Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC)

Feb 23 2025 30 ep. 46 mins 13
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Episode 30: Shining Lights on Literacy-Based Language Intervention

Feb 23 2025 54 mins  
Olivia Colosimo and Leah Schwartzentruber, guests from Episode 27, return in this special episode to continue the discussion on their work with the Thames Valley District School Board. They describe their resource on Literacy-Based Language Intervention, a multi-tiered system of support to provide services and connect communication-based goals to classroom-based expectations.

Episode 29: Shining Lights on System-Wide Advocacy for S-LP Services in Schools

Jan 28 2025 44 mins  
In this episode, Dr. Archibald speaks with two speech-language pathologists from Saskatchewan, Sherry Bockus and Cheryl Turner. They likened intervention for kids with speech-language disorders to insulin for those with diabetes, arguing that therapeutic intervention is necessary. This philosophy leads them in their work as they encounter mixed results trying to advocate for the ne

Episode 28: Shining Lights on Classroom Programming for Literacy Assessment

Dec 19 2024 46 mins  
In this episode, Dr. Lisa Archibald speaks with Ashley Champ, S-LP at the Upper Grand District School Board. Champ talks about her current role on a special education literacy team and then discusses the tools and methods she and her team use to identify children's literacy needs and provide intervention in the classroom.

Episode 27: Shining Lights on Vocabulary Instruction in the Classroom

Nov 26 2024 55 mins  
Dr. Lisa Archibald talks with Olivia Colosimo and Leah Schwartzentruber, S-LPs from the Thames Valley District School Board, about their work in early literacy and vocabulary instruction in primary schools. They share expertise on oral language development and evidence-informed instructional practices useful for S-LPs in schools.

Episode 26: Shining Lights on Supports for Children with Speech-Sound Disorders

Oct 29 2024 49 mins  
Join us for episode 26 of the Shining Lights podcast! In this episode, Dr. Lisa Archibald speaks with Lisa Kohel and Lyndsay Bordeau, collaborating S-LPs out of St. Alberta, AB. Our guests explore their work in schools, supporting kids with trouble with speech intelligibility and speech sound disorders. They talk about major challenges they've seen regarding speech-language service

Episode 25: Shining Lights on Speech-Language Assessments in Indigenous Communities

Sep 24 2024 49 mins  
Ahead of Truth & Reconciliation Day, Dr. Lisa Archibald sits down with Dr. Jessica Ball, MPH, PhD for the latest episode of SAC’s Shining Lights podcast. Dr. Ball, whose work on speech-language issues in Canada was in the context of First Nations in land-based communities, describes the speech-language challenges she witnessed these Indigenous communities faced. She also dives in

Episode 24: Shining Lights on Tiered Speech and Language Early Intervention

Aug 27 2024 42 mins  
Join us for episode 24 of the Shining Lights podcast! In this episode, Dr. Lisa Archibald welcomes back Melinda Hinch, veteran speech-language pathologist with the Greater Essex County District School Board. In this episode, Melinda explores new challenges working with students in a tiered early intervention speech and language model.

Episode 23: Shining Lights on School-Based Rehabilitation Services

Jul 30 2024 39 mins  
Join us for episode 23 of the Shining Lights podcast! In this episode, Dr. Lisa Archibald hosts Sarah Smith-Banstra and Rikki Côté, speech-language pathologists working in Ontario’s school-based rehabilitation services in the Durham region. They describe their work in helping individuals with speech sound disorders, stuttering concerns, or voice and residence disorders.

Épisode 22 – Pleins feux sur l’intégration sur la science de la lecture

Jun 25 2024 53 mins  
Dans cet épisode, Allyson Cousineau-Grant et Caroline St-Jean nous expliquent comment elles ont intégré la science de la lecture au sein de leur conseil scolaire dans la région d'Ottawa à différents niveaux de la réponse à l'intervention.

Episode 21: Shining Lights on the Workload Approach

May 28 2024 45 mins  
In episode 21, join Dr Lisa Archibald as she speaks with Sarah Dowling, a speech-language pathologist with years of experience in Canada and the UK. She speaks on how she helped develop a workload approach model via a three-tiered continuum of support to improve the balance of working with students.