The SLP Book Club

This week we're covering chapter eleven from The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler, "Don't Forget to Write." This chapter tells the story of Judith Hochman, a curriculum coordinator at a school for chi…

This week we're covering chapter ten from The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler, "No More Jackpot Standards." This chapter covers the story of a school district in Washoe County, Nevada, where teachers…

We're so excited to bring you this fun conversation with Kailey Riker and Kat Bezek from Yellow Finch Learning. Kailey is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who has worked in schools and private…

This week we're covering chapter nine from The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler, "The Common Core: New Life for Knowledge, or Another Nail in its Coffin?" This chapter dives into the story of David Co…

This week we're covering chapters seven and eight from The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler. We've started part two of the book: "How We Got Here: The History Behind the Content-Free Curriculum." In c…

This week we're covering chapters five and six from The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler. Chapter five, "Unbalanced Literacy," is about the history of the balanced literacy movement, specifically the …

This week we're covering chapters three and four from The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler. These chapters are about the history of reading instruction in the United States. How have ideas about how t…

Throughout May and June, we are thrilled to discuss The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler with you. If you're an SLP who works in schools, you're going to want to read this book! This week, we're start…

This week we're discussing the end of Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff, Ph.D. Chapter 15 is called "The Ancient Antidote for Depression." Michaeleen discusses her own postpartum depression…

This week we're discussing chapters 13 and 14 and TEAM 3 from Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff, Ph.D. Michaeleen and Rosy head to Tanzania to live with the Hadzabe. We learn about how our …

This week we're covering chapters 11 and 12 from Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff, Ph.D. We kick off this episode with our thoughts on YouTube star Ms. Rachel (you might be surprised by ho…

Today we're discussing chapter ten from Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff, Ph.D. This chapter is an introduction to parenting tools and covers Michaeleen's tools for tantrums and tools for …

This week we're discussing chapters eight and nine from Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff, Ph.D. Chapter eight explores the Inuit parenting approach of never yelling at children and instead…

This week we're discussing chapters six and seven from Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff, Ph.D. Chapter six is called "Master Motivators: What's Better Than Praise?" We discuss the three in…

This week we're covering chapter five and TEAM 1 from Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff, Ph.D. Chapter five is titled, "How to Raise Flexible, Cooperative Kids." We discuss the importance o…

This week we're discussing chapters two, three, and four from Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff, Ph.D. Where do our current parenting practices come from? In chapter two, we take a look at …

We're starting a new book for March and April: Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff, Ph.D.  To write this book, the author lived with Mayan families in Mexico, Inuit families from above the Ar…

This week we're covering chapter ten and the conclusion from Age of Opportunity by Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D. Chapter ten is called "Brains on Trial" and discusses the way we handle adolescents in the…

This week we're covering chapter nine from Age of Opportunity by Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D. This chapter is called "Winners and Losers" and discusses the gap between socioeconomic classes in our socie…

This week we're covering chapter eight from Age of Opportunity by Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D. This chapter is called "Reimagining High School." In this episode, we discuss where American teens stand in…