Speech and Language Kids Podcast

Nov 18 2024 63 ep. 25 mins 2.5k

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The Speech and Language Kids Podcast is BACK and better than ever! Learn how to treat communication challenges in children without losing yourself in the process.

Speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark shares her best tips, tricks, and strategies to help children improve their communication skills in all areas: speech, articulation, phonology, language, literacy, social communication, stuttering, voice, AAC, functional communication, and more!

Plus, Carrie will walk you through the best ways to save time and streamline what you do so your clients make faster progress and you can be more effective in less time (and stop taking work home)! Listen to the live recordings inside The Hub at Hub.SpeechAndLanguageKids.com

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No-Prep December Challenge! I Challenge You to Do Less

Nov 18 2024 23 mins

No-Prep December Challenge! I Challenge you to do LessDo you think you could go a full month without prepping any activities for therapy? Would you like to try? December is a notoriously busy month and usually our clients and students are all zany with that “pre-holiday” energy. So how about this year, you give yourself some slack? We’re doing a no-prep challenge

Set up a Folder System for Effortless Speech Therapy Sessions

Nov 11 2024 22 mins

Set up a Folder System for Effortless Speech Therapy SessionsYour students come into your therapy space and they know what to do. They grab their speech folders from the bin by the door. They walk to the table and sit down. They open their folders and get out their practice page. And they start practicing their skill quietly to themselves. While everyone is coming in and getting se

The Way of the Unstressed Speechie: Speech Therapy without Tears

Nov 06 2024 31 mins

If you’re a speech-language pathologist, SLPA, SALT or some other alphabet soup doing speech therapy with kids… And you’re stressed out… And overwhelmed… You are not alone! There are so many kids right now that need support and not enough of us to go around. So what’s an SLP to do? Well don’t worry, I’m Carrie Clark and in this episode of the speech and lan

Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children?

Oct 10 2016 25 mins

Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children?AAC devices are augmentative/alternative communication systems that allow a person to communicate with those around them without speaking. There are many different types of AAC but the most common are high-tech AAC Devices that allow a person to push a button to speak a message. These are helpful for children or adults who have either lost the a

Why Do Speech Therapists Group Children Together?

Sep 12 2016 26 mins

In this episode of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses the benefits of groups speech therapy for children and why speech therapists group children together. Carrie also discusses the types of cases that benefit from individual therapy. Click Here to Download Your Free Group Therapy Resource PackBenefits of Group Speech Therapy: T

The Speech Therapist’s Role in Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents

Aug 08 2016 21 mins

In this episode of The Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses what speech therapists can do to help with literacy (reading and writing) skills in children and adolescents. What is Literacy? Pre-reading skills like phonological awareness and basic language skills Reading skills Writing skills Why do Children with Speech and Language De

Hypernasality Speech Therapy: Treatment Activities

Jul 11 2016 30 mins

Hypernasality Speech Therapy: Treatment Ideas for Hypernasal SpeechHypernasality occurs when a child speaks with too much nasal resonance. Airflow tends to be directed up into the nasal cavity during speech instead of primarily through the oral cavity. Nasal emission is when that air comes all the way out through the nose. This can make a puffing or noisy sound in the nose during s

Stuttering Therapy Techniques | Exercises and Activities

Jun 13 2016 30 mins

Stuttering Therapy Techniques: The purpose of speech therapy for children who stutter is to help them learn how to communicate effectively and easily. Sometimes that means eliminating the stutter all together, such as with preschoolers experiencing developmental disfluencies. But often, especially for our older clients, the stuttering may never fully go away. Our job then is to hel

Apraxia of Speech: Speech Therapy Activities for CAS

May 09 2016 26 mins

Childhood Apraxia of Speech: How to Do Speech Therapy for CASChildhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a rare, neurologically-based speech disorder where the child knows what he wants to say but the message gets mixed up in the motor-planning and execution phase so the sounds come out all wrong. What are the Symptoms of Childhood Apraxia of Speech?Though the diagnosis of CAS is relative

Speech Therapy for Non-Verbal Children: Building Functional Communication

Apr 10 2016 28 mins

Therapy for Non-Speaking Children: How to Boost Functional Communication SkillsDo you know a child with autism who isn’t able to communicate basic wants and needs? Does the child lack the social skills to participate in social interactions? Do you need a guide for how to improve functional communication in a young child with autism? Well don’t you worry, you’ve co