SLP Coffee Talk

Do you own any SLP merchandise?!    It is one of the best ways to advocate for ourselves and our field!   I am excited to be talking about this on today’s episode with my guest, Brittany Jackson.   Brittany is an SLP who has a very successful shop called Coffee & Communications. She creates merchandise for SLPs with a mission to advocate and educate.   This is such a fun episode. I know that i...

Do you struggle with how to help your students understand difficult situations?   Children-friendly books are a great way to open up dialog and start conversations.    I am excited to be talking about this on today’s episode and give you some good advice!   My guest, Hailey Glynn, is the perfect person to talk to about this because she recently became an author/illustrator when she wrote and illus...

Did you know that there are less than 450 Board Certified Behavior Analysts worldwide?   I am lucky to be talking to one on today’s episode!   I am excited to be joined by my guest, Rose Griffin, to talk all about helping nonverbal students start to communicate.   Whether you are new to working with nonverbal students or you are interested in learning more about planning sessions for students who...

It is the SLP Coffee Talk podcast's first birthday!! I can’t believe it has been a whole year already. In this episode, I am sharing with you why I started the podcast, what the listeners are saying about it and some of my favorite tips that I have shared with you over this year. I am covering three activities that are some of the best for keeping students motivated, and they can be used in-p...

Are you interested in materials that don’t break the bank AND cut down on prep time? I am excited to be joined by my guest, Lauren Donohoe, to talk all about inexpensive materials and resources for speech therapy. Keeping your students engaged does not have to cost a lot of money. There are many activity ideas for students of all ages that can stem from a bargain material. Tune in to hear creative...

Do you dread doing IEPs? Are you often putting them off because you don’t have time to do them or you don’t know how? This is the episode for you! I am glad to be joined by my guest, Stephanie DeLussey, from Mrs. D's Corner and The Intentional IEP, to talk all about improving and perfecting IEP writing skills as well as the importance of them. Whether you are a total pro already or could use...

Have you ever wondered what starting a private practice would be like, but you’re not sure where to even start? Do you dream about getting unstuck, expanding your career and taking control of your financial life? This is definitely the episode for you! I am excited to be talking all about how to take control of your personal and financial life by starting a private practice with my guest, Jena Cas...

Do you struggle to find success correcting lisps? Are you in need of new strategies to help retrain the brain, build awareness and break the habit for your students? This is the episode for you! I am excited to be talking all about lisp correction in this episode with the help of my guest, Karen Krogg from The Pedi Speechie.  Whether you are teaching in-person or virtually, I hope you utilize thes...

Happy New Year! Can you believe that it is 2021? If we can handle 2020, we can handle anything! Whether you are still enjoying winter break or getting right back into the school year, I wanted to share three winter themed activities with you. The best part about these activities is that they can be utilized to target a variety of goals in person or virtually. Listen in to this episode to make your...

I hope you are all enjoying the end of your year and holiday season. Most of us are taking time to rest and reflect right now, and I wanted to do that with the podcast as well.  Listen in to this super quick and sweet episode about the positive things that have happened this year at Speech Time Fun. I have truly learned a lot over the last 12 months and have grown in unexpected ways. I’m sure you...

Has 2020 pushed the limits for you on what you feel like you can accomplish and achieve? I know that I have found myself dealing with overwhelm quite a bit this year.    As many of us are celebrating the holidays, I wanted to focus on overcoming those feelings of overwhelm in the new year.    I hope this short and sweet little episode encourages you to let go of the overwhelm by focusing on your t...

If you think that being an SLP where you live in the United States is interesting and has challenges, then you will love listening to this episode.  My guest, Amanda Blackwell, is here with me to give us a fresh perspective about what it is like to be a speech language pathologist abroad.    After serving for a year as a volunteer speech language pathologist at an orphanage in Guatemala in 2013, A...

I’ve been anxiously awaiting this special episode and it’s finally here! December 7th is my 37th birthday. To celebrate, I wanted to do something different for this special episode.    We’ve worked hard to gather the best tips, advice and strategies from a great group of SLPs and special education bloggers and educators.    Since the format of this episode is a bit different, so are the notes to g...

Is it ever too early to start addressing speech issues such as stuttering? Can you see success and make progress with students as young as preschool age? There are treatments that are effective with early intervention age students that you can consider and tools that parents can use at home.  On this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I’m so excited to talk about this with two guests - Claire Barbao and...

As SLPs, it is our primary goal to support our students and help facilitate their growth and success. One important way that we can do that which is especially relevant today is by being culturally responsive. It is important that we see, appreciate, and support the cultural differences of our students in a positive way.  Today, I’m so thrilled to chat with Jordyn Carroll who is an SLP that specia...

I remember the days when I was applying for graduate school as an SLP. The process can feel a bit overwhelming - especially when you are applying for the first time.    That’s why, in this episode of SLP Coffee Talk,  I thought we would pay it forward to the people who are thinking about graduate school for Speech-Language Pathology.    Listen in to my interview with special guest Shannon Briggs f...

Whenever you have a new speech student, it’s always a guess to know what speech sounds you will need to work on and the approach that will work best for each person.    That’s why it can be so critical to have a large amount of techniques and approaches in your speech sound toolbox.    Today, we’re going to have a fun conversation that will help you build your speech sound toolbox. Listen in for m...

This year has been such a rollercoaster ride in the field of education and speech pathology. Many are still doing virtual sessions and haven’t gone back to in-office visits yet.    One particular sub-set group that has been impacted by virtual learning is students on the autism spectrum. In today’s episode, I am chatting with my guest Nikki Robertson about how we can best support students with aut...

Have you ever seen another SLP that looks like they are so calm and confident, and you think to yourself, why can’t I be like that?    Yes, you can love your job again!     In this episode, our guest, Jessi Andricks, focuses on helping SLPs reduce burnout and stress through evidence-based stress management tools and techniques.     Several years into her SLP career, Jessi became so burnt out that...

In school, we focus so much on the academic learning part of the process for our students. However, an important piece that we should also remember is social thinking.    As SLPs, how can you support your students with their social skills and behaviors? In this episode, I am so excited to bring you solutions for just that through my interview with Ryan Hendrix.    Ryan is a senior therapist at Soc...

In our field, it's natural for Occupational Therapists (OT) and SLPs to overlap each other in the goal to help our kids. But how can we initiate collaboration in a fun and effective way?   Cait spent most of her career as a social worker but has since found her calling as a COTA five years ago.  She takes pride and loves every minute of play with her students as she helps them with their visu...

Have you ever wanted to get the view from a general education teacher on how SLPs and other special service providers in the school can support them? Me too. It’s always a good idea to bring the two groups together so you can work as a team.    In this episode, we are lucky enough to get a fresh perspective from my first guest that is NOT an SLP or special educator, Gretchen Bridgers from Always a...

We are now in the heart of the 2020-2021 school year. While some schools are back in session in person, many of you are still doing virtual sessions with your speech students. Either way, it can be helpful to have a full arsenal of resources that you can use face to face or virtually.    In today’s solo episode, I share a few of my favorite websites to use with my students in both distance learnin...

I have been lucky enough to work as an SLP with older elementary age (grades 5 and 6) students for many years now. Much of the work I have done with speechtimefun.com was developed while working with these amazing older students.    In this episode that is a part of the 2nd Annual SLP Connect Podconference, we chat about older speech students, unique challenges that they face, and strategies you c...

Do you get intimidated by working with speech sound disorder (SSD) clients? Don’t worry! Speech sound disorders don’t have to be scary. In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I’m happy to chat with Amy Graham who has loads of strategies and tools to share for working with your students with speech sound disorders.    Amy Graham is a speech-language pathologist and owner of Graham Speech Therapy, a pr...