We are bilingual SLPs in Austin, TX. We want our work to benefit SLPs nationally. Our research, presentations, and products are a culmination of these efforts.
Doing a speech-language assessment is a time-intensive process and adding dynamic assessment can seem like you are adding lots of time to your evaluations, but that doesn’t have to be the case.
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Speech and Language Milestones Regardless of Home Language
Speech and language norms that are true, even when a second language is present.
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xplain 2nd language influence to parents and teachers.
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Find out when speech patterns that you are seeing are due to an influence from the child's native language, or are they indicative of a speech disorder.
This video explains the difference.
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Dynamic Assessment is often discussed. As SLPs, we know it should be done. The question is...how do we do it? Did you know that we have a free Dynamic Assessment Protocol in our Resource Library?
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Equity in education has been at the forefront of our national conversation.
Join us for a 3-day conference to kick off 2021 with a positive approach to transform educational practices and support the diverse learners.
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I love books. So, therapy yields Potter. I love hip-hop. So, story grammar involves 90’s rap songs. I cry daily. So, my emotional stories are told, and students have responded in powerful ways. Be you, dear. Everything else and everyone else is taken. Authenticity reigns.
In her OPED, Maya Chuokov shared her perspective as a woman who proudly stutters and her unique view on verbal diversity and how to create safe work spaces for those who stutter.
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Within our Bilinguistics walls, literacy reigns. Also, did you know that the changes for ASHA Certification Standards for 2020 include literacy? Read on, SLPs.
SLP Summit: Considerations for Advocacy in Speech-Language Pathology. A free online conference for SLPs - July 29th: 5pm EST. Join Phuong Palafox as she talks about advocacy and mental health for SLPs.
Here are four steps using dynamic assessment to help you identify if a child should qualify for speech, determine how much support they need, and decide what goals to write.
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Confusion continues over the question of whether a bilingual child with an impairment should continue to speak their native language.
Here are answers to some of the most common questions:
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What can I do to make a difference in the lives of the diverse students I serve?
We have three amazing speakers who will help us identify strategies to create educational equity.
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I recently sat down with Dr. Scott Yaruss and had a delightful conversation about stuttering assessment. There have been a lot of changes recently and here is what a stuttering assessment should look like.
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Find out which evidence-based receptive language activities to use in speech therapy to get the best outcomes. And, most of them are free!
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Phuong is (virtually) spending time with graduate students from the University of North Texas. With evidence-based practices in mind, she is talking about the client/student/family perspective, relationship building with the humans we serve and lessons …
How often do we tie learning new language and concepts to previous and existing experiences? ALL the time, right?
Here are a few SLPs on a mission to increase diversity and inclusion in therapy.
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Code-switching is used:
to better express an idea
to quote other people
to clarify a point,
to explain
to add personality to a comment
to emphasize a point
to reflect mood
but not because they are confused.
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What better way to start your year than focusing on how to improve the way we work with diverse students and interact with families?
3 Days, 3 Experts. Walk away with numerous strategies to support your diverse group of learners.
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I have been speaking these words to myself as a speech-language pathologist because I need to remind myself why I joined this meaningful profession. Amidst all the roles and responsibilities of our jobs, we need to give ourselves permission to prioritiz…
Your value as an SLP is not based on your productivity and compliance. It is surely based on your humanity.
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Read more about the foundation of our work as speech-language pathologists. Link to The Heartbeat of Speech-Language Pathology in our bi…
Check out this ASHA CEU course to find out how we can separate the students we should be working with from the ones that no longer need services. This is how we can ethically reduce our caseloads.
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Yesterday evening, Austin ISD SLPs attended the school board meeting to inform and to advocate. They spoke the truth--the need for increased salary, the increased workload, the loss of 20% of the staff this past year and the continual IMPACT they make se…
More easily identifying whether a child’s errors are due to typical development, second-language influence, or true impairment.
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Back to School! 3-Day Virtual Conference on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Get the right students on your caseload this year and for those on your caseload, learn effective evidence-based strategies to help your emergent bilingual students soar!
REGISTRATION OPENING SOON!
Spanish-English bilingual children make up a huge percentage of our bilingual caseloads so we put an ASHA CEU course together talking about phonological development.
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60 seconds with Brandy Gatlin-Nash talking about dialect, including misunderstandings that happen in the classroom when we don’t dialect into consideration.
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You know how we feel about literacy-based therapy.
Here are some great story books about historical Black figures to read this month and honestly any month of the year.
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How do SLPs and teachers address vocabulary differently? Teachers teach the vocabulary.
SLPs build the structure that enables the vocabulary to “stick,” be used, and associated.
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, Evidence-Based Practice is comprised of three components. First, there's the external evidence. Second, there's clinical expertise/expert opinion. Third is the client/patient/caregiver perspectives. Each component of this trifecta is eq…
How can we reduce the current biases in our field around bilingualism?
A 60 second interview with Dr. Xigrid Soto-Boykin
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Here is a calculator to assess your student’s number of dysfluencies, types of dysfluencies, and number of non-dysfluent moments.
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What is the impact of over-identification on the schools and children we work with?
A 60 second interview with Dr. Ellen Kester
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Back to School! 3-Day Virtual Conference on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
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In order to justify the use of a test, we need high estimates of Reliability AND Validity. In this essay we created an easy-to-understand definition of reliability and validity and show why they are important.
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Navigating Ethical Predicaments In Your Work with Diverse Students
ASHA and state licensure boards require us to take ethics courses. For many of us, we feel like we're ethical people. Why do we need to do this?
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The work week is beginning. Let us take care of our thoughts when we are alone. SLP, you are surely enough. You chose this profession out of love. Then, let us take care of our words when we are with our students and clients. Albeit, this second ste…
The CPAC-S is a pretty nice tool for evaluating Spanish-speaking students. Here is a spreadsheet to be able to tabulate errors and get the information into our report rapidly.
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I learned about Valentine’s Day in 1985. As the oldest child of refugees, I was the first of my family to experience the holiday. The outcomes were unexpected, and the lessons were life-lasting.
With love,
Phuong...
There is a lot in the news these days about the benefits of bilingualism. However, in special education, where a child potentially has a deficit, the advantages of bilingualism come back into question.
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Implicit biases are activated involuntarily, without our awareness. While difficult to change, acknowledging that all of us have bias is the first step. This process of dismantling our implicit biases is the first step to making change to support
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Knowing about fluid and crystallized intelligence is important to SLPs. It gives us the accommodations we need for our reports and shows us how to scaffold our students to produce better narratives.
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Make sure that kids on your caseload should actually be there, that they are identified correctly, and that they have solid goals.
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Check out ASHA's latest blog on speech assessments to find out:
Can we use the norms?
What tests are designed for online use?
What equipment do we need?
How do we display test items on the screen?
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Reduce frustration and increase student success by becoming familiar with the executive functions of the brain and development across time.
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As we embark on this Thanksgiving week, let us recognize our SLP Warriors. It takes a village to become and grow as a speech-language pathologist. Let us recognize the individuals who have supported our brains and our hearts. Who has fueled your SLP j…
Hey CSD Students! We are happy to tell you that professors can now add our online courses to your class curriculum and we have several universities participating.
Check out this link and send it to them.
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50.3% of students enrolled in the schools in the United States are children of color. To support communication needs, we need to understand their narratives. Dismantling our implicit biases leads to understanding and more impactful interactions.
October 22nd is a day dedicated to raising awareness and support for those who stutter around the world.1% of the world stutters and this day helps debunk some of the myths and misconceptions about stuttering.
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We love early intervention. It can be confusing and daunting for those who have evaluated an infant.
Make your life easier with this quick reference sheet.
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Join us for a conversation with a psychologist where we talk about proactive, functional action items to support the mental health of SLPs on a day-to-day basis.
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We created a chart showing the sensitivity and specificity of different diagnostic tools in both Spanish and English so you can better determine which test is right for you client.
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Take culture into consideration when evaluating a student so it doesn't affect the evaluation process. Knowing about these 7 cultural parameters has eased the evaluation process.
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Communication disorders can be caused by, accompany, or mimic hearing loss.
We made this chart comparing traits of hearing loss that are shared with expressive language disorders and Autism.
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School-based SLPs, I need to apologize to each of you. I often find myself standing in front of you and telling you all that it is going to be okay. You will be okay, SLP. Your efforts are always worth it.
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Let’s continue to empower and uplift our students. Reminding them that they are a great communicator despite any speech impairment.
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Dr. Brandy Gatlin-Nash is speaking at the
Building Equity for Diverse Learners in Special Education:
Virtual Conference - January 2021
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6 Strategies to Build Equity in Special Education
Engage in Self-Reflection
Start with your words
Say “Patterns” instead of "Errors"
Value Home Dialects
Broadly Represent with Materials
Be Mindful of Stereotyping
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This year my awareness of autism was greater than ever.
It's important that those who serve children with Autism understand how things change and intensify with age.
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My daughter was trying to busy herself with yet another home project avoiding friends due to Covid.
And sadly said: “I miss the world.”
She summed up what I have been feeling in 4 words.
But this will end.
And when it does, I AM OUT OF HERE!!!
Where will you go?
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The deadline for continuing education is once again upon us.
Check out this list for the best CEU course on:
Articulation
Language
Diversity
When you need something intellectual
When your brain is mush
When you need free CEUs
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We are thinking about our SLPs-to-be today. We know your days are tough, and your efforts will be worthwhile. We cannot wait for you to join our meaningful profession. Here’s to YOU, YOU, YOU.
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