Language Therapy and Leadership for Pediatric Clinicians
This past year, I interviewed Brianna Guild from SLP Literacy Corner for the De Facto Leaders podcast. In preparation for our interview, she shared a detailed summary of what she wanted to discuss in our episode, and I decided to publish it as a post because it has a lot of useful information for clinicians…
One of the most common questions I get from clinicians who work with school-age kids is about scope and sequence of therapy. “How do I make time to address all these skills my students need?” “How can I help students generalize skills from one setting to another?” “How can I help the other people on…
This past year, I had the opportunity to connect with various administrators and Ed Tech leaders who are selling curriculum products to school districts at a large scale. During many of these conversations it became clear that districts are making core, evidence-based reading curriculum a priority. One of the best ways to see what’s important…
These days, it’s not JUST about information overload. It’s also about MISinformation overload. Back when I first started practicing, I found language therapy to be super overwhelming. There were so many peer-reviewed articles, books, and seminars. Sifting through that all and trying to apply it to a real-life therapy situation seemed like a daunting task….
Why don’t SLPs have a curriculum for language therapy? This is a question I get all the time from clinicians I mentor… And I can totally relate. I actually spent a lot of time during my first few years as an SLP searching for one! The truth is that there are 3 key reasons why…
A lot of kids with language processing issues struggle to answer “wh” questions.It can be a challenge to figure out how to help. The problem is that most “wh” question activities just focus on asking kids questions over and over again without teaching them the skills that are causing the breakdown in the first place….