SLP News Issue 4

Research

• Measuring Communicative Congruence and Communicative Dysphoria in a Sample of Individuals Without Voice Disorders
  September 2nd, 2022
  This study examines communicative congruence and communicative dysphoria in adults who deny having a voice disorder. Communicative congruence is the degree to which a person's communication is consistent with their sense of self/identity. Communicative dysphoria is the psychological entropy resulting from communicative incongruence. We propose that these experiences may influence patients' psychosocial well-being and are thus relevant to the field of speech-language pathology.
• What Is the Role of Questioning in Young Children’s Fluency?
  September 1st, 2022
  Most therapy programs for young children who stutter (CWS) involve caregiver counseling and adjustment of caregiver behavior to maximize opportunities for the child to be more fluent. One component sometimes included as a recommended adjustment is a reduction in caregiver question asking, as question asking is hypothesized to increase language formulation demands on the child. However, there is limited research to guide clinician advisement to caregivers that has controlled for numerous potential confounding factors, including utterance length and grammaticality, that may impact potential stressors on children.

Podcasts

• An Example of Excellence for NICU to EI Transitions
  First Bite
  September 7th, 2022
  Guest: Alyson Ware, MS, CCC-SLP - In this episode, Alyson discusses the process as a community-based clinician to improve continuity of care for medically complex patients discharged from the NICU. If you’ve ever wondered what occurs in early intervention, the SLP’s role on the team, the common barriers to NICU discharges, and want strategies to smooth the transition for your patients, this episode is for you.
• RUOK: Starting a Conversation about Burnout and Mental health - S04 E32
  Speak Up
  September 7th, 2022
  In recognition of RUOK Day on Thursday 8th September, four members of SPA’s Early Career Reference Group – Brianna Tuckerman, Vivienne Hui, Davina Lo and Julie Sax – explore sources of stress and burn out in speech pathology and how to manage it at four different points along the speech pathology career journey – student, early career, mid-career and later-career. The group chat to Brittany Fong, Bridget Forrester, Rebecca Reinking and Melinda Hull.
• Talking with Tech Live from Oregon (Part 1): Strategies for Improving Virtual Assessments
  Talking with Tech
  September 7th, 2022
  This week, we share Part 1 of a previously recorded Talking with Tech Live show with listeners from Oregon. This week, the listeners ask several questions related to conducting language and AAC assessments virtually, including how to make them more effective.
• #088: Planning Group Therapy For Autistic Students
  Autism Outreach
  September 6th, 2022
  “Rose, I’m not sure how to plan a session. I have 5 autistic students that I need to see for group therapy to work on social language instruction and I am not sure what activities to plan to help them remain engaged and work on their individual and social language goals.” I received this question in an email from one of my listeners! So today’s episode I am sharing my customizable framework for planning group therapy, along with some great resources, activity ideas, and freebies!
• Back to School 2022
  Let's Taco Bout Speech
  September 6th, 2022
  Here we go! Claire and Rachael are back with some tips for SLPs in the start of their school year.
• #134: Assessment 101: A Checklist
  SLP Now
  September 6th, 2022
  This month we are kicking off a series about all things assessment. Today I’ll be discussing the ultimate checklist for SLPs on Assessments and share some high-level strategies on things that we can consider when we dive into our assessments while making that process a little bit easier. Having a checklist helps streamline the Assessment process and helps us get organized! Are you excited? I know I am because I love checklists!
• Best Back to School Tips for SLPs
  The Speech Space
  September 6th, 2022
  Today, I'll be sharing my three favorite back-to-school tips for SLPs. The core theme of this episode is the importance of self-compassion. The beginning of the school year is a great time to commit to treating ourselves with compassion, and I hope this episode gives you some ideas for how to put that compassion into practice.
• Visual Supports Can Create Predictable Systems with Tara Tuchel
  SLP Coffee Talk
  September 5th, 2022
  Are you using visuals in your speech therapy classroom? In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, we are breaking away from only talking about older speech therapy students to talk about something that can be used with any age: visual supports!
• Michelle Boisvert Discusses Technology Solutions
  Telepractice Today
  September 5th, 2022
  Dr. Michelle Boisvert received her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a practicing speech language pathologist and has researched the use and application of telepractice for school-based services. In addition, she has examined how strategic technologies can support workload practices for SLPs to maintain high professional standards and meet job expectations. Dr. Boisvert has published numerous articles and book chapters on telepractice, tele-AAC, and workload strategies. She was the former editor of the Perspectives on Telepractice, a publication offered through ASHA, and continues to peer-review journal articles on that topic.
• Moving Forward into Recovery
  The Missing Link for SLPs
  September 5th, 2022
  In this last episode in the Speechless SLP series with Vanessa Abraham, she speaks about different steps she has taken and still is, to get back to her old life, and where she’s thinking her experience of being speechless may lead in the future.
• Episode #155: ALgS or Model, Model, Model
  The A.T.TIPSCAST
  September 2nd, 2022
  Episode #155 features a recording of a conversation between Chris and his wife Melissa which takes place during a baby sitting session. The episode explores early language development and describes the strategy of Aided Language Stimulation (ALgS) necessary for teaching language to a user of augmentative/alternative communication.

Blog Posts

• Building Relationships with Families to Maximize Clinical Outcomes
  September 8th, 2022
  Yes, we all know that parent and family involvement in speech therapy has been shown to improve therapeutic outcomes. Accomplishing successful family involvement in therapy can be challenging though. We’ll share some ideas in this post to help you effectively build relationships with the families you work with.
• The Technical Mind of the Therapist
  September 7th, 2022
  PTs, OTs, and SLPs consistently face unique challenges. Their schedules are overflowing with high productivity standards, meetings, emails, parent follow-ups, and care plans (to name a few), leaving little to no downtime. Software or technical inefficiencies and disconnections can derail a therapist's day and add insurmountable stress.
• How Are We Building Ambiki Around What Matters to You?
  September 6th, 2022
  Many of us became speech, occupational, and physical therapists because the fields are broad and there are opportunities for work in many settings. Covid hit our industry hard, in all settings, and accelerated the cracks we were seeing within our professions. We want to do the best session possible for our patients, but we are up against impossible expectations. How can we make progress when we have no time? We know we can’t do it alone. We know we don’t have time to become experts in every area within our respective disciplines, but we also know our patients deserve that expertise.
• Phonological Process Series: Fronting
  September 6th, 2022
  In this series, we explore the major phonological processes that children use in speech, as well as strategies for targeting them at home.
• Storybooks for Working on Inferencing
  September 6th, 2022
  Do you find that your students have a tough time when it comes to inferencing? Me too! Inferencing is a hard skill for a lot of students. But fortunately, there are some great storybooks out that can help your students hone this skill! Storybooks are perfect for working on inferencing because they contain pictures, which can really help students figure out things that aren’t explicitly said in the text.
• 6 Simple Card Games for Articulation Practice
  September 5th, 2022
  Does articulation practice feel agonizing at times? Do you need some ideas to make students more EXCITED to give you articulation trials? I gathered some ideas from SLPs over in the School Based SLPs FB Group. I wanted to share these ideas for simple card games for articulation practice.
• What Causes Slurred Speech In Parkinsons Disease?
  September 3rd, 2022
  Parkinson’s disease (also often referred to as PD) arises when the brain cells that are responsible for creating dopamine no longer work, or die. Dopamine is the brain chemical that coordinates movement. Parkinson’s disease is often classified as a movement disorder because it can cause tremors, slowness, stiffness in movement, and problems related to balance and walking. This disease can also affect brain activity, cognition, memory, and other parts of the body unrelated to movement. Parkinson’s disease is an incurable and progressive disease, which means that the symptoms worsen as time progresses.
• Featured Materials for September
  September 1st, 2022
  We’ve got some great pirate-themed materials for you this month! With pirate picture cards, idioms, games, activities, and more, you’re going to slash your therapy planning time!

Legislation

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Student Loan Pause Extension Through December 31 and Targeted Debt Cancellation to Smooth Transition to Repayment
  September 1st, 2022
  The U.S. Department of Education recently announced a new opportunity for borrowers to have a portion of their federal student loans canceled and indicated that the current pause on student loan repayment will be extended one final time through the end of 2022. The announcement also proposed new rules for other loan repayment programs to reduce future monthly payments and make it easier for borrowers working in public service to have their loans forgiven.

Upcoming Events

• 16th Annual Eleanor M. Saffran Conference
  September 16-17th, 2022
  

In The News

• VoCapsule, LLC Launches New Service 'My Legacy Voice' With Ice-T on Board as Brand Advocate
  September 1st, 2022
  My Legacy Voice, a new platform from VoCapsule, LLC that offers voice banking and legacy management, launched early access to their beta service, the company has announced. My Legacy Voice is a new service that captures and protects a speaker's voice until a designated recipient wants to access a replica—a clone--made with AI technology.