True Confessions with Lisa & Sarah

We are thrilled to have guest Jessi Andricks, Stress Management Coach for SLPs, in the confessional to chat with us about burn out and managing stress - and no we do no suggest crying in your car! This is a critically important conversation as we have all felt burnout from this job and we hope you will find the solutions given in this episode help you to find joy in the job!  Jessi is a wealth of knowledge and has a unique background that is perfect for this conversation!  Resources mentioned:  Stress Management Podcast Stress Management Professional Development Courses Jessi Andricks IG

No one wants to hear that an attorney is going to be in attendance at a meeting. But they are there for a reason, and in this episode we chat about what that reason is. We also discuss ways teams can be proactive to avoid getting to the point of having an attorney present in the first place. We are thrilled to have Lloyd Donders, Esq., a special education attorney, in the confessional for this very important conversation! You won't want to miss this episode! Resource(s) referenced: Writing Meaningful IEPs

In this episode we have our bestie Chris Wenger aka @speechdude aka 'The Wang' chatting with us about everything from what went down at ASHA, to what it's really like working in a high school, and how to advocate for yourself! We just love this guy and we know you will too! 

We are thrilled to participate in the first-ever SLP Live Podcon! By listening to this episode you have the opportunity to earn CEs through Nov. 9th! For more information check out: https://www.slp-live.com/

For those of you who have listened before or follow us on social media, you may find this hard to believe but we do really care what people think of

We were very fortunate to be able to join the Smiles for Speech team for a service mission trip to Ghana! In this episode, we share the highs and lows of the 10-day experience and what we learned about ourselves both personally and professionally!  If you have ever thought about doing a trip like this or are curious about what it's really like this episode is for you!  Guests in this episode: Sandy Dorsey, Founder of Smiles for Speech Donate here: https://www.smilesforspeech.org/donate Follow them on IG so you can about future trips: https://www.instagram.com/smilesforspeech/ Shannon Werbeckes, Speechy Musings IG: https://www.instagram.com/speechymusings/ Check out this blog post where Shannon wrote about volunteering abroad as an SLP

We're baaaaaaaaack!!!!!! We took a quick break but we are back for an all new season of confessions

It's our final episode of the season

In our latest episode we are getting real about writing progress reports. We have done some things we are not proud of but the reality is that this part of our job is tough! We share the mistakes we made as well as solutions right in time for you to start writing your end of year progress reports! www.slptoolkit.com

In our previous episode about interpreting articulation norms we mentioned the use of RTI as a possible solution to providing earlier intervention. In this episode we are going to go in deeper on what that can look like and discuss if it's worthwhile! We are thrilled to have our friend, Laurel Bruce, an SLP and PhD student, in the confessional to share her experience and research!  Resources: Laurel Bruce Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speech.geek/ RTI Resources from Jennifer Taps Richard: http://slpath.com/  Link to free Articulation Therapy Flowchart: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Articulation-Therapy-Flowchart-4518367  Link to free articulation screener: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Grab-Go-Artic-Quick-Speech-Articulation-Screening-1359302  Information about Speech Therapist’s App for /r/ Treatment (staRt) app: https://wp.nyu.edu/byunlab/projects/start/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGFdED4HDcw

Have you ever found yourself writing an IEP and filling out the present levels with something like "Johnny is a sweet boy with a nice smile who has lots of friends" and then nothing else? Yeah, us too! We are chatting about all of the frustration of current processes for gathering data at annual reviews as well as our big Aha! that led us to creating Present Level Assessments inside of SLP Toolkit.  Resources mentioned in this episode: How is "appropriate progress" defined by the U.S. Supreme Court? Special discount to SLP Toolkit for our podcast listeners - To receive 50% off 2 months for a new subscription use the coupon code: podcasthalfoff

Many of us have seen the new speech sound norms infographic published by McLeod and Crowe circulating on the internet and there are a lot of feelings about what this means for school based SLPs. We are thrilled to have Kelly Farquharson, Associate Professor at FSU and speech sound expert, in the confessional to chat all about it! This episode was eye opening for us as we discovered that these norms aren't "new" and we have been interpreting the standard circulated norms (i.e. Iowa-Nebraska) all wrong. This is an important discussion and one that made us a bit nervous as sometimes researchers and practicing clinicians view the therapy world through a different lens. Tune in to find out how this conversation went down. Resources referenced in this episode:  The Informed SLP: That one time a journal article on speech sounds broke the SLP internet.  It Might Not Be "Just Artic": The Case for the Single Sound Error Quality of language intervention provided to primary-grade students with language impairment Variability in Interpreting “Educational Performance” for Children With Speech Sound Disorders Using Response to Intervention for Speech Sound Disorders: Exploring Practice Characteristics and Geographical Differences

We were thrilled to have Ryan Hendrix with Social Thinking as a guest on this episode. We loved chatting about how best to support students with social learning differences. Lisa & I confess how we struggled with how best to assess, write objective goals and measure progress on pragmatic language skills. Ryan shares her discovery on how complex treatment is and everything she has learned in her role as a social cognitive therapist. We are obsessed with all things Social Thinking so we may have geeked out a little bit :) Resources mentioned in this episode: Social Thinking Dynamic Assessment More on Dynamic Assessment Social Competency Model Research Supporting Social Thinking Clinical Training Program

In our first episode for 2019 we are chatting about goals/resolutions for the new year, all things SLP Summit and we even spill the beans on an exciting new project!  www.slpsummit.com

In our latest episode, Jenna Rayburn from Speech Room News is doing the confessing! She shares how she got started, what it takes to be successful and why she does it. Jenna's website: https://thespeechroomnews.com/ Instagram handle: @speechroomnews