Language Therapy and Leadership for Pediatric Clinicians
If you’ve been doing language therapy for any length of time, you’ve probably had this experience: You sit down to plan, and you’re trying to decide what to focus on. Should you be working on comprehension?Or should you go back to foundational language skills?Should you be targeting vocabulary? Syntax?Should you be layering in executive functioning?…
If you’re a school SLP or other related service provider who can’t seem to address all the skills your students need in your therapy sessions…guess what? You’ll never be able to do it. You aren’t losing your mind…this is really impossible. And if your brain is tempted to say, “The SYSTEM is too broken to solve…
In episode 255 of De Facto Leaders, I elaborate on the concept of using vocabulary as a large “container”, so you can design sessions efficiently without sacrificing quality. I talk about why more experienced clinicians often struggle to make their interventions scalable, and why this gets in the way of carryover. I also share the…
I recently compiled a list of my top resources for syntax and semantics, and I wanted to share it on the blog. This list was designed with the following questions in mind: “What does a therapy session look like when you’re doing semantic feature analysis or studying definition syntax?” “How do you do syntax and…
One of the most disheartening things I’ve seen in clinical communities is how polarizing certain topics have become. A topic on that list would be “following directions” goals. While I’d agree that goals for following directions often end up being too compliance-focused in the way they’re implemented, I’d caution people from throwing the baby out with the…
I wanted to share this episode from the De Facto Leader’s podcast to make it accessible on the blog since this is such as common question for my readers and listeners. When kids need support with language, reading/writing, and executive functioning, they often have multiple diagnoses. This makes both treatment planning, diagnosis, and determining eligibility…