The Speech Link with Char Boshart

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School-Age Stuttering Therapy: Essentials for Speech-Language Pathologist's with Nina Reeves Nov 30, 2018

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Guest: Nina Reeves, CCC-SLP, BRC-FD - In this episode, Nina shares her experience and extensive knowledge on the current views of stuttering and stuttering therapy for individuals of all ages. She suggests that outdated and negative views can be a roadblock to treatment success and shared how to do a personal activity to explore our mindset about the treatment of stuttering. Conversely, she outlined positive paradigms and several resources to enhance our mindset, improve our therapy outcomes, and work with families of those who stutter.

Episode 7: Ep. 11: "Things They Don't Tell You in Graduate School" - Erica DelVal, MS, CCC-SLP Nov 16, 2018

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Guest: "Things They Don't Tell You in Graduate School" - Erica reflects back on her career and shares personal insights about listening, learning, life, and doing therapy. She stresses the importance of listening to parents, teachers, and kids, and the value of seeking and finding a balance between life and work. Being in the schools, Erica knows the stress of paperwork. She shares a few of her secrets to managing this ever-present problem, as well as caseload tips. Interestingly, she chronicles the evolution of her 38 years of therapy and how it’s changed for the better.

Things They Don't Tell You in Graduate School with Erica DelVal Nov 16, 2018

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Guest: Erica DelVal, MS, CCC-SLP - Erica reflects back on her career and shares personal insights about listening, learning, life, and doing therapy. She stresses the importance of listening to parents, teachers, and kids, and the value of seeking and finding a balance between life and work. Being in the schools, Erica knows the stress of paperwork. She shares a few of her secrets to managing this ever-present problem, as well as caseload tips. Interestingly, she chronicles the evolution of her 38 years of therapy and how it’s changed for the better.

Episode 6: Ep. 9: "How to Get Your Foot in the Classroom Door (and what to do once you’re in)" - Sharon Ivey, SLP Oct 19, 2018

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Guest: Sharon Ivey, SLP - In this episode Sharon Ivey, a highly experienced school SLP who has done classroom therapy for 35 years sits down with Char. She shares valuable information as to how to get into the classroom, how to work with teachers, and what to do once you’re there. She even shared her experiences of the “push-back” of “pushing-in.” She sited several benefits of going into the classroom, the most important one being the improvement of the students and how they transfer their increased language abilities into higher reading and academic skills. Therapy tools, games and activities were shared.

How to Get Your Foot in the Classroom Door (and what to do once you’re in) with Sharon Ivey, SLP Oct 19, 2018

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Increasing Communication Opportunities for Students with Complex Needs with Pat Mervine Oct 05, 2018

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

Guest: Pat Mervine, MA, CCC-SLP - In this episode, Char sits down with Pat Mervine, MA, CCC-SLP, and asks her to share some knowledge and expertise on creating a positive atmosphere to enrich 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.

Using Improv Theatre Activities in Speech, Language, and Fluency Treatment with Ruth Jenkins Sep 01, 2018

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

Guest: Ruth Jenkins, MS, CCC-SLP - Char speaks with Ruth Jenkins, an SLP from Portland, Oregon, who started a successful improv comedy troupe with her husband and has since learned to use improv techniques to motivate and engage children with articulation, language, and fluency difficulties. The creative techniques can be modified for students of almost any age (elementary through high school).

Episode 3: Ep. 4: "Maximize Your Time and Effectiveness with Speech Room Routines" - Cheri Chin, MS, CCC-SLP Sep 01, 2018

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Guest: Cheri Chin, MS, CCC-SLP - This episode is about routines: what they are, why they’re beneficial to our therapy-kids, and how to create them. You learn systematic details of how to generate routines during transition time from the classroom to the therapy room, efficient ways to begin the therapy session, and beneficial routines to conclude the session, as well. Ms. Chin shares practical methods to maximize and utilize therapy-time as well as increase therapy effectiveness.

Maximize Your Time and Effectiveness with Speech Room Routines with Cheri Chin Sep 01, 2018

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Dynamic Ways to Increase Vocabulary and Retrieval: From Basic Concepts to Academic Success with Margo Kinzer Courter Aug 03, 2018

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Guest: Margo Kinzer Courter, MA, CCC-SLP - In this Podcast, you’ll learn a direct and systematic approach to increase vocabulary acquisition and heighten retrieval in language disordered children. For young children, basic concept knowledge is needed to advance to high-frequency words and curriculum-based instruction. You’ll learn details about what basic concepts to teach, Beck’s Tier 1, 2, and 3 vocabulary words, and several informative and practical strategies on how to implement vocabulary instruction in a sequential, meaningful way.

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