SLP Coffee Talk

We made it to a brand new year! 2023 already, I can’t believe it!

I hope you were able to get a lot of rest and relaxation during your break with your friends and family. I know that some of you might…

I want to wish you a very happy Holiday Season from me over here at Speech Time Fun! 

I know many of you are enjoying a well-deserved break, so in this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I am reflecting on t…

Welcome back to week 3 of the Live from the ASHA Convention episodes! If you didn’t get a chance to check out the last two episodes yet, make sure to check those out because they are packed with some…

Welcome back to week two of ASHA 2022 attendees taking over the podcast! If you missed it last week, I passed the mic to the people I met at ASHA and they shared some amazing tips, books, games, and …

For the next couple of weeks, I’m doing something a little bit different on the show. I just got back from New Orleans for ASHA 2022. It was my very first time having an exhibit booth and I wanted to…

Are you wondering how you can have a greater impact on your students with verbal apraxia? 

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Jordan Christian LeVan to talk about his journey with ver…

Do you work with high schoolers that have an AAC? 

So many SLPs in this position really struggle to make their lessons functional, so they end up stuck working on the same goals year after year. If th…

Have you ever used song lyrics in your speech therapy sessions? 

I’m all about using my students' interests which is why I have high-interest themes in my membership every month. One of those interest…

Wondering how you can help your students master their tier 3 vocabulary words? 

If you have been following me for a while, you know that I am a huge fan of working with tier 2 vocabulary words, but in…

Many SLPs were taught the medical model of working with autistic children where we found the deficit and worked to fill it. However, we know now that autistic children develop differently, and we nee…

Even after graduate school is over, SLPs are continuously learning. We are constantly being given new research and information that could change how we do therapy. 

No matter how long we may have been…

Looking for tips for working on fluency with your older speech students? 

On this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Lori Melnitsky to answer all of your questions about working with older sp…

As SLPs, one of the biggest things we work on with our students is reading. Whether they have an AAC or not, there are things we can do to help them reach their literacy goals at their own pace. 

In t…

Looking for some tips on working with high school speech students?

If you know me, you know that AAC is not my jam, but in this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Ashley Larisey to chat all a…

Do you work with the school psychologist? 

In this episode, I’m switching things up and talking with a bilingual school psychologist, Briana Wagner. She’s here to chat about how SLPs can collaborate w…

I do not take data during the entire session, and I’m sharing why in this episode. I know there are some exceptions to the rules because administrations or districts require one thing or another, but…

What prizes and reward systems do you use with your older students? 

This is a question I get asked pretty often, especially at the beginning of the year. I have had many different reward systems in m…

Are you using visuals in your speech therapy classroom?

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, we are breaking away from only talking about older speech therapy students to talk about something that can …

Do you struggle to figure out where to go with your older speech students? 

If you’ve been following me for a while, you may have heard me talk about how language comprehension is such an integral par…

Are you familiar with neurodiversity-affirming teaching methods? 

Every day, I see so many questions from other SLPs on this topic, so today on SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Katja Piscitelli to tal…