Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNavigating gaming and remote therapy with school-age kids (with Sam Helvie)
Episode 53
Whether we like it or not, gaming and devices are here to stay. As parents, therapists, and educators, we have to figure out how to help kids navigat…
4 years ago
Making sense of developmental milestones
Episode 52
Recently, the Center for Disease control updated the early developmental milestones, and there's been a lot of debate about what this means. In a lot…
4 years ago
Scaffolding: What it is and how to use it to help kids be more resilient (with Brittany Bohach)
Episode 51
We don’t want to be “helicopter parents” who coddle our kids…but we don’t want to be so militant that we traumatize them either.
When it comes gettin…
4 years ago
Interpreting “challenging behaviors” and meltdowns (with Brittany Bohach)
Episode 50
When kids show negative behaviors, it’s often because they’re struggling to do what they’re being asked to do. This unfortunately happens a lot in sc…
4 years ago
Natural treatments and ADHD: Spotting the fallacy
Episode 49
Are "natural" remedies really better when it comes to ADHD, autism, and related conditions? What does it mean to use a "natural" treatment or interve…
4 years ago
The ins and outs of language screening (for school-age kids)
Episode 48
Am I choosing the right language screening tool? How do I know when a child should be screened and evaluated? I get these questions a lot. That's why…
4 years, 1 month ago
Are we "following the research" in education?
Episode 47
Does class size matter? Is homework effective? What's the best way to help kids learn to read? Why do some teachers (and schools) succeed while othe…
4 years, 1 month ago
How to support language processing and comprehension in school-age kids (part 2)
Episode 46
In this episode, I continue the discussion about language processing and how to support it. I continue the discussion of difficult sentence types, an…
4 years, 1 month ago
How to support language processing and comprehension in school-age kids (part 1)
Episode 45
Language skills are essential to a child's ability to succeed in school and life. But when processing language is a struggle there can be a global im…
4 years, 1 month ago
Building vocabulary skills in Kindergarten through high school
Episode 44
Vocabulary growth is one of the biggest predictors of language growth and academic success. That's why in this episode, I talk about what speech path…
4 years, 2 months ago