The Speech Umbrella

If you’ve ever wondered what PROMPT therapy is all about, then this podcast is for you. In this episode you’ll get an overview of how speech therapists use PROMPT to look at all of the aspects of articulation, the order they develop, and how they integrate. 

My best tip for upping your productivity and reducing stress is featured in today’s podcast. May is Better Speech and Hearing month, and I’d like to share how I become a better therapist. Improving my productivity while reducing my stress allows me the time and mental space to problem solve in areas where I’m stuck. Try it! It can work for you, too. 

To finish up autism awareness month, we have a special guest this week. Join us to hear David’s mother, Rebecca, describe their struggles and triumphs with autism. David has been featured in all the podcasts this month, and  I know you’re going to love hearing his story from his mother’s perspective. 

If you’ve been tuning into The Mindful SLP podcasts this month, then you already know a little about my client David, who is on the autism spectrum, and the significant progress he has made in the past year. In this week’s episode, I describe how David got started telling stories. You’ll also get to hear recordings of him telling stories—a not to be missed thrill for SLPs!

This week’s podcast describes how teaching Stage One Sentence Types dramatically improved expressive language in a client with autism, and how you can try the same intervention. Essential Language for Autism helps children with autism fill in missing essential language building blocks, and discover self generated language. 

Some of our clients with autism get well and truly stuck when it comes to improving expressive language. They can’t seem to get beyond putting a few words together and using echolalia. Looking at their stage one sentence types can tell us a lot about why they get stuck. Join us as we look at an eye opening case study and explore WHY this client was stuck. 

Tune in to hear the rest of our interview with narrative language guru Doug Petersen, co-creator of Story Champs. Doug describes how Story Champs grew organically from the research they did, what comes in the Story Champs kit, and how to use it. The progress monitoring tools that come with Story Champs check comprehension, inferences, language structures, phonemic awareness and decoding—simply and...

Are you looking for ways to harness the power of narrative language intervention? Have we got a treat for you! Join me in this interview with Douglas Petersen, co-creator of the narrative language intervention tool, Story Champs. Doug is one of the pioneers in analyzing the components of narrative language, so that it’s easy to teach and easy to learn. 

Tune in to hear our third and final podcast in our Ready, Set, Go! series on AAC. I’ve put together a basic communication checklist to help track the foundational skills early communicators need. 

This week’s podcast continues our discussion on AAC and common myths around AAC use. Join us as we use Susan Berkowitz’s book “Make the Connection” to do some myth busting. 

Ever been stumped with introducing a client to AAC? Today’s podcast is the first in a three part series on AAC. Join us as we discuss early steps to promote effective AAC use with clients and families. 

This week’s podcast features Christopher, a former client of mine, and his mother Holly. Tune in and hear them describe his struggles and triumphs while learning to say R. Listen to Christopher describe a breakthrough moment at the 7:45 minute mark. 

If you have ever had an R client that didn’t progress no matter what you did, you’ll want to tune into this week’s podcast on the elusive R. This is part two of a two part series, so you’ll want to listen to last week’s podcast too! This week we continue our discussion on the foundations of R therapy in our heart felt mission to spread the word on effective R treatment. *** Reserve your place for...

Has R therapy got you stumped and wondering where to go for the solution? It’s time to demystify R and take your therapy to the next level. This week, in part one of a two part podcast, we begin discussing the foundations of R therapy, using Denise’s ground breaking techniques for treating R. *** Join Denise for a free masterclass on R. Visit slpproadvisor.com/masterclass to reserve your spot toda...

Do want to kick back and relax with a great book during the holidays? Join us as we talk about three captivating books speech therapists can relate to. ---- Links ---- Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray The Story of my Life: The Restored Edition by Helen Keller Make the Connection: A Practical Guide...

Have you ever wondered what the occupational therapists’s role is in treating dyslexia? Today we talk about the role visual perceptual, motor, and memory skills play in dyslexia, and how those skills integrate with phonological awareness skills. We also talk about the importance of working on executive functioning. Check out the B-I-N-G-O Simple Tools video to see Denise in action! 

On today’s podcast we review David A Kilpatrick’s book Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties. If you’ve been looking for a clear but thorough explanation of the science of reading, and how to treat reading problems, look no further!

Michael J. Sullivan is a New York Times, USA Today, and Washington Post bestselling writer of epic fantasy, who began writing his wildly popular Riyria series in order to help his daughter, Sarah, overcome dyslexia. Michael, his wife Robin, and their daughter Sarah join us to share their perspectives on dyslexia. Michael also shares his insight on creating characters with the kind of challenges SL...

The power of play therapy is real! In today’s podcast we talk about a client who overcame multiple challenges through play. 

Join us for an overview of our Phonological Awareness Tracking Form. Each skill area—and there are 7!—is broken down into several smaller steps. With the inclusion of early listening skills and these small steps, you will know exactly what skills to target. 

If you’ve ever wanted a concise breakdown of the earliest developing, oh so important,  phonological awareness skills, join us as we explore just what is under the umbrella term “phonological awareness.” 

In Episode 8, Denise interviewed Ramona Dawn about her implementing "The Book Whisperer" by Donlyn Miller in her 8th grade English classroom. This episode, they finish up the discussion by walking through the daily life of a Book Whisperer teacher. Finally, they consider ways speech therapists can inspire reading in their clients. Don't miss this second half of their discussion.  Li...

How do you turn a reluctant reader into an avid bookworm? The solution is surprisingly simple. Today, Denise talks with English teacher Ramona Daun, who used techniques laid out in Donalyn Miller’s book “The Book Whisperer”. In part one of this two part conversation, Denise and Ramona talk about the key concepts and the successes her students experienced.

Join us as we explore research purported to disprove the effectiveness of oral motor therapy. Discover valuable talking points in defense of oral motor therapy so you can take an informed stand! The information for this podcast was gathered from Char Boshart’s series “The Perfect Oral Motor Storm.” Show Notes & Links To Motor or Not to Motor - Episode 6 Our last podcast on Non Speech Motor The...

To Motor or not to Motor: That is the Question Join us as we discuss the oral motor controversy, and who can benefit from motor techniques in speech therapy. Show Links & Notes Prompt https://promptinstitute.com/ Talk Tools https://talktools.com/ Char Boshart’s Podcasts https://speechdynamics.com/pages/podcasts (episodes 33-37 comprise The Perfect Oral Motor Storm: What Happened, Why, and Supp...