Language Therapy and Leadership for Pediatric Clinicians
In the month of September 2024, the Be Podcast Network partnered with Reading Is Fundamental for a campaign designed to spread awareness of effective literacy practices. As part of this effort I hosted a series of guests on De Facto Leaders to speak on topics relating to language, literacy, and advocacy. Reading Is Fundamental is…
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…
“But isn’t this just forcing students to act neurotypical?” This is one of the most common objections I get when I talk about executive functioning; specifically executive functioning that impacts social relationships. Executive functioning skills are important for anyone interested in having relationships with others; neurotypical or not. Planning interventions in a way that is…
A lot of SLPs tell me they wish they had a “language therapy curriculum”. And I get it…because I used to want the same thing… I spent years trying to find one during my doctoral work. The bad news: I never found one. The good news: I discovered something even better. In this video I’m…
SLPs can play SUCH and important role in building literacy skills… Since SLPs have a background in language, they’re well-equipped to help kids build the decoding skills kids need to be strong readers and spellers. But sometimes knowing how to provide support can be a little confusing! A great place to start is by teaching…
As an SLP I spend a fair amount of time doing research on strategies for building language and literacy skills. But back when I was in elementary school, I didn’t catch on to reading right away. I had what I like to refer to as the Catholic school version of Response to Intervention. I still…
I routinely get questions from speech-language pathologists about what’s “age-appropriate” when it comes to vocabulary, semantic, or morphological skills. The other day, an SLP asked me about how to determine which prefixes and suffixes to target in language therapy when working on morphological awareness skills. That’s why I wanted to hop on a quick video…
Speech-language pathologists play an important role in language and literacy intervention for individuals with language processing disorders and dyslexia. But if you’re an SLP, you may be struggling to get a clear answer as far as where exactly you fit in to the process. That’s why I wanted to record this quick video for you…