Ep. 91 - Special Announcement

In this episode, we welcome special guest Marla Gritzan, RRT, a Respiratory Therapist on her fourth outpatient rehab assignment in Washington state. Marla takes us through her respiratory therapy career journey, discussing her experience with burnout, her transition into travel therapy, working with patients during COVID-19, and more.

On this week’s episode, we got to speak with a travel PT dynamic duo, Tori Heckendorn PT, DPT and Devin Reilley PT, DPT, about traveling together and meeting new people while on assignment in a new place. Calling on their four years of experience as travel PTs, Tori and Devin share their insights on homesickness, making new connections in a new city, being social while socially distancing during COVID-19, and more.

In this episode, we spoke with a clinical voice speech pathologist about treating singing and other vocal problems. Special guest, Maurice Goodwin MS, CCC-SLP, joined us to discuss a day in the life of a clinical SLP, assessment methods for speech pathologists working with voice patients, collaborating with physicians as a speech pathologist, and more!

In this episode, we had an important conversation with our special guest, Jordyn Carroll MS, CCC-SLP, about empathy, representation, and advocacy in speech therapy. Jordyn has used her impactful voice to speak about a litany of social issues in school-based speech therapy, discussing with us “ACES” (Adverse Childhood Experiences), the platinum rule of empathy, representation, and the lack of diversity in the field, and more.

In this episode, we sit down with Alexandria Zachos, MS, CCC-SLP, who is an expert on gestalt language acquisition, echolalia, and natural language acquisition. We explore natural language acquisition, the types of echolalia, diagnoses, case studies, courses, and more!