Summary: On this podcast, we answer a listener question - How to do you connect with difficult-to-reach clients? We share our thoughts on everything from building rapport with teenagers, to establishing rapport with adult clients to forming a relationship with young clients with Autism and identifying what they will work for and creating sessions so clients will want to work with us.<br><br>We also talk about what is new in our speech room - which is being chronically late this time of year (because we are over booked?) and what we are doing about it.<br><br>Sarah shares a lesson gone wrong and what her new nickname is according to a new client. We won't put it in the show notes, but listen in if you are curious.<br>Interview<br><br>This episode, we interview Anne Page of Beautiful Speech life. In case you aren't familiar (in which case, where have you been? Follow her stat!), here's her bio:<br><br>Anne is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist with a Masters of Science from Nova Southeastern University. She's an award winning blogger and international speaker. She has been an SLP at at a Title 1 school for 11 years, and works as a district AAC specialist. Anne is passionate about AAC. She loves the challenge of finding the best communication support system for her students.<br><br>On the interview, Anne talks about social media, her newly-opened online AAC academy, what she wishes she'd known starting out with AAC, and her winding path to becoming an SLP.<br><br>Mentioned <br><br>Beautiful Speech Life Blog <a href="http://www.beautifulspeechlife.com" rel="noopener">www.beautifulspeechlife.com</a><br><br>Beautiful Speech Life Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beautifulspeechlife/" rel="noopener">https://www.instagram.com/beautifulspeechlife/</a><br><br>Beautiful Speech Life Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/beautifulspeechlife/" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/beautifulspeechlife/</a><br><br>AAC Academy <a href="https://beautifulspeechlife.thinkific.com/courses/aac-academy" rel="noopener">https://beautifulspeechlife.thinkific.com/courses/aac-academy</a><br><br>Bjorem Speech Sound Cues <a href="https://www.bjoremspeech.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.bjoremspeech.com/</a><br><br>PrAACtical AAC Website and Blog <a href="http://praacticalaac.org/" rel="noopener">http://praacticalaac.org/</a><br><br>Headspace Meditation App <a href="https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app" rel="noopener">https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app</a>
