The SLP Now Podcast (SLP Now)

This week, we are continuing this month's series on stuttering assessment with Stephen Groner, who has a great framework and is a total research nerd like me. Today, we are chatting about making recommendations. Be sure to go back to Episodes 142, 143, and 144 for great tips around gathering a case history, assessing speech fluency, and the impact of stuttering!

You can also tune in to Episode 15 to hear Stephen's first appearance on the podcast, where you'll learn how to tackle stuttering treatment with special populations.

Learn more about Stephen here: https://slpstephen.com

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

This month we are getting super practical and diving into some literacy-based therapy plans for hypothetical therapy groups. These were submitted to us by SLPs in the SLP Now community. This was first aired as a speech therapy PD webinar. You can head to speechtherapypd.com to access the full course.

Show Notes: slpnow.com/72

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This month we are getting super practical and sharing therapy plans for a variety of grammar goals. We dive into the research and integrate that with an amazing 5-step, literacy-based therapy framework to give you tons of practical tips and resources that you can use to target a variety of goals across your caseload. Let's dive in!

Today we are continuing the series on sensory strategies with Jessie Ginsburg and discussing some strategies that we can use to bring our clients into the optimal learning zone.

If you're just tuning in to this month's series, go back and listen to Episode 118 to get a really nice foundation on this topic before we dive into the other areas.

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Check out Jessie on Instagram at @losangeles.kids

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Welcome to another episode of the SLP Now podcast!

In the last couple episodes, we've been exploring literacy-based therapy plans that will help you target your students’ goals across multiple ages, group sizes, and skill levels.

We covered therapy planning for an early language unit in episode 183, plans for a picture book unit in episode 184, and today we’re going to dig into the third part of this six week series with a fiction article: Miss Johnson’s Plant Experiment.

This unit is specifically designed for older students who still benefit from narrative support, but are capable of reading longer and more complex texts. There is a lot of research showing us that targeting narratives through high school has a positive impact on learning, and so many activities we can use to embed those skills.

In the episode, we discuss Dr. Ukrainetz’s five step literacy-based therapy framework, using it to target goals like:

• Articulation
• Grammar and syntax
• Answering questions
• Vocabulary targets
• Describing activities

…and more!

All of the activities in this unit are language rich, and they provide the perfect context to target almost any goal in your speech therapy sessions—even if you’re targeting multiple goals with mixed groups.

Let’s get this therapy planning party started!

SHOW NOTES

Full show notes at slpnow.com/185

In this episode of The Joyful SLP, Marisha and Laura discuss their personal experiences with mindfulness and how it can benefit SLPs. They cover different strategies for practicing mindfulness, including guided meditations, yoga, and mindful breathing.

Marisha and Laura also talk about the research behind mindfulness and its positive effects on stress, anxiety, focus, attention, and relationships. They emphasize the importance of taking time for self-care, and offer suggestions for incorporating mindfulness into everyday routines. They also encourage listeners to experiment with different mindfulness practices and find what works best for them.

In the episode, Marisha and Laura cover:

• What people think mindfulness is — and what it actually is
• The benefits of mindfulness (according to the research!)
• How yoga and breathwork can support SLPs
• What to do if you don’t have time for mindfulness

If you’ve ever struggled to quiet your racing thoughts or have a hard time feeling present in your practice, then this episode is one that you don’t want to miss!

Resources + Links Mentioned

• Headspace
• Insight Timer
• Marisha’s journal
• Breathwork resources
• Mastry

SHOW NOTES

Full show notes at slpnow.com/154

Today, we are wrapping up this month-long series with Lindsey Hockel of Speechy Things and we are talking about making recommendations!

At this point, we would have done our case history, a speech sample, maybe some formal assessment. We talked about perception tasks and trial therapy. If we have all of this information, what are some of the next steps? Let's dive right in!

To hear the complete series from the very beginning, go back and listen to Episodes 146, 147, and 148.

Learn more about Lindsey at speechythings.com and follow her on Instagram at @speechythings.

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Show Notes: slpnow.com/63

This month, Monica and I are diving into all things phonological awareness. In Episode 98, we did a quick review of what phonological awareness is, and we're going to spend the rest of the month talking about goals, assessment, and treatment ideas.

Help us make the podcast even better! Click here to share your feedback.

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Show Notes: slpnow.com/61

This month, we are focusing on all things vocabulary and diving into Dr. Ukrainetz's five-step literacy-based therapy framework, and integrating that with all of the research that we found on vocabulary. So, we're super excited to share the nitty gritty, yet practical details in this week's plan.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/46 - In this podcourse, Lauren shares how she taught her special education team to effectively use prompts and cues with their students. She shares practical strategies that empower SLPs to successfully communicate these strategies with his/her team. She also breaks down the hierarchy and provides countless examples so that SLPs and educators can easily implement this with their students.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/45 - In this podcourse, Kayla shares how she set up an alternative service delivery models for articulation. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes for students and streamlining the therapy planning process, SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to "work smarter" when creating treatment plans for students with articulation goals.

In this podcourse, Marisha shares therapy plans to target a variety of later grammar goals (e.g., compound/complex sentences, passive voice, adverbial clauses, relative clauses) in the context of a literacy-based therapy unit.

Show Notes: slpnow.com/56

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Show Notes: SLPNow.com/42 - In this podcourse, Venita shares evidence-based strategies for teaching literacy to children who use AAC. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes for students who use AAC, this episode is filled with practical tips and an easy-to-follow framework. SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to "work smarter" in their speech therapy sessions.

This month, we are talking about evaluations for culturally and linguistically diverse students and today's episode will cover language samples. This topic was inspired by school-based SLP Kallie Knight.

Go back and listen to Episode 114 for the first part of this conversation with Kallie.

Check out Kallie on Instagram at @kknighttherapy

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/53 - In this podcourse, Kristie shares a crash course in voice assessment and treatment. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes, SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to "work smarter" when tackling voice disorders in the schools.

Welcome to the SLP Now Podcast! This month, we are diving into some of my favorite productivity strategies for SLPs. This week, we'll chat about how you can transform your productivity by building your core materials.

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/14

In this podcourse, Lauren Haines from Busy Bee Speech shares practical strategies for evaluating and treating preschool and school-age children who stutter. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes for students, SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to use when working with students who stutter.

Show Notes: slpnow.com/55

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I am very excited to be diving into all things language samples today, including why we even want to collect a language sample! And then we'll close out the episode talking about how to actually do this and make it feasible in your school SLP workload.

If you haven't tuned in to the rest of this series, start with Episode 134 where we talk about our general checklist for assessments and evaluations.

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

This month, we are talking about evaluations for culturally and linguistically diverse students and today's episode will cover non-word repetition tasks and why you should use them. This topic was inspired by school-based SLP Kallie Knight.

Go back and listen to Episodes 114 and 115 for the first two parts of this conversation with Kallie.

Check out Kallie on Instagram at @kknighttherapy

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Returning to the speech room after a break (of the start of a new year!) can be equal parts exciting and anxiety-inducing as an SLP. 🥵

It’s great to have a little reprieve from routine and a few days that don’t require an alarm clock, but that return to normalcy can also be a little daunting after that PJ life.

That’s why our first podcast episode of this new year is super simple and actionable: Three Tips for SLPs Starting a New Semester.

In this episode, Marisha shares some of the practices she relies on to get herself (and her students!) back into the swing of things at the beginning of a new term, or when she returns to work after a much-needed break. 💪

This episode is full of tips to help you start the semester off right! We cover:

• The value of doing a check-in with your students
• The importance of reviewing students’ goals
• The power of collecting data

…and more!

🔗 Check out the full show notes and get links to the resources mentioned at slpnow.com/170

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/24

In this podcourse, Dr. Lyndsey Zurawski gives SLPs a crash course in classroom-based service delivery. SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to “push in” to classrooms and successfully collaborate with teachers.

This summer, we are kicking off a series called Strategies You Can Use!

We picked different goal areas and we're going to do a blitz of 3 evidence-backed strategies you can use when targeting those specific skills. If you're feeling stuck or wanting to try some new strategies when targeting some of our most common goals, this series is for you.

The goal area we're focusing on this week is following directions.

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

We are continuing our series on language assessment and talking about formal assessments! Kallie Knight will join us again to share her experiences and tips for navigating those language assessments when we get those referrals.

Kallie is a school-based SLP who shares incredibly well-researched content and funny Instagram reels on @kknighttherapy.

In the following episodes, we'll cover informal assessments and making recommendations. Be sure to go back and listen to Episode 138 for the start of our conversation!

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Welcome to another episode of The SLP Now Podcast, where we explore practical strategies and tactics for SLPs to enhance their skills and level up in their career. Today, we're diving into a topic near and dear to our hearts: Making the most of your next SLP conference

If you’ve been a podcast listener for a while, you may already know that Marisha is passionate about learning and staying up-to-date with the latest in the world of speech pathology. Whether it's new research, innovative interventions, or creative caseload management techniques, she's always eager to learn more.

One of Marisha’s favorite ways to learn and connect with fellow SLPs is by attending conferences. She loves how conferences offer a perfect blend of learning opportunities and the chance to connect with incredible SLPs like you!

But even with all her experience attending conferences, Marisha knows that the amount of options and information can sometimes be overwhelming.

Should I learn something new, or should I focus on perfecting what I already know?

Questions like this can cause some serious stress. That’s why Marisha started developing systems to make the most of these fantastic (albeit sometimes overwhelming and expensive 😅) learning opportunities.

In today's episode of the SLP Now podcast, Marisha shares her top three tips to help you make the most of your next SLP conference.

In the episode, we cover:

• Selecting courses that align with your caseload
• Setting up a smart note-taking system
• Managing your CEUs like a pro

Marisha also shares exactly how she uses tools like Google sheets, Notability, and SLP Now’s caseload-at-a-glance sheet to get the most value out of the SLP conferences she attends. We hope you learn a thing or two (or three!) to help you do the same!

SHOW NOTES

Find the full show notes and resources mentioned at slpnow.com/168

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/31

In this podcourse, Amy Graham shares tips and strategies that speech-language pathologists can use when treating students with childhood apraxia of speech. Amy discusses the importance of incorporating the principles of motor learning and shares practical tips for implementation.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/49 - In this podcourse, Dr. Lyndsey Zurawski shares her experience as the past president of her state association and other advocacy roles. SLPs will walk away with practical (and actionable) tips to advocate for change at the local, state, and national levels.

This month, we are talking all things AAC and literacy with Venita Litvack, a speech language pathologist, currently serving as a full-time augmentative and alternative communication and assistant technology consultant for public schools in Florida.

She has a passion for using AAC and literary to support individuals with complex communication needs. She's also an amazing fellow podcaster and blogger.

Venita shares some powerful frameworks for practice and loads of amazing resources to support us in teaching those whose functional literacy skills may not be served by general literacy programming in schools.

This episode is an amazing jumping off point if you’ve been looking for a gateway to this kind of work!

Check out Venita's podcast, Speechie Side Up.

Help us make the podcast even better! Click here to share your feedback.

https://airtable.com/shrOG7HXAXP7m2rz5

Let's dive into some therapy plans for later elementary students. We will focus on how to target narratives using a literacy-based therapy framework. We'll explore goals around answering questions about story grammar elements, retelling a story, and generating narratives.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/54 - In this podcourse, Liliana shares strategies to help SLPs navigate assessment and goal writing when working with English language learners. She also shares tips to improve communication with parents who don’t speak English. SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to provide more effective intervention when working with bilingual students.

Show Notes: slpnow.com/190

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This month, we are kicking off a series about all things assessment! This week, we are continuing our theme and diving into formal assessments. One of the most important things we want to do is interpret the scores correctly. There's very few worse things we can do as an SLP in the schools than qualify a student who doesn't need to be qualified, or vice versa!

In case you missed it, go back and tune in to Episode 134 where we cover the higher level strategies of assessment.

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

We are continuing the conversation on language assessment and this week, we dive into the best part of the series: informal assessments! Kallie Knight will join us again to share a recap of all of the different options for navigating referrals and building out a comprehensive evaluation.

Kallie is a school-based SLP who shares incredibly well-researched content and funny Instagram reels on @kknighttherapy.

Check out Kallie's previous episodes on the podcast: Episodes 114-117, where we talk about evaluations for culturally and linguistically diverse students, non-word repetition, and dynamic assessment.

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/37 - In this podcourse, Marisha discusses how she uses literature in speech/language therapy and how a five-step process has facilitated meaningful and functional outcomes for her students. She shares strategies to select high-quality texts and how to use those texts when targeting a variety of speech and language goals with older students. Relevant evidence and practical demonstrations will be provided to show SLPs how they can implement evidence-based strategies when targeting goals using literature.

This week we are continuing our conversation with BeckyAnn Harker about smarter scheduling in the schools and navigating different service delivery models to better manage our own workload and better serve our students.

In Episodes 122, 123, and 124, BeckyAnn has shared TONS of tips to help us rethink how we do service delivery as SLPs in the schools. Today, we get even more nitty gritty on how to get started.

Check out BeckyAnn's article on The ASHA Leader: Can We Break From 30-Minute Group Sessions In Schools?

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

This month we are getting super practical and sharing therapy plans for a variety of grammar goals. We dive into the research and integrate that with an amazing 5-step, literacy-based therapy framework to give you tons of practical tips and resources that you can use to target a variety of goals across your caseload. Let's dive in!

This month, Monica and I are diving into all things phonological awareness. In Episode 98, we did a quick review of what phonological awareness is, and we're going to spend the rest of the month talking about goals, assessment, and treatment ideas.

Help us make the podcast even better! Click here to share your feedback.

https://airtable.com/shrOG7HXAXP7m2rz5

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/4

In this course, Marisha discusses how she uses books in speech therapy and how this five-step process has facilitated meaningful and functional outcomes for her students. She shares strategies to select high-quality books and how to use those books when targeting a variety of speech and language goals. Relevant evidence and practical demonstrations will be provided to show SLPs how they can implement evidence-based strategies when targeting goals using literature.

Show Notes: slpnow.com/60

This month, we are talking all things AAC and literacy with Venita Litvack, a speech language pathologist, currently serving as a full-time augmentative and alternative communication and assistant technology consultant for public schools in Florida.

She has a passion for using AAC and literary to support individuals with complex communication needs. She's also an amazing fellow podcaster and blogger.

Venita shares some powerful frameworks for practice and loads of amazing resources to support us in teaching those whose functional literacy skills may not be served by general literacy programming in schools.

This episode is an amazing jumping off point if you’ve been looking for a gateway to this kind of work!

Check out Venita's podcast, Speechie Side Up.

Help us make the podcast even better! Click here to share your feedback.

https://airtable.com/shrOG7HXAXP7m2rz5

Full Course: SLPNow.com/rock

In this course, Marisha shares practical strategies to help speech-language pathologists navigate the first few weeks of the school year and set themselves up for success. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes for students and streamlining the therapy planning process, SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to "work smarter" in their speech therapy sessions.

Show Notes: slpnow.com/connect

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/48 - In this podcourse, Kayla Redden shares her experience as the secretary of her state association and in her state’s advocacy network. SLPs will walk away with practical (and actionable) tips to advocate for change at the local, state, and national levels.

This month we are getting super practical and diving into some literacy-based therapy plans for hypothetical therapy groups. These were submitted to us by SLPs in the SLP Now community. This was first aired as a speech therapy PD webinar. You can head to speechtherapypd.com to access the full course.

Show Notes: slpnow.com/70

We are continuing the series with Lindsey with Speech Things and discussing speech sound disorders assessment and perception tasks and trial therapy today.

Go back and listen to Episode 146 and 147 to hear the rest of my conversation with Lindsey!

Learn more about Lindsey at speechythings.com and follow her on Instagram at @speechythings.

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

In this episode of The Joyful SLP, Marisha and Laura discuss the benefits of practicing gratitude. They talk about their experiences developing a gratitude practice, the benefits of having one, and how the research is finally catching up to support the anecdotal evidence.

They also discuss some of the struggles they’ve had with building a gratitude practice, like getting stuck in a negative headspace, what their gratitude practices look like today — in their personal lives, and as SLPs. Marisha shares her perspective on the power of romanticizing the little things in life as a gratitude practice, and Laura gives examples of incorporating gratitude with your students, parents, and teachers.

Marisha and Laura dive into:

• How gratitude improves your mood, increases positive emotions, and leads to more happiness;
• How gratitude can reduce stress, improve resilience, and increase connection;
• The physical health benefits of a gratitude practice, and
• Ways to practice gratitude in your daily life.

Whether you’re just starting out with a gratitude practice or have been refining one for years, this conversation will help you foster a little more joy in your day-to-day as an SLP.

SHOW NOTES

Full show notes at slpnow.com/153

This month, we are diving into all things assessment for stuttering. Our special guest is Stephen Groner, who has a great framework for stuttering evaluations, relevant clinical experiences, and is a total research nerd like me. He also struggled with stuttering in the past and it's so cool that he has that perspective.

Head back to Episode 15 to hear my previous conversation with Stephen, where you'll learn how to tackle stuttering treatment with special populations.

Learn more about Stephen here: https://slpstephen.com

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

This month, we are focusing on all things vocabulary and diving into Dr. Ukrainetz's five-step literacy-based therapy framework, and integrating that with all of the research that we found on vocabulary. So, we're super excited to share the nitty gritty, yet practical details in this week's plan.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/17

In this podcourse, Amy Graham shares tips and strategies that speech-language pathologists can use when completing oral-facial examinations. Amy discusses the importance of giving an oral-facial exam and how it can help us identify or rule out structural and/or functional impairments than may contribute to speech errors. She also describes what to look for, strategies for successful administration, and how to analyze the results.

Today, we are diving into strategies we can use when targeting syntax goals, so this could be looking at compound and complex sentences, passive voice, and relative clauses.

I highly recommend reviewing Episode 127 if you missed it, as we cover an overall strategy more focused on basic grammar structures, but many of the same principles apply here too.

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

I cannot tell you how much I've been looking forward to this month's content. We're diving into all things curriculum-based therapy for preschoolers. This is a great way to step up all of the literacy-based therapy strategies that we've been talking about and embed them into the classroom.

Full Course: SLPNow.com/rock

Marisha shares practical strategies to help speech-language pathologists navigate the first few weeks of the school year and set themselves up for success. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes for students and streamlining the therapy planning process, SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to "work smarter" in their speech therapy sessions.

For all my SLP organization aficionados out there, join me today as I dive deep into tips and resources that will streamline your paperwork processes, especially for educators and therapists. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by deadlines and data, this episode is tailor-made for you. Let’s get started!

In the episode, we cover:

• Mapping Out Due Dates: Learn how to organize your due dates, from IEPs to evaluations.
• Organizer & Checklists: Employing a laminated checklist system helps track and manage the progress of individual IEPs. Combined with a hanging file organizer, your paperwork is always organized and at your fingertips.
• TextExpander: A software that allows you to generate frequently-used texts with shortcuts. Imagine typing in a shortcut and having a full breakdown of an assessment tool appear in your document!
• Find & Replace Tool: Ensure personalized content like student names and pronouns are correctly inserted, ensuring every document feels tailored.

SHOW NOTES

Check out the full show notes and transcript at slpnow.com/160

Welcome back to the SLP Now Podcast! We're continuing our series with Lindsey from Speechy Things. Lindsey is such an incredible resource when it comes to speech sound disorders, especially R Therapy. I'm excited to continue the conversation about informal assessment, starting with the case history.

Go back and listen to Episode 146 if you missed our kickoff episode with Lindsey.

Learn more about Lindsey at speechythings.com and follow her on Instagram at @speechythings.

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Having a routine to rely on in therapy sessions can be an invaluable support for SLPs at every stage of their career and caseloads. But some folks can be a tad hesitant when it comes to the idea of more structure.

Marisha wants to assure you that using a framework isn't about creating a checklist and following it mindlessly; it's about having a framework for your therapy sessions so that your work (and life!) feels easier. And of course, there is tons of research to support the benefits of incorporating routines into therapy.

Implementing a routine frees up cognitive resources that would be spent trying to figure out what's next in the session — and this applies to students and SLPs.

Just think about what you could do with that freed up brain power!

In the episode, Marisha shares the five step framework she uses to structure her therapy sessions:

Check in

Assess

Teach

Practice

Wrap up

Marisha gives details about why each step matters, offers examples of the framework in practice, and illustrates ways that clinical experience + judgment inform the application.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/28

In this podcourse, Corey and Mikayla from Ascend SMARTER Intervention break down phonological awareness for SLPs. They describe the phonological awareness hierarchy and provide practical strategies that SLPs can use to support a student’s phonological awareness in therapy.

Show Notes: slpnow.com/69

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/11

In this podcourse, Marisha reviews the evidence related to the assessment and treatment of multiple meaning words. Participants will be given practical demonstrations and tips for application throughout the course.

In this episode of The Joyful SLP, Marisha and Laura dive into the topic of emotions. They talk about their own experiences with emotions, including how they were raised to deal with them. The conversation then moves on to the concept of emotional differentiation and how it can help us better identify and label our emotions.

They discuss the importance of modeling healthy emotional expression for our students and how we can do that by taking care of our own emotional well-being, Laura shares a helpful app that she uses to identify and label her emotions, and they talk about how even small steps towards emotional self-awareness can have a big impact.

In the episode, Marisha and Laura discuss:

• Their experiences with emotions and emotional differentiation
• Why taking care of our emotional well-being and modeling healthy emotional expression are so important
• How small steps towards emotional self-awareness can have a big impact.
• Their favorite tools and resources to support emotional wellness

Tune in to this episode for an uplifting and enlightening discussion on the power of emotions, and how emotional literacy impacts your experience as an SLP.

Resources Mentioned

• The Mood app
• Dr. Marc Brackett’s book "Permission to Feel"
• The SLP Summit

SHOW NOTES

Full show notes at slpnow.com/152

This week, we are continuing the conversation on stuttering assessment with Stephen Groner, who has a great framework and is a total research nerd like me. Today, we are talking about assessing the impact of stuttering. Be sure to go back to Episodes 142 and 143 for more!

You can also tune in to Episode 15 to hear Stephen's first appearance on the podcast, where you'll learn how to tackle stuttering treatment with special populations.

Learn more about Stephen here: https://slpstephen.com

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Are you ready for round two of Marisha’s favorite apps for speech therapy? Last week we talked about using Notability, Cookie Doodle, and Toca Tea Party. This week we’re following up with part two, sharing more apps that can be absolute game changers for speech therapy.

The apps Marisha talks about in this episode are:

1. Cough Drop

2. Articulation Station

3. SLP Now!

From AAC to speech sound disorders to therapy planning and data collection, we’ve got you covered when it comes to apps that will make your SLP life easier.

Head to slpnow.com/167 for this week’s episode, show notes, and links to resources mentioned — and then come say hi on Instagram and let us know your favorite speech therapy apps!

SHOW NOTES

Full show notes at slpnow.com/167

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/29

In this podcourse, Nicole Allison shares strategies that SLPs can use when targeting phonological awareness in therapy. With a focus on practical implementation, SLPs will walk away with a variety of tools to easily assess, write goals, and develop treatment activities for students with phonological awareness goals.

Now we get to dive into something different for our older students. Teaching them how to identify the main idea, key details, and how to summarize are incredibly important skills for them to learn as they move forward in life.

Let’s talk about something that scares many SLPs… progress reports. ****

Progress reports may make some SLPs sweat, but hopefully there are others (like Marisha!) who think of it as a fun opportunity to celebrate student progress. After all, the point of working smarter is to have more time for the fun stuff, right?!

Marisha actually thinks it’s kind of cool to look back at the data and realize how far her students have come. Getting to write up all the progress goodness and share it with the students’ parents is just the sprinkles on the progress cake.

At the same time, Marisha knows that the process can be a little bit overwhelming. That's why she wanted share her three step process for writing progress reports and notes on this week’s episode of the podcast.

From collecting session data to setting up your progress note template and reviewing goal progress — at the end of this episode, you’ll be just a few clicks away from a stress-free progress reporting experience!

SHOW NOTES

Full show notes at slpnow.com/165

Ready to supercharge your speech therapy sessions with 3 simple planning strategies? Then this is the episode for you!

When problems feel really big, it’s easy to think we need big strategies to solve them. But often, the simplest thing does the trick!

In this episode, Marisha shares 3 practices that have taken her SLP game to the next level:

• Segmenting your caseload for stress-free planning
• Harnessing the power of pre-made therapy plans
• Gathering your must-have materials in advance

Put these strategies to work right away — even if you have minimal prep time — and take your therapy planning from “uh-oh” to "I got this."

SHOW NOTES

Full show notes at slpnow.com/163

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/39 - In this podcourse, Caitlin shares her experiences with mindfulness as a school-based SLP. After a thoughtful discussion of the benefits of teaching our students mindfulness, Caitlin provides listeners with practical tips and strategies to get started with mindfulness and incorporate it into their therapy sessions.

What does it look like to practice self-care as an SLP, and what does self-kindness have to do with it?

As school-based SLPs, there are a LOT of activities that we're pouring our energy into. It’s super important that we take care of ourselves in between all that giving, otherwise we’ll find ourselves on the fast track to burnout.

That’s why this conversation about self-care for SLPs matters so much. The only way you can show up for others is by showing up for yourself; you have to fill that bucket of energy before it’s empty, and that’s what we’re talking about in this episode!

On this episode, Marisha and Laura discuss:

• Why self-kindness and self-care are individual journeys
• How you can pour into your self-care bucket throughout the day
• Ways that Marisha and Laura practice self-care
• Why getting curious is an important part of the self-care process
• Getting off the hamster wheel of ineffective self-care (that actually make you feel worse!)

Resources Mentioned:

• Fill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Young Children

Full show notes at slpnow.com/150

In this episode of the SLP Now Podcast, Laura and Marisha discuss the importance of self-reflection in practicing self-care and self-kindness.

Self-reflection involves taking a moment to go inward and think about our thoughts, feelings, and actions. By being mindful and reflective, we can better understand our own learning processes and improve our problem-solving abilities, emotional regulation, and self-awareness.

While self-reflection has many benefits, it can be challenging to face truths we’d sometimes rather avoid and be objective about our own behavior. It's important to remember that self-reflection is a practice, and we don't have to be perfect. Building in small moments of self-reflection throughout our day, such as through journaling, can be helpful in developing this skill.

Ultimately, self-reflection allows us to show up for ourselves and others in a more intentional and compassionate way, leading to greater job satisfaction as an SLP — and — less burnout.

In the episode, Marisha and Laura talk about:

• The benefits of self-reflection
• What self-reflection looks like in the moment
• The power of creating space for yourself
• Building pockets of reflection into your day
• Embracing self-reflection and growth as a lifelong journey

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Prepare to revolutionize your approach to data collection in therapy sessions! Marisha is here to share her top five tips to streamline this essential process.

In the episode, we cover:

• Developing a Data Collection Routine: Marisha illustrates how she has structured her sessions for efficient data collection, highlighting the practice of using check-ins and goal cards.
• Utilizing Collected Data: Discover the power of data-driven sessions to determine whether to initiate a teaching phase or allow students to practice.
• Gathering the Right Probes: Marisha advocates for a systematic review of student goals and ensuring there is an efficient means to assess progress towards each goal.
• Organizing Your Probes: Marisha's favorite strategies to keep her probes organized.
• Practicing and Perfecting the Routine: How to start with establishing routines like and then layering on probes as therapists and students become more accustomed.

SHOW NOTES

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Welcome back to our series on smarter scheduling with school-based SLP BeckyAnn Harker. Today we're diving into one of the big questions: how to navigate scheduling, especially when using this alternative scheduling approach!

Tune in to Episodes 122 and 123 for the first parts of this discussion where we introduce different service delivery options.

Check out BeckyAnn's article on The ASHA Leader: Can We Break From 30-Minute Group Sessions In Schools?

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/51 - In this podcourse, Marisha shares the three steps she uses when organizing her speech therapy materials. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes for students with autism and streamlining the therapy planning process, SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to "work smarter" in their speech therapy sessions when working with early learners with autism.

This summer, we are continuing our blitz called Strategies You Can Use.

If you're feeling stuck or wanting to try some new strategies when targeting some of our common goals, this series is for you!

This week, we are diving into 3 strategies for vocabulary growth, inspired by an article on semantic networks by Elizabeth B. Hadley that has lots of gems and resources in it.

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Let's dive into some therapy plans for our early elementary students. This week, we are focusing on narratives. Teaching story grammar elements will increase student comprehension and provide them with a meaningful framework.

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Welcome back to the SLP Now Podcast! We are continuing our episode with BeckyAnn Harker about service delivery. Today, we are reviewing different service delivery options.

If you missed last week's episode, go back and listen to Episode 122 to hear the kick off of this discussion with BeckyAnn.

Check out BeckyAnn's article on The ASHA Leader: Can We Break From 30-Minute Group Sessions In Schools?

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

This month, we have Monica Lind joining us to talk about all things evidence-based practice. In Episode 94, we spoke about the EBP triangle. For the rest of the month, we'll dive into the different parts of the triangle.

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This month, we are continuing our exploration of all things narratives. The rest of the episodes throughout the month, we'll dive into specific aspects of assessment and things to consider when you're getting ready to target narratives in therapy.

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Having a routine to rely on in therapy sessions can be an invaluable support for SLPs at every stage of their career and caseloads. But some folks can be a tad hesitant when it comes to the idea of more structure.

Marisha wants to assure you that using a framework isn't about creating a checklist and following it mindlessly; it's about having a framework for your therapy sessions so that your work (and life!) feels easier. And of course, there is tons of research to support the benefits of incorporating routines into therapy.

Implementing a routine frees up cognitive resources that would be spent trying to figure out what's next in the session — and this applies to students and SLPs.

Just think about what you could do with that freed up brain power!

In the episode, Marisha shares the five step framework she uses to structure her therapy sessions:

Check in

Assess

Teach

Practice

Wrap up

Marisha gives details about why each step matters, offers examples of the framework in practice, and illustrates ways that clinical experience + judgment inform the application.

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In this podcourse, Marisha reviews the evidence related to the assessment and treatment of categories. Participants will be given practical demonstrations and tips for application throughout the course.

This month, we have Monica Lind joining us to talk about all things evidence-based practice. In the previous episode, we spoke about the EBP triangle. For the rest of the month, we'll dive into the different parts of the triangle.

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In this podcourse, Nina Reeves provides practical strategies that SLPs can use when decreasing the impact of bullying on their students using a team-based approach. After providing an overview of the research related to bullying and students who stutter, Nina explains how SLPs can work with parents, teachers, and students to decrease the impact of bullying.

Ready to supercharge your speech therapy sessions with 3 simple planning strategies? Then this is the episode for you!

When problems feel really big, it’s easy to think we need big strategies to solve them. But often, the simplest thing does the trick!

In this episode, Marisha shares 3 practices that have taken her SLP game to the next level:

• Segmenting your caseload for stress-free planning
• Harnessing the power of pre-made therapy plans
• Gathering your must-have materials in advance

Put these strategies to work right away — even if you have minimal prep time — and take your therapy planning from “uh-oh” to "I got this."

SHOW NOTES

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In this podcourse, Corey and Mikayla from Ascend SMARTER Intervention break down the literacy processing triangle for SLPs. They discuss the SLP’s role in literacy and provide practical strategies that SLPs can use to support a student’s literacy development.

We’ve reached the next episode in our six-week series about therapy planning across your school-aged caseload here on the SLP Now podcast!

For the last three weeks, we’ve used Dr. Ukrainetz’s five step literacy-based therapy framework to work through a month of therapy planning for three units: a play-based early language unit (slpnow.com/183), a picture book (slpnow.com/184), and a fiction article (slpnow.com/185).

Today, we’re going to take the next step on our therapy planning journey and dig into a non-fiction article, “Wild Calls in the Springtime Sky.”

This unit is ideal for students in third grade and up, or if they have a good mastery of narrative language. It’s a great way to target more expository language!

In the episode, Marisha talks about using literacy-based therapy to target:

• Grammar and syntax
• Vocabulary goals
• Asking and answering questions
• Producing compound and complex sentences

…and more!

Remember: all of the activities in this unit are language rich, and they provide the perfect context to target almost any goal in your speech therapy sessions—even if you’re working on multiple goals with mixed groups.

SHOW NOTES

Full show notes at slpnow.com/186

It’s time to talk about February therapy plans! 💕

In this episode, Marisha walks you through the exact process she uses to plan an entire month of therapy. She takes you through plans that span preschool through sixth grade, tying in the strategies and tips she shared in recent episodes.

From segmenting your caseload to using quick probes and grab-and-go visuals, this episode will help you prepare a month of therapy that targets all your students’ goals using books like "Little Blue Truck" and "The Day It Rained Hearts" — plus a lava lamp science experiment that you can do with older students!

This episode offers practical, time-efficient, and simple strategies for monthly therapy planning no matter the size or diversity of your caseload.

Marisha’s systematic approach will help you facilitate smooth sessions, provide consistency and structure for your students, and make the most of your cognitive capacity so that you can focus on what matters most.

SHOW NOTES

Full show notes at slpnow.com/173

This month we are diving into all things service delivery, along with tips and strategies to help us schedule smarter in the schools. I am so excited to be having this conversation with BeckyAnn Harker, a school-based SLP who has 24 years of clinic and school-based experience. Becky is currently a doctoral student in special education at Kent State University and she's very interested in case load management and vocabulary intervention.

Check out BeckyAnn's article on The ASHA Leader: Can We Break From 30-Minute Group Sessions In Schools?

Visit SLP Now to download 5 of our favorite, premium therapy resources for SLPs (for free!)

Full Course: SLPNow.com/rock

In this course, Marisha shares practical strategies to help speech-language pathologists navigate the first few weeks of the school year and set themselves up for success. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes for students and streamlining the therapy planning process, SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to "work smarter" in their speech therapy sessions.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/40 - In this podcourse, Sarah shares her experience as a teletherapist. She provides a realistic overview of the benefits and challenges of telepractice and shares a variety of practical tips, strategies, and wisdom to benefit SLPs who work in this setting and/or SLPs who are considering making the switch.

This month, we are focusing on all things vocabulary and diving into Dr. Ukrainetz's five-step literacy-based therapy framework, and integrating that with all of the research that we found on vocabulary. So, we're super excited to share the nitty gritty, yet practical details in this week's plan.

Hey there SLP! Let's continue on the nerd train and continue nerding out about all things assessment.

This week, we are chatting about all things informal assessments.

If you haven't been following the series, we started in Episode 134 talking about our general checklist for assessments and evaluations. And last week we talked about formal assessments so we can evaluate the assessments that we're using and qualifying students appropriately.

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Show Notes: SLPNow.com/36 - In this podcourse, Marisha dives into specific strategies that speech-language pathologists can use when implementing the fifth step of the literacy-based therapy framework--creating a parallel story. SLPs will walk away with practical strategies that they can use to create parallel stories with students of all ages.