The Speech Link with Char Boshart

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Best Of - Increasing Communication Opportunities for Students with Complex Needs with Pat Mervine Aug 09, 2019

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*** This episode is not available for ASHA CEUs.****

Guest: Pat Mervine, MA, CCC-SLP

In this presentation, the presenter shared her knowledge and expertise in creating a positive atmosphere that enriches communication for students with complex communication needs. She explains how to engineer the environment by raising expectations with your attitude, actions, and teaching strategies so students of all ages have ample opportunities to communicate throughout the day with a variety of communication partners, using speech or their AAC system. She explicitly details the importance and process of using the Prompt Hierarchy, the Expectant Pause, and Scripting to provide and personalize communication needs.

Episode 24: Ep. 29: Best Of - "Dynamic Ways to Increase Vocabulary and Retrieval: From Basic Concepts to Academic Success" - Margo Kinzer Courter, MA, CCC-SLP Jul 26, 2019

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Guest: Margo Kinzer Courter, M.A., CCC-SLP - Char is cruising on the SpeechTherapyPD.com Conference at Sea. Over the next couple episodes we will be sharing a couple of the best episodes of the first year of the Speech Link Podcast. Enjoy!

Best Of - Dynamic Ways to Increase Vocabulary and Retrieval: From Basic Concepts to Academic Success with Margo Kinzer Courter Jul 26, 2019

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Episode 23: Ep. 28: "SATPAC Strategies and Other Techniques to Remediate the “S” and “R”" - Stephen Sacks, MA, CCC-SLP Jul 12, 2019

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Guest: Stephen Sacks, MA, CCC-SLP - Steve shared his vast knowledge of how to successfully remediate the distorted /r/ and /s/. Over the past 25 years, he and many other SLPs have successfully used his program, the SATPAC. He explained what the SATPAC is—a computerized, contextual list-builder—and the rationale and fundamentals of speech sound production behind it, as well as several other how-to and sound-stim techniques.

SATPAC Strategies and Other Techniques to Remediate the “S” and “R” with Stephen Sacks Jul 12, 2019

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Episode 22: Ep. 27: "From EI to LEA: How to Ensure ALL Kids Make the Great Transition" - Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC Jun 28, 2019

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Guest: Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC - In this 1-hr podcourse, Michelle shares information and examples of the many young medically fragile and developmentally disordered children she’s worked with and explains why and how to ensure a quality transfer into school-related services. She stresses the importance of a comprehensive, coordinated and team-based approach for the continuation of critical services.

From EI to LEA: How to Ensure ALL Kids Make the Great Transition with Michelle Dawson Jun 28, 2019

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Therapy to Support Social Language Competency with Heidi Britz May 31, 2019

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Guest: Heidi Britz, MA, CCC-SLP - In this 1-hour episode, Heidi shares her vast experience of how to work effectively and efficiently with school-aged children with social language differences. She discusses the referral process, assessments, and explains how to develop and support a school-based therapy plan with the child, teachers, and parents. She covers the specifics of collecting data as well as therapy materials and resources.

Literature Based Therapy: Planning for Mixed Speech & Language Groups with Elissa Kilduff May 17, 2019

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Guest: Elissa Kilduff, MA, CCC-SLP - In this episode, Elissa shares her time-saving, creative approach of how to effectively use individual books to meet the needs of several speech and language children within a group each with a variety of specific needs and goals. She outlines how to select the books, pre-plan and organize the materials, and implement the therapy. This approach can be used effectively with K–6th grades; several resources are provided.

Episode 19: Ep. 23: "Adapting Children’s Literature to Encourage Oral Narrative Skills Through Developmental Levels of Storytelling" - Lorraine Maida, MA, CCC-SLP May 03, 2019

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Guest: Lorraine Maida, MA, CCC-SLP - In this episode, Lorraine shared her vast knowledge and experience of how to elevate and incorporate the art of storytelling and the use of songs in language instruction with young children. She explicitly covered the developmental sequence of oral narrative growth in children and how to adapt books in ways that allow children to participate as active versus passive learners in language and literacy instruction. Numerous practical activities were provided.

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