me in this interview with Douglas Petersen, co-creator of the narrative language intervention tool, Story Champs. Doug is one of the pioneers in analyzing the components of narrative language, so that it’s easy to teach and easy to learn.
Mar 24, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Tune in to hear our third and final podcast in our Ready, Set, Go! series on AAC. I’ve put together a basic communication checklist to help track the foundational skills early communicators need.
Mar 10, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 22
This week’s podcast continues our discussion on AAC and common myths around AAC use. Join us as we use Susan Berkowitz’s book “Make the Connection” to do some myth busting.
Feb 24, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Ever been stumped with introducing a client to AAC? Today’s podcast is the first in a three part series on AAC. Join us as we discuss early steps to promote effective AAC use with clients and families.
Feb 10, 2021•17 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This week’s podcast features Christopher, a former client of mine, and his mother Holly. Tune in and hear them describe his struggles and triumphs while learning to say R. Listen to Christopher describe a breakthrough moment at the 7:45 minute mark.
Jan 27, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 19
If you have ever had an R client that didn’t progress no matter what you did, you’ll want to tune into this week’s podcast on the elusive R. This is part two of a two part series, so you’ll want to listen to last week’s podcast too! This week we continue our discussion on the foundations of R therapy in our heart felt mission to spread the word on effective R treatment. *** Reserve your place for the R Therapy Masterclass. See details at slproadvisor.com/masterclass ***
Jan 20, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Has R therapy got you stumped and wondering where to go for the solution? It’s time to demystify R and take your therapy to the next level. This week, in part one of a two part podcast, we begin discussing the foundations of R therapy, using Denise’s ground breaking techniques for treating R. *** Join Denise for a free masterclass on R. Visit slpproadvisor.com/masterclass to reserve your spot today. ***
Jan 06, 2021•11 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Do want to kick back and relax with a great book during the holidays? Join us as we talk about three captivating books speech therapists can relate to. ---- Links ---- Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray The Story of my Life: The Restored Edition by Helen Keller Make the Connection: A Practical Guide to Parents and Practitioners for Teaching the Nonverbal Child to Communicate - with AAC by Susan Be...
Dec 23, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Have you ever wondered what the occupational therapists’s role is in treating dyslexia? Today we talk about the role visual perceptual, motor, and memory skills play in dyslexia, and how those skills integrate with phonological awareness skills. We also talk about the importance of working on executive functioning. Check out the B-I-N-G-O Simple Tools video to see Denise in action!
Dec 09, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 15
