Episode 64 was inspired by a request from Kyla’s administration: align your therapy with the curriculum. Sounds simple enough, until you remember that you see mixed-grade groups and you have limited time to meet with teachers! In this episode, the SLPs share practical strategies for connecting your therapy to what’s happening in the classroom by focusing on the underlying, foundational language skills (and good news: you are already doing a lot of this!).

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Episode 44 is all about AAC! Tune in to hear the SLPs interview Karina Saechao for a discussion about common barriers to AAC implementation, how to move beyond requesting to support all communication functions, collaborating with educators, the importance of representative voices and icons on AAC devices, and more.

Karina Saechao, M.A., CCC-SLP, ATACP (she/her) has practiced as a speech-language pathologist for almost a decade and is licensed in California and Kansas. She holds a certificate as an assistive technology specialist (AT) and is currently enrolled in the Child Language Doctoral Program at the University of Kansas. Karina’s research interests are in the areas of African American English, child language acquisition, and AAC. Karina founded and owns Golden Oak Speech Therapy, A Professional Speech Pathology Corporation, and specializes in Augmentative Alternative Communication, Assistive Technology, language, literacy, inclusion, and teacher, caregiver, & educator coaching. Follow Karina: @goldenoakslp.

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You’re ready to get your student or client a high-tech AAC device. Great! Now what? In Episode 63, Jouli walks us through the whole process: trialing a device, communicating with AAC companies, writing an evaluation to recommend a device, and guiding families through it all. Jouli drops lots of gems in this episode, but especially this: remember, trials are for assessing potential, not perfection.

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