Episode 91: Six Helpful Questions You Can Use in Your Parent Coaching Sessions with Bryony from Salt by the Sea

Are you an SLP working to build your skills in parent coaching?
In this episode, Bryony from www.saltbythesea.com come onto the podcast to share six helpful questions you can use in your parent coaching sessions. As we are still firmly rooted in Pandemic Times, many SLPs who may have been able to get on the floor and play with learners are now switching to a parent coaching model. This episode shares tips for transitioning to this more smoothly, plus why many SLPs (including us!) feel intimidated by parent coaching and what to do about it.

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Episode 90: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Students Make When Trying to Make the /R/ Sound & How to Prompt Them For a Correct Production

In this solo episode, Sarah shares the 4 biggest mistakes students make when trying to produce the /r/ sound, and how to cue those misarticulations into “strong r” productions.

Discussed in this episode:

What to do when students:

  • Clenching their jaw

  • Rounding their lips

  • Distorted “throat sound” that sounds like gargling

  • Hybrid of any of the above or doing the “same sound”

    Remember - it can take a long time to establish the /r/ sound and that doesn’t mean you are doing something wrong as an SLP.

    If you are ready for sentences and readings, check out this Bloodsuckers Unit which is full of sentences and nonfiction readings on some “icky and fun” (so say my students) animals and insects. This packet includes vocabulary and comprehension questions so it’s ideal for groups. You can find it at: https://bit.ly/2OObzgL

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Speech therapy for the /r/ sound can be tricky, but here are four tips to help when you feel like your students production in isolation still isn't sounding quite right. Whether your student is clenching their jaw, making a vowel sound, rounding lip…
My speech therapy student just isn't getting the /r/ sound! This podcast  (ep 90 of the SLP Happy Hour Podcast) describes the most common errors students make while trying to get this sound and what you can do about it.

Episode 88: Ambiguous Loss & 5 Tips to Be a Better Listener

Families Learning about an Autism School Eligibility or Medical Diagnosis during Coronavirus

Sarie describes how explaining the difference between a medical diagnosis of Autism and an educational eligibility under the category of Autism. Two scenarios where this has been important:

1) When a student has a medical diagnosis of ASD but doesn’t meet criteria in the schools for eligibility

2) When an Autistic student is exited from services because there is no longer an educational impact

Sarah shares a bit on Ambiguous Loss and recommends the interview with Pauline Boss on the On Being podcast.

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Episode 87: Do This Before You Work on the /R/ Sound

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Here are a few units I recommend for students who are already at the sentence level or above (these include vocabulary and comprehension questions and are perfect for groups):

/r/ readings with a landforms theme targeting science standards

r readings bloodsuckers bundle

Tips discussed in this episode:

  • by completing a thorough speech sample, we learn more about how and when (and if!) a student is using the /r/ sound

  • completing a /r/ probe before we work on production will also make /r/ articulation speech therapy sessions be a lot less frustrating and more productive

  • use consistent terms with your students when describing the /r/ sound (“lip sound” “tongue sound” and a “strong /r/” are some of my favorites)

  • get your students lips out of the way by asking them to smile or by using some of the tips above

  • practice discrimination and see if your student can discriminate your productions as well as their own productions, either as old way /r/ sounds or strong /r/ sounds

Working on the /r/ sound is one of the trickiest sounds to work on in speech therapy. Remember to give it time. If it’s taking time, chances are - you are doing it right, it’s just going to take longer than you think it will.

Are you an SLP working on production of the /r/ sound for your students? Articulation for the /r/ sound can be tricky, so here are some tried-and-true tips to help you out.
Articulation tips for the /r/ sound for speech language pathologists including where to start, terms to use, and tips that will help you start off on the right foot.

Episode 86: Your Private Practice Questions Answered w/ Guest Host Martha Speech

Are you considering opening a private practice? Is opening your own clinic something you’ve thought about - or are you more serious about starting a practice this year?
In this episode, guest host Martha Speech interviews Sarah, and the following questions (and more!) are answered?

  • How do you get started with marketing?

  • How did you get your first clients?

  • Should I start with accepting insurance or private pay only?

  • Should you buy assessments right away?

  • How do I deal with no shows or canceled appointments? Should I charge for them?

  • What should I do while I’m still in my “day job” to prepare to open my clinic?

    ….and more

Connect with Martha Speech: Clinic Website, Instagram, Teachers Pay Teachers

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This episode was sponsored by SLP Happy Hour’s landforms /R/ reading unit, which you can find at: https://www.slphappyhour.com/shop/landforms

Time Stamps

2:40 Martha describes her private practice 

4:00 Lightning Round 

8:20 Martha asks - Why did you start a private practice? 

8:48 What challenges did you face in your private practice that you didn’t see coming? 

11:38 What do you recommend for marketing and what do you not recommend doing? 

17:46 How did you get your first client? 

24:30 I’ve heard horror stories about billing insurance - what was your experience? 

(FYI I talked about filling out the application and being in network, I failed to mention it usually takes 3-4 months for insurance to process that paperwork packet to become in network.) 

27:00 What is a prior authorization and how do you go through that process with clients? 

30:10 How do you handle no shows and cancellations? 

36:10 Do you do evaluations? And when did you purchase assessment materials? 

41:26 How do you know when you need to hire administrative help? 

43:50 How to find Martha Speech Online marthaspeech.com or Martha Speech on IG or TPT

44:57 Martha shares a self care challenge - use no shows and cancels to your advantage

“The regrets I do have about communication is not being direct...be direct and be compassionate.”
Sarah 


“You do have to take a certain amount of calculated financial risk to start a clinic...that’s why not everyone does it.”
Sarah

Are you considering opening a private practice? Is opening your own clinic something you’ve thought about - or are you more serious about starting a practice this year?  In this episode, guest host Martha Speech interviews Sarah, and in this episode…
Are you considering opening a private practice? Is opening your own clinic something you’ve thought about - or are you more serious about starting a practice this year?  In this episode, guest host Martha Speech interviews Sarah, and in this episode…




Episode 85: A Framework for Making Small Changes that Lead to Big Results w/Robyn Downs

In this episode, Robyn Conley Downs shares her framework for making small changes add up to big results.
In this interview with Sarah, Robyn shares:

  • Her work history (including working with plenty of SLPs and children with Autism as a Behavioral Specialist) and why she decided to make some career changes

  • How self compassion for the days we don’t achieve our goals can help us keep going

  • A framework for making small changes the lead to big results

    ….and more

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Episode 83: When Work isn’t the Most Important Thing

In this episode, the cohosts each share four changes they’ve made this year to prioritize their home lives over their work lives, and what they are still struggling with.

In this episode of the SLP Happy Hour Podcast, you'll learn tips to prioritize your home life when your worklife seems more stressful than ever, plus some easy lessons and a self care challenge.

Book Spotlight by a Black Author An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Sarah and Sarie each share four tips for prioritizing your home life including: making sure your to-do list includes both home and work items, scheduling out your day in 30-minute increments with work and home priorities, having an after work wind down routine, protecting and defending boundaries (including work emails, phone calls, and texts on non-work days or after work hours), having a buddy who keeps you accountable leave work on time, cultivating a mental brain space where you don’t think about work when you aren’t there (which takes time and practice), and creating a to-do list that includes both work and home items.

The cohosts share two easy lessons on this episode. Sarah shares how reading about unusual animals has been motivating for her older language and articulation students and recommends reading more about the Sea Lamprey. Sarie shares a Google Form where you can do a Harry Potter escape room.

This episode is sponsored by the (TPT Link, Boom Link) R Pets Boom Cards Unit, where you can get done-for-you /R/ readings with comprehension questions, perfect for groups or students with language and articulation goals.

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In this episode of the SLP Happy Hour Podcast, you'll learn tips to prioritize your home life when your worklife seems more stressful than ever, plus some easy lessons and a self care challenge.






Episode 82: 5 Essential Factors To Consider Before You Leave Your Job

Are you unhappy in your job this year? Feeling a bit more stressed than usual? Considering making a change in the future? In this episode, the cohosts share 5 factors to consider first, which will get you more clarity and more motion - whatever you decide to do next.

Also in this episode, Sarie shares about GoGo Speech and their green screen activities.

Sarah asks - is your check engine light on? And references this podcast episode.

5 Things To Consider Before You Leave Your Job

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