May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month, and many SLPs use it as an opportunity to advocate for our profession and share tips and information related to communication. In honor of National Speech-Language-Hearing Month, this podcast episode discusses hearing care ideas to share with students and clients, as well as colleagues, friends,
In this episode, I’ll be discussing gestalt language processing, and how to effectively and respectfully support our clients who are gestalt language processors in speech therapy. I’ll be focusing more on the developmental stages of gestalt language processors, and some ideas for how to work with learners at each stage.
Holidays are always a fun time to sneak in some speech and language goals without making it seem like you’re doing therapy! Here are some ideas to use with your students this Valentine’s Day: Therapy target or classroom objective: to work on social skills and discuss the meaning of
This podcast episode focuses on using music to support speech and language for students in preschool through high school, both as a direct teaching tool and as a method for increasing enthusiasm and engagement. The episode begins by discussing research findings that link music to the development of multiple relevant
Have you ever had a non-verbal or minimally verbal student and not known where to begin? Today, Rose Griffin, from ABASpeech joins me to talk about systematic language instruction for non-verbal and minimally verbal students. Rose brings her expertise as a speech-language pathologist and behavior analyst and gives us some
If you’re looking for some easy language activities for Valentine’s Day, then you’re in the right place! In episode 28 of The Speech Space Podcast, I discuss some super-simple ideas that you can easily implement in your speech therapy sessions. Check the links and resources section below for the link
Previously, I published two podcast episodes about the eight parts of speech, different types of phrases and clauses, sentence types and classifications, and the most common syntax issues we might see with our students. In this episode, I’ll be discussing evidence-based grammar interventions for speech therapy. I hope you have
As speech-language pathologists have begun to listen to autistic voices, we are learning more about gestalt language processors and how to support their language development. In this blog post, I’ll share an overview of what it means to be a gestalt language processor, as well as ideas for how to
Who exactly is a late talker? How can you tell if your new potential client needs speech therapy, or if he/she will catch up to their peers? Tune in to this episode as I chat with guest speaker, Abbie Lande, about late talkers and when to move forward with speech
In this episode, I talk about executive function basics for SLPs. I mostly focus on covering what executive function skills actually are and what we use them for. I also spend some time discussing how they connect to language skills and how SLPs can support executive function skills with their
Have you seen some of the photos from ASHA’s Identify the Signs Campaign? Some of them really grab your attention! In this article, it even states that 24% of 2-year olds (yes, 2-year olds!!!) use technology at the dinner table. What???? Let me be clear, I appreciate technology and there
In today’s episode, we are talking about dyslexia and the SLP. I’ll provide the basics here, but be sure to listen to the episode below if you’d like to go beyond the basics. What is dyslexia? Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin and is characterized by
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