The Literacy-Based Speech Podcast

Aug 27 2024 70 ep. 18 mins 10
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Do you want to use picture books more in your speech therapy sessions, but have no idea where to start? OR are you already using books in therapy but find it time-consuming to find the RIGHT book and identify relevant speech and language concepts? You’re in the right place! The Literacy-Based Speech Podcast will help you feel confident in your book choices and instructional decisions as an SLP. We’ll give you the tools you need to intentionally maximize your speech therapy sessions!

Join co-hosts Ashley and Kalin from Sweet Southern Speech each week as they share evidence-based and SLP-approved strategies to use picture books more efficiently and effectively in your speech therapy sessions.

After listening, connect with us on Instagram @literacybasedspeechtherapy. You can check out the show notes for each episode at www.sweetsouthernspeech.com.

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69. Deep Dive into Using The Golden Acorn in Speech Therapy

Aug 27 2024 12 mins  
Send us a textWith fall just around the corner, we know many teachers and SLPs are eager to bring in some fall-themed books into their classrooms and therapy sessions. However, not every fall-themed book is going to give you the content you need to work on a student’s specific goals. That’s why during our deep dive episodes, we like to select books that are fun and engaging whi

68. Our Favorite Farm-Themed Books for Speech Therapy

Aug 20 2024 21 mins  
Send us a textA common theme that many teachers use at some point during the school year is a farm theme. With the opportunity to talk about animals, farm life, work responsibilities, and so much more, this theme provides students with elements of fun and learning. Children’s authors also love writing about farm life and farm animals, which can be used to teach students about a n

67. Dive into Wendi Silvano’s Turkey Series for Speech Therapy

Aug 13 2024 18 mins  
Send us a textWe love it when we can find a series by a specific author that meets all of our key concepts, speech sounds, and language goals to use with our students during speech therapy sessions. And one series we can’t stop using with our students is Wendi Silvano’s Turkey series. One of the things we enjoy most about this series is that all of her books are written with a

66. Deep Dive into Using Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes in Speech Therapy

Aug 06 2024 10 mins  
Send us a textWith back-to-school season upon us, we love incorporating books with that theme into our speech therapy sessions. There are so many wonderful books out there, but we always go back to a classic favorite, Pete the Cat. This fun, loveable, and fan-favorite is a classic read for a reason, but it also has great key concepts to work on with your students. In today’s epis

65. This or That: Using Our Class is a Family and School’s First Day of School in Speech Therapy

Jul 30 2024 12 mins  
Send us a textIt’s hard to believe, but back-to-school is just around the corner. And the start of a new school year can stir up a lot of emotions in kids, especially those who are starting school for the first time. Therefore, it’s nice to have some books to incorporate into your speech therapy sessions that help relieve their stress and show how school can be a fun and safe p

64. Deep Dive into Using Neck & Neck in Speech Therapy

Jul 23 2024 15 mins  
Send us a textDo you know that amazing feeling of discovering a cute, engaging book that meets all your literacy concepts? That was us when we discovered Neck & Neck by Elise Paisley! Once we read this fun, zoo-themed book, we instantly loved it and wanted to use it during our speech therapy sessions. Since we love this book so much, we’re doing a deep dive using Neck & N

63. Our Favorite S Sound Picture Books for Speech Therapy: Part 2

Jul 16 2024 18 mins  
Send us a textIn last week’s episode, we shared some of our favorite /s/ sound picture books, and there are so many more books that we love, so we decided to do another episode with the same topic! However, the slight difference in this episode is that we’re sharing books that have /s/ blends, mixed, or recurring /s/ sound words. This list we’ve created has engaging books wit

62. Our Favorite S Sound Picture Books for Speech Therapy: Part 1

Jul 09 2024 15 mins  
Send us a textWhen working with students on their speech sounds, especially in a literacy-based approach, it’s important to incorporate books with those sounds for students to practice with. We spend a lot of our episodes going over books with specific themes or literacy concepts, so we wanted to dedicate a few episodes focusing on books with high-frequency speech sounds. The fir

61. How to Implement the Orton-Gillingham Approach in Speech Therapy with Elizabeth Doherty

Jul 02 2024 19 mins  
Send us a textWe had so much to talk about with Elizabeth that we kept her around to talk about more things related to Speech-Language Pathologists! Elizabeth has a passion for reading and decoding, which is why she decided to specialize in those two areas, along with being Orton-Gillingham certified. Therefore, we picked Elizabeth’s brain so that she could share her knowledge an

60. How and Why to Target Reading in Speech Therapy with Elizabeth Doherty

Jun 25 2024 20 mins  
Send us a textAs speech-language pathologists, we focus a lot of our time with students on developing their speech and oral language. However, an aspect that we’re starting to focus on is reading. Even though reading is in our wheelhouse, research has shown that SLPs feel less confident in teaching or focusing on it during their speech therapy sessions. Our guest on the podcast,