The SLP Book Club

This month we're reading Social Emotional Learning and the Brain by Marilee Sprenger. Whether you're a teacher, speech therapist, or other professional working with children, you're going to learn so much from this book. We're looking forward to learning strategies for improving our relationships with our students, teaching and modeling empathy, improving self-awareness, and more. In this episode,...

Join us as we wrap up Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare. We'll be discussing troubleshooting when your intervention plans don't go...according to plan, collaborating with the school, when special education is warranted, and transitioning smart but scattered kids into adulthood. We'll also be sharing our thoughts on the book and what strategies we'll be using going forward in our...

Today we're covering chapters 19-21 from the book Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare. We'll be discussing strategies for encouraging flexibility, increasing goal-directed persistence, and cultivating metacognition. If you have or work with children who struggle with these executive skills, you're going to get some great information from this episode. We also discuss some free prin...

Today we're covering chapters 15-18 from the book Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare. We'll be discussing strategies for improving task initiation, planning and prioritization, time management, and organization. This episode is full of useful information and lots of laughs. If you have kids who struggle to manage their time, plan for big projects or events, stay organized, or get...

Today we're covering chapters 11-14 from the book Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare. We'll be discussing strategies for improving response inhibition, working memory, emotional control, and sustained attention. If you have or work with children who have attention deficits or maintaining balanced emotions, you're going to get some great strategies from this episode! To learn more...

Today we're discussing chapters 9-10 from the book Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare. This episode lays out the basic rules of thumb that you will need to use in executive skills intervention. We also go through the ready-made interventions the authors have designed for the most common routines children struggle with when they have executive skills deficits. We'll discuss morning...

Join us for a discussion of chapters 6-8 from Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare. We're getting into the basic intervention principles for working on executive skills. We'll discuss modifying the environment to set kids up for success, teaching skills directly, motivating children with praise and incentives, and monitoring progress. The information provided in this episode will be...

Today we're discussing chapters 3-5 of Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare. We'll go over how your own executive skills impact those of the kids you work with. If you share the same strengths and weaknesses, it will be easier to address them together. But when there's a mismatch, it can be difficult to get on the same page. You'll learn how to get over that hump. Plus, we'll be dis...

We're kicking off March with a new book, Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare. Join us today as we discuss the introduction and chapters 1-2. We'll go over some basics about brain development, how some kids end up smart but scattered, and how to identify a child's strengths and weaknesses in executive skills. If you have or work with a child who struggles to perform certain tasks on...

Listen in as we discuss chapter seven of The Loving Push by Temple Grandin and Debra Moore. We'll be wrapping things up on this month of The SLP Book Club by going through some final steps parents, educators, and service providers can take to lovingly push kids on the autism spectrum toward independence in their teens and young adulthood. We'll give our final thoughts on the book and how we'll be...

Today we're going over chapter six of The Loving Push by Temple Grandin and Debra Moore. This chapter is titled "DANGER AHEAD: Compulsive Gaming and Media Recluses." We discuss the issue of excessive video game playing that is facing many teens and young adults, and especially those on the autism spectrum. We go over strategies the authors suggest for limiting and monitoring video game and device...

Join us as we discuss chapter five of The Loving Push by Temple Grandin and Debra Moore. We go over strategies to use with kids and teens with autism spectrum disorder who don't seem to care or are chronically anxious. This episode covers SO many ways to address depression and anxiety that commonly co-occur with autism. We address therapy, medication, sleep hygiene, diet, setting goals, task maste...

Today we're finishing up the second half of chapter four of The Loving Push by Temple Grandin and Debra Moore. We discuss using household chores and responsibilities to teach critical life skills. We also discuss perfectionism in kids on the autism spectrum, and how to teach the students we work with that it's okay to make mistakes. To learn more about The SLP Book Club, check out our website at t...

In this episode of The SLP Book Club, we're getting started with the first half of chapter four of The Loving Push by Temple Grandin and Debra Moore. This chapter is really about pushing teens and young adults on the spectrum out of their comfort zones so that they can be more successful down the road. We discuss the critical life skills that all children need, and how you can make sure the kids y...

Today we're discussing chapter two of The Loving Push by Temple Grandin and Debra Moore. This chapter covers breaking bad habits, overcoming obstacles, setting goals, and planning for how to achieve them. If you know or work with a child, teen, or young adult on the autism spectrum who has difficulty with being flexible or seeing alternative paths, this episode is full of information you can use!...

Tune in as we discuss chapter two of The Loving Push by Temple Grandin and Debra Moore. In this chapter, we dive into cultivating a positive mindset, learned helplessness, motivation, and more. If you're a speech-language pathologist or educator working with children or young adults on the autism spectrum, you're going to get a lot out of this episode. To learn more about The SLP Book Club, check...

It's a new month, which means we're reading a new book in The SLP Book Club! This month, we're reading The Loving Push by Temple Grandin and Debra Moore. If you work with children, teens, or young adults on the autism spectrum, you're going to get a lot out of this book. In this episode, we discuss the introduction and chapter one. We'll discuss the four main problems facing teens and young adults...

We can't believe this month is already over! We hope you've enjoyed listening to our discussion of The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. In this episode, we go over the conclusion of the book, then wrap up by describing key takeaways and strategies we're going to be using with our students and clients in speech therapy. Next month, we'll be reading The Loving Push by Tem...

Join us as we go over chapter six of The Whole-Brain Child, The Me-We Connection: Integrating Self and Other. If you work with any kids in speech therapy who have difficulty with empathy and perspective taking, you're going to love the information in this episode! To learn more about The SLP Book Club, check out our website at theslpbookclub.com . Want to join the discussion? Go to facebook.com/gr...

Today Laura and Adrianne are discussing chapter five of The Whole-Brain Child, The United States of Me: Integrating the Many Parts of the Self. You're going to find this information so helpful for the kids on your caseload who become highly focused on the negative, have difficulty seeing the bigger picture, and would benefit from using mindfulness as they navigate the challenges they face. To lear...

This week, we're discussing Chapter Four of The Whole-Brain Child, Kill the Butterflies! Integrating Memory for Growth and Healing. We'll discuss the difference between implicit and explicit memories, and the ways implicit memories impact the way we think about the world. There are two great Whole-Brain Strategies that you can use with your speech therapy clients, and we have amazing bonus materia...

Join us as we discuss Chapter Three of The Whole-Brain Child, Building the Staircase of the Brain . In this episode, we go over vertical integration, which is when the upper and lower parts of the brain work in harmony. We discuss three whole-brain strategies for encouraging vertical integration in the children we work with. To learn more about The SLP Book Club, check out our website at theslpboo...

Today we're discussing Chapter Two of The Whole-Brain Child, Two Brains Are Better Than One . In this episode, we go over horizontal integration, which is when the logical left brain works well with the emotional right brain. We discuss two whole-brain strategies for encouraging horizontal integration in the children we work with! **Please note, we are new to podcasting. The audio for our first th...

Today we dive in to Chapter One of The Whole-Brain Child, Parenting With the Brain in Mind . In this episode, we are introduced to the concept of brain integration. You'll love how the strategies provided in this book can be applied to so much of what we do as speech-language pathologists. **Please note, we are new to podcasting. The audio for our first three episodes is not great, but we got thin...

This month we are reading The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. In this episode, we get started discussing the introduction. This book is full of great information that will be so valuable for SLPs, parents, or anyone working with children! **Please note, we are new to podcasting. The audio for our first three episodes is not great, but we got things figured out after th...