Whenever you have a new speech student, it’s always a guess to know what speech sounds you will need to work on and the approach that will work best for each person.    That’s why it can be so critical to have a large amount of techniques and approaches in your speech sound toolbox.    […]

This year has been such a rollercoaster ride in the field of education and speech pathology. Many are still doing virtual sessions and haven’t gone back to in-office visits yet.    One particular group that has been impacted by virtual learning is students on the autism spectrum. In today’s episode, I am chatting with my […]

Have you ever seen another SLP that looks like they are so calm and confident, and you think to yourself, why can’t I be like that?  Yes, you can love your job again!   In this episode, our guest, Jessi Andricks, focuses on helping SLPs reduce burnout and stress through evidence-based stress management tools and techniques.   […]

In schools, we focus so much on the academic learning part of the process for our students. However, an important piece that we should also remember is social thinking.  As SLPs, how can you support your students with their social skills and behaviors? In this episode, I am so excited to bring you solutions for […]

In our field, it’s natural for Occupational Therapists (OT) and SLPs to overlap each other in the goal to help our kids. But how can we initiate collaboration in a fun and effective way?   For today’s coffee talk, I’m excited to chat with Cait the COTA. Cait spent most of her career as a […]

Have you ever wanted to get the view from a general education teacher on how SLPs and other special service providers in the school can support them? Me too. It’s always a good idea to bring the two groups together so you can work as a team.  In this episode, we are lucky enough to […]

We are now in the heart of the 2020-2021 school year. While some schools are back in session in person, many of you are still doing virtual sessions with your speech students. Either way, it can be helpful to have a full arsenal of resources that you can use face to face or virtually.  In […]

I have been lucky enough to work as an SLP with older elementary age (grades 5 and 6) students for many years now. Much of the work I have done with speechtimefun.com was developed while working with these amazing older students.  In this episode that is a part of the 2nd Annual SLP Connect Podconference, […]

Do you get intimidated by working with speech sound disorder (SSD) clients? Don’t worry! Speech sound disorders don’t have to be scary. In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I’m happy to chat with Amy Graham who has loads of strategies and tools to share for working with your students with speech sound disorders.  Amy […]

Sometimes doing push-in therapy makes me feel like a teaching assistant. How about you? What roadblocks do you experience when doing push-in therapy? Is it really worth trying? In this episode, I get to chat with my “push-in therapy go-to person” Felice Clark.  Felice, aka The Dabbling Speechie, has a Master’s degree in speech pathology […]