DEI in language intervention

Looking In: What Would It Feel Like to Be Non-Verbal?

Image courtesy of LeyaHoeni on Pixabay.com Available as a podcast here Note: This is how most non-oral language systems are set up, everything in neat categories with only a little overlap. But, life doesn’t work that way. How Many People Do You Interact With Every Day? Try this thought experiment: I want you, the reader,ContinueContinue reading “Looking In: What Would It Feel Like to Be Non-Verbal?”

How Not to Be A “Karen” SLP – Part 3

Image by Prawny on Pixabay.com In the last post, I discussed some ways SLPs working EI can rethink and reimagine what they’re doing to honor the family’s cultural background. These include recognizing the immense power imbalance that exists between you, as the SLP, and the family. It includes recognizing that not all families and culturesContinueContinue reading “How Not to Be A “Karen” SLP – Part 3″

New Podcast Series “Walking In My Shoes” Coming Soon

Image courtesy of parveender on Pixabay.com Greetings Dear Reader, I’ve mentioned before that I am working with a new continuing education start-up company (I’ll keep you posted on the launch which should be in the next couple of weeks!). I am working on a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in SLP Therapy series partially based onContinueContinue reading “New Podcast Series “Walking In My Shoes” Coming Soon”

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month

Created with Canva.com October 2022 is Down Syndrome Awareness Month! People with Down syndrome are born with an extra 22nd chromosome in at least some cells. People with Down syndrome may need extra time to grow and learn, but did you know many people with Down syndrome can learn to read if someone teaches them?ContinueContinue reading “October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month”

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Spoiler alert – the larger picture in this text, not the photo above… I’ve recently begun working with a culturally and linguistically diverse adoptive family. Mom is an immigrant. Dad is Latino. And, the adoptive child is Caucasian. The family is middle-class. Both parents are bilingual (in different languages) and haveContinueContinue reading “What’s Wrong With This Picture?”

So, It Turns Out There’s a Label for My Frustrations

Image Courtesy of Pixabay.com This weekend is the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association being held in Washington D. C. in a hybrid format. (Given the votes going on in Congress right now, I’m a little sad I’m not there. I’m hoping the early childhood education and universal preschool programs survive the United StatesContinueContinue reading “So, It Turns Out There’s a Label for My Frustrations”

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Language Intervention

Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Did you know kittens born in the same litter can have different fathers? That’s one evolutionary strategy to ensure genetic diversity! If you’ve been following the last several weeks (months, really) of posts, then you know that DEI in the evaluation and treatment of language disorders has been on my mindContinueContinue reading “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Language Intervention”