Neurotwist: A Speech Pathologist's Journey Through Neurodiversity

On this episode, Tor from Playtime with Tor joins to share her love of Gestalt Language Processing! She tells us about how she learned about GLP, gaining confidence with implementing these strategies, and of course, the incredible success of her YouTube channel "Playtime wit Tor", where she creates videos demonstrating language modeling strategies for GLPs. I hope you enj

On today's episode, Erin A, the parent behind the Instagram account @spinsandstomps joins to discuss all of the ways her parenting has changed as a result of discovering her child's neurodivergent identity. She shares about how she incorporates lower demands into her home routines, Gestalt processing, and how AAC has benefitted her family. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

On today's episode, I am joined by Daj Mitchell, an SLP with a background in ABA who has embraced the value of collaboration in across therapy fields. After briefly exploring an additional BCBA certification, she dove into neurodiversity-affirming practices, but discusses the importance of keeping the door open with this influential service in the autism space. This wide-rangin

On today's episode, BCBA Jenny Sun Lai joins the podcast to talk about the professional journey she has taken as an ABA provider implementing neuro-affirming practices. She takes us through the history of ABA and how herself and other providers have evolved their practices, specificaly highlighting Dr Ross Green's Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model. I hope you enjo

Private practice SLP Kaitlin Mulcahey joins this episode to talk about how her neurodivergent mind impacts her clinical perspectives and how she approaches potentially complex conversations with her families. We cover a range of topics including how to help families embrace neurodiversity, discussing AAC and implementation, and continuously advocating for the needs of our clients.

On today's episode, I am joined by Dyan Robson who runs the website and Instagram page "And Next Comes L", where she has made it her mission to spread to word about hyperlexia. In our conversation we go over the basics of what hyperlexia is, talk about her family's experience with embracing and supporting hyperlexia, and some ideas for how to support hyperlexic le

On today's episode, I am joined by the wonderful Maria De Leon, M.S., CCC-SLP to talk about all things cultural sensitivity and AAC. Maria shares tips for what we should consider when creating and editing systems for multilingual families, how our own culture can impact us as clinicians, and what monolingual, white SLPs can do to make sure AAC implementation is meeting the need

On today's episode, I am joined by The Neuroaffirming Parent, who runs and account on Instagram dedicated to advocacy in the name of neurodiversity acceptance and inclusion. Our discussion today is focused on education, and her journey as a parent advocating for the needs of her children as well as the philosophies that guide her homeschooling journey. Hope you enjoy today'

On today's episode of Neurotwist, I am joined by my mother, an experienced educator and elementary school principal. She has a wealth of experience working with students from a variety of backgrounds, especially in "Title 1" category schools in Texas. She shares about her experiences and perspectives on the educational system and how it serves neurodivergent students,

It's about time for winter break, which means it's time to check in on those IEPs! Destiny Huff, MS, LPC, CPCS, educational advocate, joins us on this episode to share what she sees parents concerned with at this point in the school year regarding their child's IEP, including ensuring that accommodations are being used, whether or not the IEP is appropriate for the stud