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111: Using Simon's Cat in Speech Mar 14, 2022

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A couple of weeks ago, I shared my favorite YouTube channels for using nonfiction during speech therapy sessions. Now, I am sharing my all-time favorite YouTube Channel—Simon’s Cat!

If you aren’t familiar with this channel, it is full of videos that are no more than ten minutes long. They are all black and white and share the stories and adventures of a man and his cat. So why do I love it so much? Because all of the videos are wordless!

If you know me, you know that I absolutely love using these types of resources in my speech therapy classroom. Whether it is wordless picture books or wordless videos, their benefits in a speech therapy setting are endless.

You can use wordless resources for things like body language, facial expressions, inferencing, predicting, and summarizing—just to name a few. The sky really is the limit! These videos are short, entertaining, and so easy to use in speech therapy.

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, join me as I share why I love this YouTube channel so much, more benefits of using wordless resources in speech therapy, and tips and tricks for using these videos in your classroom.

There is so much fun to be had with this YouTube channel, and I am so excited to tell you all about it. I know you’ll love these activity ideas and your students will too.

Make sure to tune in so you can learn how you can start incorporating this fun resource in your speech sessions today!

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Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/111

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110: Role of Goals for Autistic Students with Rachel Dorsey Mar 07, 2022

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Do you write strength-based goals for your autistic students?

The neurodiversity movement is bringing a lot of awareness to the fact that all brains are different. It is increasing our ability to work with our autistic students in a way that makes sense for them and sparks their interest.

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, Rachel Dorsey is joining me to talk more about how we can improve our goal setting for our autistic students and approach it in a way that caters to their natural talents while also teaching them new skills.

Rachel Dorsey is a Speech-Language Pathologist, educator, consultant, and autism rights advocate. Through her consultancy, Rachel Dorsey: Autistic SLP, LLC, she provides education to parents, professionals, school districts, and organizations through coaching, consultations, in-services, professional developments, and courses on neurodiversity affirming therapeutic practice.

The services she offers as a consultant draw upon her own experience as an Autistic person and her over five years of clinical experience seeing early intervention, preschool, school-age, post-secondary-aged clients through itinerant and clinic-based settings.

It is so important that we show our autistic students that though they think differently, they are perfectly complete the way they are. These tips for working with autistic students will help them develop a positive self-identity, build on their natural abilities, and so much more.

Make sure to tune in to learn all about it!

Resources Mentioned:

Visit Rachel’s website

Goal Writing for Autistic Students course

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/110

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Colossal Cranium on YouTube

109: 5 YouTube Channels for Nonfiction Feb 28, 2022

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Do you use videos in your speech therapy sessions?

A couple of weeks ago, I shared all about why I think you should be using nonfiction in your speech therapy sessions.

I know it is easy to reach for those favorite fiction resources, but studies show that using nonfiction is extremely valuable to students! It builds their background knowledge and improves their comprehension skills as well as their ability to make connections.

It doesn’t have to be a nonfiction text that you use, you can utilize other nonfiction resources too, like videos. Taking the reading aspect out of it makes it much more fun for struggling readers. It allows them to work on listening comprehension and build language skills, which will in turn improve their reading comprehension.

But where do you find quality nonfiction resources? There is a lot of content out there to sort through and it is so important that we ensure the videos we share are appropriate for our needs. Don’t worry, I have you covered! My favorite place to find nonfiction videos is YouTube!

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I am sharing with you the best nonfiction YouTube channels that you can turn to when you need videos for your speech therapy sessions!

Tune in to learn more about these YouTube channels and how I use them to target any goal in my speech therapy sessions.

Resources Mentioned:

Art For Kids Hub on YouTube

TedEd on YouTube

Highlights Kids on YouTube

Dad, how do I? on YouTube

Short Films Cheat Sheet

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/109

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108: Surviving SLP Grad School with Sam Walker Feb 21, 2022

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Let’s talk about grad school!

If you are preparing for grad school or currently applying for it, this episode of SLP Coffee Talk is for you!

Once you start grad school, you may think that your whole life should revolve around it and you won’t be able to do anything else, but that’s not the case! It will take up as much time as you give it, but you are not just a student, you’re a person too.

In this episode, I sat down with Sam Walker to talk about all things grad school for future SLP’s and how to not only survive but thrive.

Sam is an NYC-based speech pathologist and founder of Speaking of Samantics. She designs and makes everything with love, offering a broad range of products.

Speaking of Samantics products make for a perfect gift. Moreover, they bring the speech pathologist community closer together. Samantha is passionate about her job as a speech pathologist. Her goal is to inspire others around the world to do the same. With her brand, she helps spread the word about the important work of speech-language pathologists everywhere.

Grad school is the perfect time to really explore the field and find out what you like, what you don’t, and find your passion.

Tune in to hear more about Sams tips for SLP grad school including letting go of perfectionism, picking a specialty, preparing for the Praxis exam, finding your clinical fellowship, and so much more!

Resources Mentioned:

Visit Sam’s website

Check out her shop

Visit her Etsy shop

Follow her on Instagram

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/108

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Why We Should Use Nonfiction Texts blog post

107: Using Nonfiction Texts Feb 14, 2022

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Are you using nonfiction texts in speech?

I know as speech-language pathologists, we love our storybooks. It’s so easy to reach for a comforting story for any activity in the classroom. However, there is a ton of evidence to back up the idea that nonfiction texts are more beneficial to our speech therapy students than fiction texts are.

One of the main reasons they are more beneficial is that they provide background knowledge. Our students may really struggle in this area. Using nonfiction texts will help you work towards those important speech therapy goals while also providing your students with the background knowledge they really need.

This will in turn help them answer higher-level thinking questions in the classroom and help develop their reading skills and reading comprehension.

In other words, you are setting them up for success as they read nonfiction more and more in their regular classrooms!

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I am sharing more about why I love using nonfiction texts in speech therapy so much, the tools and resources I use in my therapy sessions, as well as some tips for what goals you can work on using nonfiction texts.

Make sure to tune in to hear all of the juicy details so you can get started today!

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Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/107

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106: Staying Positive and Even Laugh as an SLP with Dani Newcombe Feb 07, 2022

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Do you ever struggle with imposter syndrome?

Many SLPs, myself included, struggle with this feeling of not being good enough. That’s okay though! No one feels like they have it together all the time. It’s important that you self-reflect and remember those times when you knew you did an amazing job. This is the key to powering through those moments of doubt.

Today’s guest on SLP Coffee Talk is Dani Newcombe, and she is such an inspiring SLP to talk to. She has had her fair share of imposter syndrome moments and self-doubt, but she is the master at finding the humor and moments of joy, no matter the circumstance.

Dani Newcombe is a school and private practice SLP in Indiana. She graduated from Loma Linda University in 2018. She is currently on year 4 as an SLP. She owns her own practice, The Messy SLP, LLC, and you can find her posting videos for comedic relief on Instagram.

It’s okay to not love what you do 100% of the time, and Dani isn’t afraid to talk about the hard parts along with the joyous parts.

Tune in to hear more as we explore staying connected as SLP’s, perfectionism, dealing with feelings of overwhelm, and finding the humor in it all!

Resources Mentioned:

Check out Dani’s website

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/106

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Check out my blog to see these ideas in action: Low Prep Speech Therapy Ideas for Winter

105: Low Prep Winter Therapy Ideas Jan 31, 2022

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What are your favorite winter activities?

We are in the heart of wintertime now, so why not talk about some fun winter themed speech therapy activities that you can do with your students?

The ideas I’m sharing on today’s episode of SLP Coffee Talk can be used with any age level. These themed activities are created with as many groups as possible in mind so that you can make your planning and prepping super easy. All you’ll need is one book, game, or resource to use with as many groups as needed.

I know it can be a challenge to stay motivated during these long and cold winter months, so these low-prep therapy ideas are my go-to activities when I need to get my students motivated and excited to work towards those speech goals.

You’ll learn about my favorite melting snowman game, ways to incorporate winter books into your lessons, storytelling games, describing games, and more.

I love these activities because they can be used again and again to work on different speech goals. Make sure to tune in to hear about these winter activities and how you can adapt them to whatever skills you are working on with your students.

Resources Mentioned:

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/105

Where We Can Connect:

Check out Mrs. P’s Specialties on Teachers Pay Teachers

104: Want to Learn More About Embedded Speech in the Classrooms? with Pamela Petralia Jan 24, 2022

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Have you heard of embedded speech in the classroom?

Embedded speech is basically when a speech therapist is in the classroom working with the teacher, or special education teacher, to reach student goals together. It’s a slightly more unique approach, but the collaboration is highly beneficial to our speech students.

By using this model, you can work together to help your students reach those goals and standards that may have felt unattainable before.

Wondering how it works? This episode of SLP Coffee Talk is for you! Pamela Petralia joined me to talk about what this is and how you can implement it in the classroom in a way that feels collaborative and beneficial for you, the teacher, and your students.

Pam has been a special education teacher for over 20 years and has worked in a variety of settings (self-contained, resource, k-2, middle school, etc.) She is the owner and creator behind Mrs. P's Specialties.

Pam is passionate about helping teachers find ways to engage students in meaningful activities that are tailored to their needs and levels without sacrificing their personal & family time.

Tune in to hear Pam share the top benefits of using this model and how to implement it in your classroom.

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/104

Resources Mentioned:

Visit Pam’s website

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Connect with Pam on Facebook

Where We Can Connect:

Check out Spoonful of SPED

103: Helping High Schoolers At Job Sites with Maureen Howard Jan 17, 2022

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Are your students prepared to join the workforce when they leave speech? As SLP’s, we are always thinking of tools and strategies that students can use when they are in the real world outside of the speech classroom.

One of the most important things we can do is help prepare students with the skills they need to find jobs and learn to be independent. This means teaching them how to communicate with others, teaching them simple tasks that will help them get hired, and taking them out in the world so that they can get practice interacting with others independently.

In today’s episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Maureen Howard from Spoonful of SPED to talk about how we can work together with special education teachers to give our students the technical and communication skills they need when they graduate out of speech therapy in school.

Maureen is a High School special education department chair dedicated to supporting teachers, families, and students to be successful in high school and beyond!

She has so much experience with high school students and she is sharing her best tips for working on these skills with our older students in a way that is relevant and interesting to them.

Make sure to tune in to hear all about it!

Resources Mentioned:

Follow Maureen on Instagram

Visit Spoonful of SPED on Teachers Pay Teachers

Check out my Life Skills Bundle

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/103

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