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The Preschool SLP: KellyVessSLP — 223 episodes
222. The Executive Function Research That Changes How SLPs See Every Client
221. The ABCs of Picking Books That Ignite a Love for Learning
220. What a Dying Friend Taught Me About Being an SLP
219. The 3 Questions Every SLP Must Ask Before Summer Break
218. Stop Winging Consonant Cluster Targets: Apply the Evidence-Based Complexity Approach
217. Do You Dare Disturb the Universe? The Asthma & Speech Sound Disorder Connection Nobody's Talking About
216. Bilingual Kids on Your Caseload? The 5-Step 'Good Enough' Plan When You Don't Speak Their Language
215. Bilingual Spanish Speech Assessment for $0: The 8-Step Gold Standard Every SLP Needs
214. Why Speech Therapy Falls Apart for Kids with ADHD+Anxiety (And How to Fix It)
213. Stop Waiting: Why You Should Treat a Frontal Lisp in Preschool (And How to Do It Right)
212. Stop Waiting for Joint Attention. You’re Delaying Language.
211. The Social Cost of Speech Sound Disorders at Age 4, 5, and 6: What Every Preschool SLP Needs to Know
210. The Hidden Visual Processing Problem Affecting Language in Autism
209. DTTC for AAC: The 5-Step Prompting Framework That Builds Independence Fast
208. The 5-Step Therapy Routine That Works for Every Child on Your Caseload
207. DTTC Isn’t Just for Apraxia: A Scaffolding Blueprint for Speech, Language, Literacy, Fluency, and AAC
206. Why Traditional Speech Therapy Misses Drooling: What Works Instead
205. What 707 Autistic Preschoolers Reveal About Who Develops Speech—and Who Doesn’t
204. The R Workout: Applying Exercise Science to Fix the Hardest Sound in Speech
203. Consonant Clusters Aren’t Too Hard: They’re the Shortcut.
202. When AAC Feels Hard, It’s Working: What Effective Clinicians Do Differently
Six Self-Care Swaps for Peak Performance in Therapy
201. The Movie Every SLP and Special Educator Needs to See: 5 Hard Lessons on Parent Collaboration
200. My Five Favorite Literacy Habits That Boost Early Language
199. Selective Mutism + Hectic Holidays — Make Sure to Do THIS
198. Put PRIDE to Work to Improve Behavior: Evidence-Based PRIDE Skills from PCIT That Really Work
197. Ten Predictors of Poor Progress in Speech Therapy—and How to Turn It Around
196. 10 Reasons to Use the ‘Look at’ Sentence Strip to Spark Speech in Autism
195. Groundbreaking Autism Study Reveals How Autism Can Develop At Any Age and How to D.S.D.
194. 5 Myths About High-Tech AAC—Debunked by Research
192. Are Final Clusters the Overlooked Key to Greater Speech and Language Gains?
191. 4 Strategies to Build Decontextualized Language for Stronger Conversation Skills
190. How to Use Digital Tools to Actually Boost Language and Literacy in Preschoolers
189. AAC + Social Communication: How Do You Do It?
188. Does Telepractice for Speech Sound Disorders Actually Work?
187. The 3 Biggest Goal-Writing Mistakes (and How to Fix Them for Massive Speech Gains)
186. How to Write Speech Goals That Actually WORK: Be Effective & Educate
185. Evidence-Based Assessment & Language Intervention Strategies for Children from Economically Diverse Backgrounds
184. Gestalt Language Processing Intervention: What’s Evidence-Based—and What Isn’t? Part 2
135. Gestalt Language Processing? Do THIS to Improve Outcomes
183. Assessing Language from a Gestalt Language Development Paradigm: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What to Do Monday Morning
182. Can Gestalts in AAC Help Children Communicate Better?
181. Thinking About SLP Contracting? Here’s What You Need to Know First to Prevent Burnout
180. Let's Talk Behavior: Two Game-Changing Tools to Set the Stage for Success
179. Five Health Hacks to Help You Thrive!
178. Use the "Look at" to Develop Joint Attention
177. Stop Separation Anxiety Before it Starts: 4 Key Steps
176. Challenging Behaviors Related to Childhood Anxiety? Do THIS
175. Let's Play! How to Modify Your Activities for Every Child on Your Caseload
174. Sensory Processing Disorder: What to Do?
173. Is Intervention that Reduces Echolalia Bad Practice?
172. Do THIS with Developmental Language Disorders
171. Do Speech Sound Disorders Indicate Increased Risk for Language and Literacy Delays? Yes!
170. Ask These 5 Questions to Select Powerful Speech Targets
169. How to Make Speech Therapy Easy with "R"
168. Needle-Moving Activities That Target Five Pivotal Domains for School Age Kiddos
167. The ABC's to Improve Autistic Speech Development
166. Pay Attention to This When it Comes to Movement Activities
165. 5 Success Strategies to Support Autism
164. Try This 4-Step Process to Improve Executive Function Today
163. Stop Doing Speech Therapy at the Word, Phrase, and Sentence Level
162. 5 Therapy Takeaways From the Telepathy Tapes Podcast
161. Tap That! Do THIS to De-Stress
160. 3 Step to Become a Culturally Competent SLP
159. What NOT to Do: Five Common Mistakes with High-Tech AAC + Autism
158. Autism & AAC: Putting the Latest Research into Practice
157. Help! Try These 3 Strategies with Dysregulated Children
156. Do THIS to Monitor Your Clients' Progress in Speech Therapy
155. How SLPs Can Go Against the Grain Without Getting Splinters
154. Five Favorite Self-Care Splurges You Need to Try!
153. Strategies to Support Students Who Stutter Over the Holidays
152. Selective Mutism: 8 Strategies that Work in the Classroom
151. Focus on these 5 Strategies to Establish Rapport for Children with Sensitive Temperaments
150. TEN Must-Learn Gestalts for Gestalt Language Processors
149. Do THIS to Create Massive Change When Treating Speech Sound Disorders
148. If You're Not Doing THIS, You're Not Improving Language Comprehension
147. Why 'Mama' Isn't a First Word for Many with Autism?
146. 10 Ways to Make Your Activities Work for Younger and Older Children
145. 3 Must Know Strategies to Improve Developmental Language Disorder
144. Why Take Halloween Seriously?
143. An Innovative, Holistic Approach to Supporting Children with Autism
142. How to Help Gestalt Language Processors Talk
141. Is it 'Just Speech?' Pay Attention to These Six Speech Errors
140. 3 Ways to Get Out of the Cause-Effect Toy Rut
139. Five Strategies that Make Collaborative Groups Easy
138. The First Speech Therapy Sessions-What to Do?
137. Three Ways to Make Speech Home Practice Easy, Engaging & Effective
136. Try THIS to Make High-Tech AAC Easy
145. Gestalt Language Processing II: Do THIS to Optimize Gains
134. Gestalt Language Processing: Pay Attention to THIS When Language Sampling
133. Synesthesia & Autism-What You Need to Know
132. How to Add Music to Your Sessions to Accelerate Gains Today
131. How Long? How Often? How to Schedule Your Therapy Sessions to Maximize Gains
130. Try M.O.R.E. with Photos to Improve Conversational Communication Skills
129. Why UDLs Are a MUST for SLPs
128. Two Reasons SLPs Are Experiencing Burnout
127. Are You Making Their Behavior Worse?
126. Five Research-Based ADHD Superpowers
125. What ADD Non-Medication Options Work?
124. Three Reasons You're Not Seeing Speech Gains
123. Should You Provide AAC Intervention Through Telepractice?
122. Eight Barriers That Get in the Way of You Growing
121. Phone Home: How to Make Language Sampling Super Easy
120. Is Your Childhood Apraxia of Speech Practice Just Treating the Mouth?
119. Autism: 6 MOVES Away from the Table to Improve Communication Skills
118. Boosting Children With Autism's Mental Health: 3 Proven Tips!
117. Are You Thinking Twice When Picking a Speech Test?
116. The Greatest Advocate for Neurodiversity? Intervention
115. Do You Have This Tool In Your Intervention Toolbox?
114. The Most Powerful Cueing Strategy Period
113. Are You Legal in Your AAC Practice?
112. Ten What NOT to Dos with Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)
111. Take Self-Care Seriously with Supplements
110. Six Simple Strategies for Success for Elementary Aged Students
109. Four Ways to Get Out of the February Funk
108. Why Task-Oriented Movement Activities Are A MUST for Your Speech Therapy
107. 3 Ways to Make Speech Home Practice Easy, Engaging, and Effective
106. How to Engage the Hard to Engage
105. Three Ways to Make R Easy
104. Goals that Got to Go-What Not to Do
103. Do These Four Things to Write Better Goals in 2024
102. They Can Repeat It. Should You Qualify Them?
101. Is It Better to Change Your Speech Targets or Keep Them the Same?
100. How to Easily & Effectively Language Sample Children with Autism
99. Six Simple Comfort Food Swaps to Get You Through the Holiday Season
98. Why You Should Take a Stance Against Equality in Favor of Equity
97. Looking for a Super Simple Free Literacy Screener? Check Out This One
96. Don't Forget to Treat the Speech Motor Disorder in Autism Intervention
95. How Many Letters Should Preschoolers Know? Is 10 Enough?
94. Why "CORE" Is Not The Four Letter Word It's Made Out to Be
93. What NOT to Do with Highly Anxious Children: Learn From My Mistakes
92. Avoid This Common Mistake in Autism Intervention
91. How Often Should You Change Your Speech Targets?
90. Is Your Intervention Working? Track This Data-Not That
89. Pick This Speech Target-Not That One!
Episode 88. Why Care About SEL and How to Put It Into Your Practice Today
87. Be Sure to Put It In Print!
86. Action! Three Easy Steps to Bring Narratives to Life with Movement
85. Target These Three Literacy Skills Early On for Optimal Gains in Reading Development
84. Are eBooks a Yay or a Nay?
83. Six Strategies That Improve Attention
82. Three Executive Function Core Literacy Skills That We Rarely Talk About
81. Fast, Fab, and Free Literacy Assessments for Four-Year-Olds
80. Five Pillars to Success in Your Therapy Sessions
79. Moving Beyond Behavior in Therapy
78. Four Ways to Use Video to Up-Level Your Practice
77. Three Takeaways from Gestalt Language Development to Put Into Practice Today
76. 10 Common Reasons That Children With Autism's FIrst Words Are Rarely Heard
75. Is Developmentally "Appropriate" Double Speak for "Ableism"?
74. Checking In: How Are You Doing Really?
73. Cognitive Diversity in Autism Intervention: Think Differently
72. Autism Is Not Always Lifelong: 5 Lessons Every SLP Must Know
71. Reality TV Lessons Every SLP Should Steal: 4 Game-Changing Principles for Intervention
70. Autism & Attention: The #1 Skill Every SLP Must Build
69. Five Sensory Therapy Hacks Every Busy SLP Needs
68. Gestalt Language Development & Autism: Why Longer Utterances Work
67. AAC & Autism: How Sentence Strips + iPads Improve Speech Outcomes
66. Autism & First Words: 3 SLP Mistakes to Avoid
65. From Sensory to Task-Oriented: Rethinking Movement Activities in Autism Speech Therapy
64. Autism & Motor Speech Disorders: Five Reasons SLPs Must Rethink Speech Development
63. Cutting Through Sensory Overload: 5 Attention-Building Tips for Autism
62. Breaking Through Sensory Distraction in Autism: Practical Tips for SLPs
61. Multimodal Cueing in Speech Therapy: The Most-to-Least Strategy That Transforms Outcomes
60. Why Verbal Cues Hold Children Back in Speech Therapy (and What to Do Instead)
59. Challenge Creates Change: Why Complex Speech Targets Lead to Faster Progress
58. Should Preschool SLPs Teach Letters? Rethinking Early Literacy, and Language Development
57. Three Speech Sound Disorder Myths Every SLP Should Rethink (Right Now)
56. Executive Function in Speech Therapy: 4 Proven Strategies for Success
55. Autism A–Z: 20 Evidence-Based Strategies (The Alphabet Soup Approach) for SLPs
54. Manifestation for SLPs: 3 Visualization Strategies to Overcome Overwhelm and Find Success
53. Dialogic Reading Strategies Every SLP Needs: How to Boost Literacy & Engagement
52. Language Goals Are 80% of Your Outcomes (Stop Wasting Time on Prepositions)
51. Why Complex Goals Drive Bigger Gains in Speech, Language, and Literacy
50. Boosting Narratives in Developmental Language Delay: My #1 Strategy That Works
49. Developmental Language Delay: Why Verbal Working Memory Matters More Than Grammar at Age 3
48. Should You Assess Grammatical Morphemes at Age 3? The Evidence Says No.
47. Five Proven Strategies to Boost Speech Development in Autism
46. Speech Perception & 12 Risk Factors for Literacy: A Simple SLP Framework
45. Five Literacy Skills Impacted by Childhood Apraxia of Speech (and How SLPs Can Intervene Early)
44. Emotionally Based vs Evidence-Based Practice: 6 Myths SLPs Must Stop Believing
43. Three Big AAC Mistakes SLPs Make (and What to Do Instead)
42. Research Your Practice: The #1 Advice That Transforms SLP Outcomes
41. Boosting Literacy in Preschoolers with Autism: 5 Proven Strategies for SLPs
40. Principles of Motor Learning in Speech Therapy: What's Evidence-Based and What Isn't?
39. Make the R Sound Easy: Proven Techniques for SLPs
38. S-Blend Secrets: The Science of Selecting the Most Powerful Targets
37. From Locked-In to Breakthrough: Task-Oriented Movement for Autism Therapy
35. Three Powerful Ways Google Slides Transform Speech-Language Therapy
36. Five Easy Speech Therapy Strategies That Save Time & Boost Student Progress
34. Tech Done Right: Using Digital Tools to Boost Language, Literacy, and Storytelling in Speech Therapy
33. Rewiring the Cerebellum: Why Task-Oriented Movement Changes Everything in Speech Therapy
32. Task-Oriented Movement: The Key to Building Executive Function in Preschool Speech Therapy
31. Why Movement Is the Missing Link in Speech Therapy: An Occupational Therapist's Core, Gross, Fine Motor & Visual Motor Secrets (with Joe Evans, OT)
30. The Most Important Goal in Speech Therapy: Developing an Internal Locus of Control
29. How to Build Positive Parent Relationships from the Start
28. Blunt the Blood Sugar Spikes with Supplements, Drinks & Foods
27. Vegan Diet + ADD? A Parent's POV
26. How to Develop Secure Attachments with Preschoolers
25. 'Having a Ball' in Speech Therapy: Game Changing Activities
24. Is There ANY Research Against the Complexity Approach?
23. The Do's and Don'ts of DLD
22. DLD: Numbers that Will Keep You Up At Night
21. Six Ways LAMP is Shedding Light on AAC
20. PECS: Take the Good & the Bad
19. Be Present When You're Here, There, Everywhere
18. Got Google Slides? 3 Reasons They Belong in Speech Therapy
17. To 'Splash' or 'Spray'? That is the Question
16. Are Single Word Speech Sound Tests a 'Yay' or a 'Nay'?
15. 1,2,3 Musts to Learn to Read
14. Five Speech Errors That Matter: Language and Literacy Delays?
13. My 5 Favorite Focus Enhancing Supplements
12. Do L-Blends Make for Good Speech Treatment Targets? MEH
11. #1 Mistake in Treating Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech
10. Storytelling Secrets that Matter Part 2: The Four Highly Effective P’s
9. Storytelling Secrets that Matter: The Four Highly Effective E’s
8. A Top Secret Productivity Hack
7. Six Superpowers of the ADHD SLP
6. Language Sampling Gestalt to Generative Speech for Preschoolers with ASD
5. Five Hacks for Language Sampling Preschoolers with ASD
4. Gestalt Language and Why It's So Good
3. Less Words, More Action: Let's Talk Temporal Cueing!
2. COVID-Proof Your Therapy Gains
1. What is the Most Important Pivotal Skill to Target for Preschoolers with ASD?