SLP Coffee Talk

You can take any activity in your classroom, but what is the goal? And how are you going to teach it differently than what your students have already been exposed to? Enter Mystery Doug.   For today's inspiration, I'm going to introduce you to this wonderful online tool where you can use short, non-fiction videos that will get your students inferring, asking questions, and drawing conclu...

Don't you just wish you can be that birdie who's always on your student's shoulder to help them with words? Too bad you can't! What you can do is teach them strategies that will help them succeed with language, even when you're not around.   In this episode, let's talk about a strategy that will help your students handle unfamiliar words when they see them: Context cl...

Are you hoping to incorporate more literacy-based therapy ideas in your speech therapy room without overwhelming your students with too much text? You're in for a treat!   In this episode, let's talk about another time-saving tool for us tireless SLPs: Wordless picture books! Listen in as I share different strategies on how you can use this tool for any language goal or target group. Dis...

Your students are getting exposure to skills like inferencing and sequencing in the classroom, but it's not sticking. What can you do?   In this episode, I will share my favorite tool that helps our students make things more explicit, more visual, and helps them remember things that they hear and know what to listen for to take that processing overload away.    Listen in and discover how you...

Do you wonder how you can incorporate more curriculum into your speech therapy room? Or does thinking about it overwhelm you?    In this week's episode, we are going to talk about 3 mindset shifts that can help you understand why you have to do it and how to do it. You don't have to use the same exact resources because that will be boring and too tedious, right? Listen in as I reveal a b...

Even the toughest, most challenging students you have can be reached.  They can be motivated and be willing to learn in your speech therapy room.  You might think I am C.R.A.Z.Y. because you have students that just refuse to do the work.  In this week’s episode, I want to challenge you to think outside the box and think about ways you can work with those students with a different mindset and actua...

If you’re looking at your schedule for the week ahead and starting to panic ⁠— you're not alone. What's the secret to saving time in your therapy sessions? Reuse and repurpose! This week, I share the secret to getting the most out of your SLP prep and therapy materials. Listen in to hear how you might be missing out on opportunities to hang on to your money, time and sanity. Full show no...

Figuring out how to integrate fun and games into your SLP therapy rooms is important for keeping students motivated and excited about learning... But, striking the right balance can be tricky.  In this episode of Coffee Talk with SpeechTimeFun, I share my top picks of versatile games you can use in your SLP practice. Listen in as I share ideas around building a routine and what to do if your tradi...

Need a shot of caffeine in your SLP lessons? Enter the Coffee Talk podcast: the best podcast for speech-language pathologists,⁠ where you can get a weekly dose of inspiration and lesson plan resuscitation. As a licensed SLP and creator of the resource, Speech Time Fun, I know that low prep, max fun speech therapy ideas can be game-changers for teachers. Tune in for more episodes where I share quic...