Listening to Autistic Voices with Katja Piscitelli

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 talk about these methods so that you can get all of your questions answered and start the year off confident with autistic students on your caseload. Katja Piscitelli is a speech therapist, dog mom, and Disney lover. She supports autistic students and their families through neurodiversity-affirming, child-led therapy. She also specializes in supporting gestalt language development (echolalia). Katja believes in listening to the communities we serve to guide our practice, and she loves sharing what she learns from the Autistic community and her experiences with students with all of you!There is a shift happening in the way we teach autistic students in speech therapy. Instead of teaching them to be more like us, we are learning to teach them differently in a way that affirms who they are and how their brains work. Katja has a wealth of knowledge and tips to share on this topic. Tune in to learn more about why listening to autistic voices is so important, tips for teaching self-advocacy and perspective taking, the top tips and tools for working with autistic students, and so much more. Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/134Resources Mentioned: Visit Katja’s website: https://www.totalspectrumtherapy.org/Follow Katja on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bohospeechie/Follow Katja on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Boho-Speechie/100064823717157/Check out Katja’s Teachers Pay Teachers store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Boho-SpeechieVisit the NeuroClastic website: https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/Join the NeuroClastic Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheAspergian/Where We Can Connect: Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007Follow Hallie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechtimefunFollow Hallie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpeechTimeFun/Follow Hallie on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/missspeechie/Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets