In episode 255 of De Facto Leaders, I elaborate on the concept of using vocabulary as a large “container”, so you can design sessions efficiently without sacrificing quality. I talk about why more experienced clinicians often struggle to make their interventions scalable, and why this gets in the way of carryover. I also share the…
Tag: education
EP 254: Three Pieces of Unconventional Advice I Give SLPs
Many experienced SLPs think they just need to plan better. Tweak the activity. Adjust the visuals. Try a new printable or protocol. But what if none of that is the real problem? What if your sessions are already so skillful that no one else can reinforce what you’re doing? 🧠 What if the very clinical…
EP 253: Education is a business. Let’s stop pretending it isn’t.
“Education isn’t a business” is a thing people say when they’re upset about how the school systems are being run. But education actually IS a business. Saying otherwise isn’t going to change reality. If you’re frustrated about how the school systems work, you can continue to wish this wasn’t the case… Or you can accept…
EP 252: A Case for Well-Designed Virtual Field Trips (with Seth Fleischauer)
While virtual learning has become more prevalent since 2020, the founders of Banyan Global Learning have been offering digital learning experiences for over 20 years. Some people are excited about the possibilities technology offers. Others are backpedaling or worrying that tech does more harm than good. Like most things, the truth lies somewhere in the…
EP 251: Using a “Virtual Speech Helper” (with Maura Connor)
Have you met “Jessica” the virtual speech helper? I certainly remember hearing about it the first time. This concept raised a lot of questions in the clinical community. Are we trying to replace clinicians, and was that the intention behind this application? If you’ve had these questions too, you won’t want to miss this conversation. …
EP 250: Defining “EdTech” and the End User (with Maura Connor)
When I first started working in the schools in the early 2000s, there was a push for integrating technology into classrooms and therapy sessions It was even a box that got checked on my employee evaluation. Now there’s a defined space referred to as “EdTech”. It took me a while to realize that this was…
EP 249: Your clinical expertise is powerful. But is it scalable?
You’ve moved beyond relying on premade materials and “worksheet therapy”.You know how to turn a random game into a meaningful session.You’ve learned how to show up with clarity, even when the plan shifts. But there’s a cost to working this way. When your best ideas stay in your head, your impact stops at the door…
EP 248: So…can you recommend an app to build my child’s language skills?
In this episode, I’m sharing my top resources for clinicians to explain why we do what we do in language therapy, and how parents and colleagues can support skills outside of sessions. I share: Plus I share an opportunity for therapists who want to learn the “Essential 5” framework and who are also interested in…
EP 247: Narrative Intervention: Beyond “Cute” Stories and Lesson Plans (with Jane Gebers)
When you’re teaching storytelling with students, do your lessons feel kind of…random? I used to feel like this a lot when I was a school SLP, so if you’ve ever had a “throw spaghetti at the wall” therapy session that felt all over the place, I get it. The truth is, repetition and drill is…
EP 246: What’s the point of teaching storytelling? (with Jane Gebers)
Why are we so obsessed with “storytelling”? In education, we talk about it when we’re working on language and reading comprehension. It’s also referred to in sales and copy writing as a tool for generating more leads and customers. And of course, people writing books or films think about it all the time. We all…