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#054: Tips and Tricks for Working with Bilingual Students

In this episode of the SLP Now podcast, Kristie Knickerbocker — an SLP and singing voice specialist in Fort Worth, Texas — provides a crash course in voice assessment and treatment. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes in voice therapy sessions, SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to "work smarter" when tackling voice disorders in the schools, as well as the ability to describe three behavioral voice treatment options, three physiological voice treatment options, and identify three components of a voice exam.

#053: A Crash Course in Voice for School-Based SLPs

In this episode of the SLP Now podcast, Marisha sat down with Jessi Andricks, who shared her story of SLP burnout, leaving the field, and eventually finding her way back. With a focus on practical tips and resources to help you identify triggers + get proactive about self-care, speech-language pathologists will walk away from this episode with strategies to better manage their stress so that they show up for their students in a more whole and effective way.

#052: Stress Management Strategies for SLPs

On this week's episode of the SLP Now podcast, Marisha sat down to chat with Rosemarie Griffin about working with early learners with autism. The conversation covered organic data collection, setting goals, building rapport with non-verbal students, getting started with therapy, as well as practical tips and tricks SLPs can put to use in the classroom and beyond. There is so much goodness to unpack, so click to listen and learn!

#051: Tips and Tricks for Working with Early Learners with Autism

On this week's episode of the SLP Now podcast, we're joined once again by Kirstin Bowers from Kiwi Speech! She introduces the concept of growth mindset to SLPs, shares practical tips for implementation, and presents an easy-to-follow framework that SLPs can seamlessly implement growth mindset strategies in their therapy sessions. After listening, SLPs will be able to describe what growth mindset is, identify three characteristics of students who might benefit from growth mindset strategies, and describe three growth mindset strategies.

#050: How to Use Growth Mindset in Speech Therapy

In this episode of the SLP Now podcast, we're continuing our conversation about advocacy with Dr. Lyndsey Zurawski! She joins us to share her experience as the past president of her state association, as well as other advocacy roles she has had over the course of her career. After listening, SLPs will walk away inspired and armed with practical (and actionable) tips to advocate for change at the local, state, and national levels.

#049: How SLPs Can Advocate at the Local, State, and National Level (Part 2)

In this episode of the SLP Now podcast, we are joined once again by SLP (and my BFF) Kayla Redden! This week, she is sharing her experience as the secretary of her state association, and in her state's advocacy network. This episode is for the SLP who wants to learn how to advocate for change — at the local, state, and national levels. Kayla shares three strategies for advocating at each level, and you don't want to miss it.

#048: How SLPs Can Advocate at the Local, State, and National Level (Part 1)

On this week's episode of the SLP Now Podcast, we dive into the wonderful (timely!) world of telepractice with Leanne Sherred of Expressable. Leanne shares strategies to help speech-language pathologists increase parent involvement in their child’s teletherapy sessions, and identifies potential hurdles, and shares strategies for success to help SLPs successfully engage parents in the teletherapy process.

#047: How to Foster Parent Engagement in Telepractice

In this episode of the SLP Now podcast, Lauren LaCour Haines shares how she taught her special education team to effectively use prompts and cues with their students. She outlines practical strategies that empower SLPs to successfully communicate these strategies with their teams, breaks down the hierarchy, and provides countless examples so that SLPs and educators can easily implement this with their students.

#046: A Crash Course in Scaffolding for SLPs

On this week's episode of the SLP Now podcast, Marisha's SLP bestie, Kayla Redden, shares her brilliant tips around moving toward a 5-minute speech program with your students. Shorter periods, more focus, less prep time, increased results? Sign me up!

#045: A Crash Course in an Alternative Service Delivery Model for Articulation

In this week's episode of the SLP Now podcast, Marisha sat down to chat with behavior expert Amy Chambers and dig into children's behavior. Amy shares some actionable tips and ideas to get you out of the behavioral weeds and back on track with your lesson plans. Spoiler alert: Patience, creativity, and mindfulness are all part of the equation!

#044: A Crash Course in Behavior Management

In this episode of the SLP Now podcast, Marisha and guest Kristin Bowers geek out on data collection methods, and help us to think critically about how we measure progress and success (and, literally, how we write it down)! Tune in and prepare to get even more organized with your speech-language pathology practices than you already are.

#043: A Crash Course in Data Collection for SLPs

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