All Episodes

231. The Brain Part We're Not Talking About (But Should Be): Why the Cerebellum Changes Everything for Your Caseload

230. The One-and-Done System: How to Prep Your Whole Caseload Without Feeling Like an Octopus

229. The Behavior Crystal Ball: 5 Research-Backed Rules for Kids with Communication Delays

228. The Research Is Clear: Combine Movement + Storytelling for Bigger Gains

227. From Cause-and-Effect to Complex Play: A 3-Step Bridge for Kids Who Get 'Stuck’

226. Using Storybooks to Boost High-Tech AAC Skills: The MODEL Method

225. Under the Iceberg: Why Isn't Speech Developing in Autism, with Dr. Karen Chenausky

224. Rate Your Own Speech Therapy: 5 Questions That Separate Good Sessions From Life-Changing Ones

223. 5 Powerhouse Strategies to Improve Executive Function in Speech Therapy

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?