Coffee, Tea, and 3 SLPs

Cait Gannon is a dedicated and passionate medical speech-language pathologist. Cait earned her graduate degree in Speech Language Pathology from UMass Amherst, and since then, she’s been on a mission to support individuals across the lifespan in finding their voice—literally and figuratively. She’s volunteered with Healing Harmonies, a remarkable choir made up of adults with neurological conditions, bringing the power of music and community to the forefront of healing. She’s also worked with REACH Early Intervention, helping our youngest clients build strong foundations for communication. Currently, Cait is part of the rehab team at Baystate Franklin Medical Center, where she works with voice clients and patients navigating cognitive impairments following strokes and brain injuries. Today, she’s here to share her insights into the world of medical SLP—what it’s like to support patients through some of their most vulnerable moments, the challenges and rewards of working in a rehab setting, and how voice and cognition intersect in powerful, life-changing ways.........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

Be objective, be honest, be prepared! The SLPs dive in to meetings with educational advocates. They discuss how to prepare for IEP meetings with advocates, tips on communicating with families, and what not to say (hint: don’t mention your schedule).Resources we love to make sure you know what you’re talking about: The Informed SLP........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

Let’s talk gentle parenting… but make it speech therapy! In this episode, the SLPs dive into how positive behavioral supports and redirection strategies can make your sessions smoother, calmer, and way more fun—for everyone involved. The SLPs are sharing go-to tips that help you set boundaries with kindness, support kids through big feelings, and keep things running without sticker charts or time-outs. If you’ve ever wondered how to handle tricky moments while still keeping connection front and center, this one’s for you!........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

The SLPs share strategies for integrating engaging, low-prep games into sessions to target speech/language goals. No laminating required!........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

Kyla and Jouli researched the Gen Alpha information all SLP's really want to know. In Episode 57 they discuss the following hard hitting topics:What is the difference between mine craft and Roblox? Was Vine peak comedy?What is Skibidi Toilet and why is it so terrifying?........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

This week, the SLPs talk all about selective feeding and inter-professional collaboration with Joy Hack.Joy is a registered occupational therapist, certified by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy. She is also licensed with the North Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy. Joy grew up in Chicago, Illinois, but obtained her undergraduate degree in Health and Human Physiology with a minor in Spanish at the University of Iowa. Joy has always been passionate about working with children of all abilities. Growing up, her family took in foster children, providing her first-hand experiences with pediatric mental health and the benefits of occupational therapy. She is devoted to treating not only the child, but the entire family unit in order to facilitate a child’s success and opportunity to thrive. Joy volunteered in the neonatal intensive care unit throughout her undergraduate degree as a developmental care volunteer and mentor. She went on to pursue her Master’s degree in occupational therapy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Throughout graduate school, she worked full time as a respite caregiver to a child with Down Syndrome and young man with Cerebral Palsy. Joy has a pug named Elvis Presley, whom she loves dearly, and enjoys playing tennis, spending time outdoors, and drawing. Joy believes in a holistic and family-centered approach to facilitate a child’s development and independence. ........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

Today is all about the awkward, cringe-worthy moments we experience as SLPs. Defining words badly? Trying to be “cool” to relate to kids or coworkers? Saddle up for this cringe-themed episode that will hopefully make you feel less embarrassed about your own awkward moments.........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️⁠⁠⁠⁠Support our podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠🛍️⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop our merch

Money money moneyyyy, must be funnyyyy, in an SLP’s world. The SLPs discuss the pros and cons of different payment positions such as fee for service, salaried, and contracted.........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠⁠Support our podcast⁠⁠🛍️ ⁠⁠Shop our merch⁠

What can we say?! I guess we were feeling a bit 🌶️ SPICY🌶️ because we decided to share our thoughts on Discrete Trial Training. What is DTT? Is there a place for it? Can it be done in a positive and safe way? Is there room for it in speech therapy?Tune in to hear it all! ........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

Why do we feel weird about stuttering therapy? What’s up with the Lidcombe program? The gang dives in to why stuttering therapy feels kind of uncomfortable…and strategies they’ve used that made them feel successful. Pediatric Feeding Therapy Course.............................................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

What’s the Craic?! 😎 The SLPs discuss what they’ve been up to. New job? House buying? Sea shanties? Oh and they also talk about child-led therapy. Please excuse Kyla’s poor audio quality. She lost her mic in her move..............................................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ Support our podcast🛍️ Shop our merch

Just in time for Halloween, the SLPs invite listeners to this bite-sized spooky sequel to last year’s spine-chilling stories. Enormous caseloads. Creepy mouth puppets. Standard scores applied to every child. Scared yet? Never fear, you will be eased in with the first Ask Malcom segment, where they pose clinical questions to their resident SLP-by-proxy (i.e., Jouli’s boyfriend). Listen if you’re brave enough. Stay in touch! Email: info@coffeetea3slps.com. IG: ⁠⁠@coffeetea3slps⁠⁠. ✨ Check out our merch at ⁠⁠⁠⁠coffeetea3slps.com⁠⁠⁠⁠! ✨

In Episode 32, the SLPs tackle questions such as: is AI here to take our jobs, or just help out with our untenable caseloads? What is the children's story written by Bard that was so beautiful it made Jouli cry? How can SLPs use AI tools in speech therapy? (Hellooo, no prep word lists!) Tune in to find out. Check out the Science Vs episode mentioned here. Stay in touch! Email: info@coffeetea3slps.com. IG: @coffeetea3slps. ✨ Check out our merch at ⁠⁠⁠coffeetea3slps.com⁠⁠⁠! ✨

Selective mutism? Reading and writing? Executive functions? Sensory stuff? The SLPs invite you in to their existential crisis on our scope of practice. They try to answer the essential question: can we really be specialists in reading AND swallowing, with the same degree?? Perhaps using multidisciplinary team practices, co-treating, and building a network of professionals in related disciplines is a good place to start. Stay in touch! Email: info@coffeetea3slps.com. IG: @coffeetea3slps. Here is a resource that our listener Cait shared with us (thanks, Cait!): https://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/the-collections/the-inference-collection/ ✨ Check out our merch at ⁠⁠coffeetea3slps.com⁠⁠! ✨

In this episode, the SLPs share their ideas about what has worked, what has not worked, and things they'd like to try to have better (and more frequent) communication with parents. Is it better to send home weekly treatment updates, or get a quick chat in at pick-up or drop-off? How do we make sure parents understand our evaluations? From IEP meetings, to assessments, to intervention updates, this conversation covers a lot of ground! Listen all the way to the end to hear our new segment: “an espresso to go” - a little tip to take with you. Do you have parent communication tips to share with us? Email us at info@coffeetea3slps.com or DM us on IG @coffeetea3slps. Related: check out Episode 6 - IEP Meetings: The Good, The Bad, and The Sweaty. ✨ Check out our merch at ⁠⁠⁠coffeetea3slps.com⁠⁠⁠! ✨

We’re baaaaaaack! And we’re wondering: *Who* works on wh-questions in speech therapy? 🙋🏻‍♀️ *What* skills are you targeting when you do so? 🤔 *When* should you target wh-q’s? ⏱️ Oh yes, and *where* have the SLPs been? (On summer break, living their best lives as women of leisure ☀️) You may change the way you think about wh-questions after listening to this episode. 🧐 P.S. *Why* haven’t you subscribed to the podcast yet?! Click that Follow button to make sure you never miss an episode. Reading Comprehension article: https://www.aft.org/ae/winter2021-2022/catts Stay in touch! Instagram: @coffeetea3slps. Email: info@coffeetea3slps.com. ✨ Check out our merch at ⁠coffeetea3slps.com⁠! ✨

In honor of spooky season 🎃 we are bringing back our first ever spooky episode! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It’s spooky SLP-son 👻, and Episode 9 is devoted to Kyla, Brittany, and Jouli’s most chilling (and disgusting) (and just plain hilarious) moments as SLPs. Honestly, there may not be anything spookier than a 3-year-old holding their used diaper in their hands and aiming it straight. At. YOU.Listen if you dare.Subscribe to The Reading Seeds on YouTube! (Brittany’s side gig).............................................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

Well, that’s a wrap on Season 1 😮. Thank you so much to all our listeners. We cannot wait to show you what’s in store for Season 2, and we’ll be back before you know it. In the meantime, stay in touch! Instagram: @coffeetea3slps. Email: info@coffeetea3slps.com.........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

Dr. Megan Gross is a speech-language pathologist, an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the director of the Bilingual Language Development Lab. She explains why the “difference versus disorder” framework is a helpful start but may oversimplify a child's language experience, instead encouraging a move towards a “disorder within diversity” lens. Megan describes how a language disorder looks in Spanish and how shifts in language dominance over time can impact the presentation of a language disorder. She encourages us to not view bilinguals as a separate group, but as individuals on a huge spectrum of language experience. Megan also talks to us about her community-based partnerships. You'll want to take notes when listening to this one!Resources:-Megan’s lab website: ⁠https://blogs.umass.edu/bld/⁠ and Instagram: @umass_bldlab-Disorder within Diversity framework: https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2018_LSHSS-CLSLD-17-0156-Bedore, Peña et al. production of English grammatical forms across levels of English experience among Spanish-English dual-language learners https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2017_LSHSS-17-0027-Castilla-Earls et al. re: effects of shifting dominance on grammaticality https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31112666/-LITMUS tools for evaluations in different languages: https://www.bi-sli.org/litmus-tools-Portland State resource: https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/multicsd/home-Charles Sturt in Australia also has a great resource: http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/languages-MSHA Diversity Advisory Group draft recommendations for multilingual evaluations document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tZzKngoh95c5qk7JhOxsAdhVo0IAwo3inTAtCGocp2s/edit?usp=sharing-CBPR example, shared by Dr. Christina Nicolaidis at the last ASHA Convention during the Researcher-Academic Town Meeting: AASPIRE (academic autism spectrum partnership in research and education) https://aaspire.org/inclusion-toolkit/participatory-research/-Community partners that Megan works with: Nayroby Rosa Soriano, Director of Community Engagement at OneHolyoke CDC https://www.oneholyoke.org/community-engagement/ and Enlace de Familias https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064582222801, where Megan’s lab hosts the Supporting Families Raising Bilingual Children group........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch

Aylin Fernandez is a psychology PhD student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is researching a topic very relevant to SLPs: language preference. Which factors influence why you prefer to use one language over another? How does this relate to the multicultural experience? How is Aylin measuring language preference in Latinx parent/adolescent dyads? Are 6-year-olds metalinguistically aware of their language preferences?! Listen and find out.Stay in touch! Instagram: @coffeetea3slps. Email: info@coffeetea3slps.com.........................................⭐️ Help us grow by subscribing and rating our podcast on any platform (don't forget to leave a 5 ⭐️ review)❤️ ⁠Support our podcast⁠🛍️ ⁠Shop our merch