True Confessions with Lisa & Sarah

Nov 30 2023 62 ep. 48 mins 96

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Being a school based SLP is hard and we have made many mistakes along the way! This podcast is all about what really happens in the speech room as well as adventures in starting our own company! We would love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] with questions or ideas for future podcasts!

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E61: We didn't always know where we fit in a collaborative therapy model in the schools.

Nov 30 2023 60 mins

Today we have Rachael From in the confessional, a school-based SLP from the state of Washington! Rachael shares how we can do more with less by collaborating with other professionals in the school setting. In this setting, SLPs have access to many different professionals while serving students, and using everyone's collective thinking can have a much bigger impact than working

E60: We all have at least one underserved student on our caseload.

Nov 02 2023 62 mins

Today we have Susan Chavez, a bilingual CCC-SLP from Southern California, in the confessional talking about working with underserved populations. People from underserved communities face daily obstacles that can impact their progress in treatment across several fields such as medicine, speech therapy, etc. For this episode, we focus on students in schools that come from underserved

E59: We were not the "ideal" grad student

Oct 04 2023 45 mins

This is the first time we've had an anonymous guest in the confessional, who we will call "Molly." Molly shares her experience in grad school, which was not all sunshine and rainbows. Speech-language pathology graduate programs are often rigorous, stressful, and can be down-right difficult. While in graduate school, it is vital for students to stay true to and advocat

E58: Our dogs are not well-behaved enough to be therapy dogs.

Sep 18 2023 35 mins

Today we are chatting with Maria Papas, an elementary school SLP from Minnesota. In January 2020, Maria rescued a 10 week old puppy named Diggity…and then the COVID pandemic began. She poured all of her spare time into training Diggity to become a therapy dog. Throughout the journey, she learned a lot about dog behavior, communication and training. In this episode, Maria shares i

E57: We learned what childhood apraxia of speech was in grad school, but not really how to diagnosis or treat it.

Aug 24 2023 67 mins

Today we have Noelle Scolieri, M.S. CCC-SLP in the confessional! Noelle is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who holds children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) near and dear to her heart. In today's episode, we discuss how CAS is unique from other speech disorders, including treatment and diagnosis. Though CAS is a speech disorder, it impacts many other areas of a

SLP Toolkit Summer Camp: Adult ADD: strategies, ideas, and reassurance that you are not alone.

Jun 20 2023 38 mins

This episode is part of SLP Toolkit's Summer Camp, which includes 8 courses free to SLP Toolkit subscribers through August 31, 2023 found here: https://www.bethebrightest.com/conferences/summer-camp Today we have Mary Hurst in the confessional, and it was like looking in a mirror! Mary is an SLP who was diagnosed with ADD as an adult - and she shares why diagnoses as children

SLP Toolkit Summer Camp: Bridging the Gap Between General Education and Special Education in Times of Change

Jun 20 2023 50 mins

This episode is part of SLP Toolkit's Summer Camp, which includes 8 courses free to SLP Toolkit subscribers through August 31, 2023 found here: https://www.bethebrightest.com/conferences/summer-camp. Today we have Kami Mueller Caiola in the confessional, a school-based SLP working in a Montessori Charter School in Washington D.C. Kami shares her journey from graduation to now,

E54: We used to only do language samples during a formal evaluation.

May 09 2023 54 mins

Summary:Today we have Dr. Stacey Pavelko in the confessional and are talking about all things language sampling! She is the co-creator of the SUGAR language sample analysis (LSA), a quick, simple and researched way to get the information you need. Before you say ugh and click away - LSA doesn't have to be hard! And it is a critical component not just for differential diagnosis

E53: Our speech rooms are not always a safe space for students.

Apr 12 2023 55 mins

Today we have Rachel Archambault, M.A. CCC-SLP in the confessional. We first met Rachel when she presented for us at SLP Summit in January 2023, and we were thrilled to continue the discussion on trauma-informed care. No matter what setting we work in as SLPs, we will encounter a client who has experienced trauma. In this episode, we dig into different types of trauma,

E52: We always thought working with adults would be boring.

Mar 16 2023 54 mins

We had Dana Bryant, CCC-SLP in the confessional, and she made us question everything we thought about working with adult clients! Dana, aka the Neuro SLP, broke down what creativity looks in various ways: as a person, as a clinician, in assessment, in treatment planning, in treatment execution, and in-home exercise programs. We talked about patient-focused outcomes, and how t