podcast Archives - Speech And Language Kids

Cycles Approach for Language – Treating Multiple Areas of Language Simultaneously

Cycles Approach for Language: Treating Multiple Areas of Language Simultaneously When a child is struggling in more than one area of language, how do you decide what to work on first? In this episode, Carrie Clark, SLP and creator of the Speech and Language Kids Hub, shares her

Ahmad’s Story – Childhood Apraxia of Speech and the Motor Speech Pathway

Ahmad's Story: Childhood Apraxia of Speech and the Motor Speech Pathway In this episode, Carrie shares the story of a sweet 5-year-old boy named Ahmad (name changed for privacy) and his journey with childhood apraxia of speech. From using AAC to working through early speech sounds, Carrie walks through

Arianna’s Story: Preschool Speech and Language

Arianna's Story: Preschool Speech and Language How do you know where to start with a preschooler who’s hard to understand? In today’s episode, I’m walking you through a real-life case study of a sweet little one (we’ll call her Arianna) who had significant speech and language challenges. I’ll

Speech/Language Therapy 101: Back to Basics for SLPs and Caregivers

Speech/Language Therapy 101: Back to Basics for SLPs and Caregivers Are you looking for the simplest, most effective way to teach communication skills to children and teens? Well, search no farther! I'm speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark and in today's episode of The Speech and Language Kids Podcast, we're diving

The Teletherapy Playbook: Proven Strategies for Faster Progress in Virtual Speech Sessions

The Teletherapy Playbook: Proven Strategies for Faster Progress in Virtual Speech Sessions It's no secret that teletherapy speech/language therapy services soared during the pandemic. Telepractice use among SLPs jumped from just 3.9% pre-pandemic to 88% by 2021. (source) And while teletherapy services are not quite as prevalent now as

A Therapy Pathway for Frontal and Lateral Speech Errors (aka “Lisps”)

A Therapy Pathway for Frontal and Lateral Speech Errors (aka "Lisps") Today we're talking about "lisps". But many professionals are moving away from using the term lisp because it often carries a negative or stigmatizing connotation, especially outside of clinical contexts. Instead, we're focusing on describing speech patterns more

From Chaos to Clarity: Why One-Off Activities Are Failing Your Therapy Sessions

From Chaos to Clarity: Why One-Off Activities Are Failing Your Therapy Sessions You spend all evening scouring the internet for the perfect activity for little Timmy. You print. You cut. You laminate. You velcro. He's gonna love it. And then... ...it lasts all of two seconds and then he's

Speech/Language Progress Monitoring Tools Now Available…Free!

Free Speech/Language Progress Monitoring Tools Now Available! Well, the flu has hit my house! Instead of a full podcast episode today, I'm giving you a quick update about our new progress monitoring tools located inside The Speech and Language Kids Hub. Here's how it works: 1. Fill Out the

When Should Children be Able to Say Certain Sounds? (And How Can We Help?)

When Should Children be able to Say Certain Sounds? (And How Can We Help? One of the top questions I get is about whether or not a child should be saying certain speech sounds. Let me tell you, there is a WIDE range of normal when it comes to

Listen in on our Live Speech Therapy Planning Call

Listen in on our Live Speech Therapy Planning Call! On today's episode of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast, I'm taking you inside our members-only area! Listen in as we run one of our monthly planning calls. We're helping members build sessions and plan a full month of therapy

From Echolalia and Scripting to Original Speech: Top Strategies for Gestalt Language Processors

From Echolalia and Scripting to Original Speech: Top Strategies for Gestalt Language Processors "My child isn't talking yet but he can sing songs or repeat lines/scripts from movies." Or... "My child simply repeats what everyone else says." These are the kinds of things I hear from parents of children

AAC Apps and How to Use Them (in 2025)

AAC Apps and How to Use Them Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) allows a child who can't speak to let us know what they want or need. It reduces frustration and increases communication. And with smart devices being so readily available, AAC apps make it even easier to access these tools!

The Future of Speech and Language Kids (and our Profession)

The Future of Speech and Language Kids (and our Profession) There is a lot of uncertainty in the world of education right now. And even before talks of reducing funding for education, speech-language professionals were overworked and under-supported. But amidst this stress and uncertainty, I bring you a message

Speech Therapy Ideas for Functional Communication: Communicating Wants and Needs

Speech Therapy Ideas for Functional Communication: Communicating Wants and Needs How do you help a child who can't speak to tell you what they need? What about a little one who has meltdowns and tantrums but can't tell you why? How can we teach a child some basic, functional

The Cycles Therapy Approach for Children who are Very Hard to Understand

The Cycles Therapy Approach for Children who are Very Hard to Understand If you haven't tried the Cycles Approach to phonology therapy yet, you're missing out! This is an amazing therapy method that is especially designed for children who are highly unintelligible and who have multiple phonological processes, or

Using AI to Generate Custom Materials for Speech/Language Therapy

Using AI to Generate Custom Materials for Speech/Language Therapy Imagine being able to snap your fingers and instantly create a 3rd grade reading passage that's all about Minecraft and is packed full of /r/ words. Do you have anyone on your caseload that could use that? What about a

Sensory and Movement Ideas for Better Participation and Behavior

Sensory and Movement Ideas for Better Participation and Behavior Little Alex comes into your therapy space like a Tasmanian Devil! He hasn't stopped moving since he stepped foot in the door and he's touched everything in reach. In fact, half of your stuff is already on the floor. What's

No-Prep Ideas for Language Therapy

No-Prep Ideas for Language Therapy It's No-Prep December and that means that I'm challenging you NOT to prep any therapy activities for the whole month. But how do we do that for language therapy? How do we do it for younger children? Or teenagers? Or elementary-aged students? Is it possible

No-Prep Group Speech/Language Therapy Ideas

No-Prep Group Speech/Language Therapy Ideas When you're a speech-language pathologist with a caseload of 70 or more kids, group therapy is a necessary evil. Sometimes it feels like group speech/language therapy only happens because we don't have enough time to see each child individually. But there are actually

How to NOT Take Data during Speech/Language Therapy

How to NOT Take Data during Speech/Language Therapy Data or it didn't happen, right?? As speech-language professionals, it is crucial that we collect data to know exactly how our clients are doing. Or is it? Today we're going to explore the questions of how much data do you ACTUALLY