Ep. 70 - Sensory Integration, Regulation, and Neurodiversity-Affirming Techniques - Jessie Ginsburg & Chris Wenger

In this episode, we had the privilege to speak with a special guest, Shelley Bernis MA, CCC-SLP, an SLP who overcame her own disabilities to help empower college students in their transition to professional life. Shelley shared her inspiring career journey, her perseverance through a POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) diagnosis, her transition into teletherapy, her Speech Empowerment Program for students with disabilities, and more.

In this episode, we had the amazing opportunity to host two special guests with their very own podcast! Kate Grandbois MS, CCC-SLP, BCBA, LABA & Amy Wonkka MA, CCC-SLP joined us from their show, SLP Nerdcast, to share their insights on standardized and informal assessments for SLPs—discussing the pros and cons of standardized assessments, the distinction between Norm Ref and Criterion Ref assessments, additional methods of assessment data collection, and more. 

On this episode, we had the opportunity to speak with a very special guest about a crucial part of cognitive development—executive functioning. Tera Sumpter MA, CCC-SLP, shares wisdom from her SLP career about the importance of executive functioning, discussing executive functioning skills development in different age groups, assessing executive functioning skills, writing appropriate executive functioning goals, and more.

In this episode, we talk with Rachelle Ridge, DPT about transitioning between therapy settings, her experience doing travel therapy to a variety of locations with her partner, and her favorite parts about travel therapy.

In this episode, we talk with Julie Mize MS, CF-SLP about her experience moving right after graduating to start her CF and her experience in the home health setting.