The SLP Book Club

This week we're covering chapter seven from Age of Opportunity by Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D. This chapter is called "How Parents Can Make a Difference." It's a chapter about parenting, but it applies …

This week we're reading chapters five and six from Age of Opportunity by Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D. Chapter five is titled "Protecting Adolescents from Themselves." We discuss some statistics related …

This week we're reading chapters three and four from Age of Opportunity by Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D. Chapter three is titled "The Longest Decade." We cover how the length of adolescence has changed o…

This week we're reading chapter two from Age of Opportunity by Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D. This chapter is called "The Plastic Brain" and really gets into how malleable the brain is during adolescence.…

New year, new book! Throughout January and February, we're reading Age of Opportunity by Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D. We're starting out in this episode by covering the introduction and chapter one. We …

This week, we thought we'd do something fun and a little different. We're looking back on 2023 and reflecting on our favorite books, what we've learned, and the best SLP Book Club moments. We discuss…

This week we're wrapping up Uniquely Human by Dr. Barry Prizant. Unfortunately, Laura has the old, outdated version of the book, so she'll be covering chapters 11 and 12 from that version. Adrianne w…

This week we're discussing chapter 10 from Uniquely Human by Dr. Barry Prizant. This chapter is called "The Long View" and describes the stories of multiple autistic people and their families from ea…

This week we're discussing chapters eight and nine from Uniquely Human by Dr. Barry Prizant. Chapter eight, "Wisdom from the Circle" is really a chapter for parents, but we can get so much out of it …

This week we're discussing chapter seven from Uniquely Human by Dr. Barry Prizant: "What it Takes to 'Get It.'" This might be one of our favorite episodes of The SLP Book Club podcast yet, because it…

This week we're discussing chapters five and six from Uniquely Human by Dr. Barry Prizant. We start with chapter five: Emotional Memory. We learn about the impact emotional memory can have on all of …

This week we're covering chapter four of Uniquely Human by Dr. Barry Prizant. This chapter is about trust, fear, and control in autism. Dr. Prizant describes autism as a disability of trust. He descr…

This week we're covering chapters two and three from Uniquely Human by Dr. Barry Prizant. Chapter two is called "Listen" and it covers the many ways children with autism communicate, including using …

New month, new book! For November and December, we're reading Uniquely Human by Dr. Barry Prizant. This brilliant book is a must-read for anyone who works with or cares for children with autism. It h…

This week we're finishing up Beyond Behaviors by Dr. Mona Delahooke. But FIRST! A very special spooky SLP Book Club discussion! We tell our own personal ghostly stories to celebrate spooky season. Th…

This week we're covering chapter eight of Beyond Behaviors by Dr. Mona Delahooke. This chapter is about supporting children who have experienced trauma or toxic stress. Dr. Delahooke describes the st…

This week we're covering chapter seven of Beyond Behaviors by Dr. Mona Delahooke. We start this episode with a kind of spicy discussion about how we handle conflict with our neighbors, with strangers…

This week we're covering chapter six of Beyond Behaviors by Dr. Mona Delahooke. This chapter is called "Working on Challenges from the Body Up to the Top Down." We cover the four steps to identifying…

This week we're discussing chapter five of Beyond Behaviors by Dr. Mona Delahooke. This chapter is called "Addressing What Underlies Behavior: Working on Challenges from the Bottom Up." We discuss ho…

Today we're discussing chapter four of Beyond Behaviors by Dr. Mona Delahooke, "Safety is the Starting Point." In this episode, we cover personalized attunement, the therapeutic use of self, determin…