SLP Learning Hour

Each season of the SLP Learning Hour we release a new miniseries, all dedicated to going in-depth on a different speech therapy topic. Hear from a variety of hosts and guests who are leaders in the field as they discuss topics including: stuttering, AAC, sports concussion, teletherapy, ethics, and more! Each episode of SLP Learning Hour is worth .1 ASHA CEU when you complete the accompanying course through Speech Therapy PD.

  1. 5시간 전 ·  보너스

    The Brain Health Toolbox with Jennifer Ruckner - Brainstorms: Functional Neurorehab for SLPs

    How can we incorporate brain health into everyday clinical practice? Guest: Jennifer Ruckner, MS, CCC-SLP Earn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PD Watch on YouTube Brainstorms podcast host Renee Garrett, PhD, CCC-SLP, CBIS, is joined by Jennifer Ruckner, MS, CCC-SLP, for a practical discussion on how speech-language pathologists can incorporate brain health into everyday clinical practice. Together, they break down the neuroscience behind neuroplasticity, cognitive reserve, and lifestyle factors that influence brain function, while exploring what brain health really means across the continuum of care. About the Guest: Jennifer Ruckner, MS, CCC-SLP, is a seasoned speech-language pathologist with over three decades of experience across Early Intervention, school districts, and private practice. She earned her Bachelor of Science and Master’s degrees in Communication Disorders from Auburn University and has practiced since 1990. Jennifer specializes in Social/Pragmatic Language, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Expressive Language Disorder, and Feeding Disorders. Show Notes and Resources: First Things First (Arizona Early Childhood Development and Health Board): This state-funded organization explicitly publishes these exact percentage benchmarks in their The First Five Years and general Brain Development guides to emphasize the importance of early childhood. [1, 2, 3]The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: Harvard's research on early brain architecture and "serve-and-return" interactions serves as the scientific foundation for these milestones. They document that the brain's physical volume and synaptic pathways undergo their most rapid, critical expansion during this exact 0 to 5 window. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]National Institutes of Health (NIH): Public health studies track these figures based on physical brain weight and volume growth, explaining how a newborn's brain starts at about 25% of adult size, doubles in the first year, and hits the 90% mark around age 5. [1, 2]

    The Brain Health Toolbox with Jennifer Ruckner - Brainstorms: Functional Neurorehab for SLPs
  2. 3일 전 ·  보너스

    How SLPs and OTs Can Transform School Mealtimes - School of Speech

    Whether you're part of a feeding team or looking to strengthen collaboration with colleagues, you'll leave this episode with practical, evidence-informed ideas you can put to work in your own school. Full Episode Title: More Than Lunch: How SLPs and OTs Can Transform School Mealtimes Guests: Maragryta Kuzmin, MA, CCC-SLP, TSSLD-BE & Lily Glasgo, PhD, OTR/L Earn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PD Watch on YouTube In this episode of the School of Speech podcast, host Carolyn Dolby, MS, CCC-SLP, is joined by Margaryta Kuzmin, MA, CCC-SLP, TSSLD-BE, BCS-S Candidate, and Lily Glasgo, PhD, OTR/L, to discuss how school-based speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists can work together to better support students with pediatric feeding disorder. They explore each profession's unique and overlapping roles in feeding, swallowing, self-feeding, sensory needs, and mealtime participation, while examining how feeding challenges can influence student safety, nutrition, attendance, learning, inclusion, and access to the educational environment. About the Guests: Margaryta Kuzmin is a bilingual speech-language pathologist based in New York City with over 15 years of experience working with infants, toddlers, and school-age children with complex communication, feeding, and developmental needs. She specializes in pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, AAC, and working with medically complex populations. Dr. Glasgo received her PhD in Occupational Science in 2025 from UNC Chapel Hill, where she was funded through a Department of Education grant supporting young children with significant disabilities. She enjoys interdisciplinary collaboration and loves to bring an occupational perspective to research. She is co-chairing a large research project with the nonprofit Feeding Matters, which aims to increase physician education and outreach for early identification of pediatric feeding disorder.

    How SLPs and OTs Can Transform School Mealtimes - School of Speech
  3. 6일 전 ·  보너스

    Making Sense of Responsive Feeding Therapy: Felt Safety as the Foundation - Making Sense with Madi the SLP

    Discover how felt safety can open the door to appetite, curiosity, and connection at mealtimes. Guest: Katja Rowell, MD Earn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PD Watch on YouTube In this episode of Making Sense of Responsive Feeding Therapy, host Madi Metcalf, MS, CCC-SLP, is joined by Katja Rowell, MD, to explore why felt safety is the foundation of responsive feeding therapy. Together, they discuss how creating a sense of felt safety during feeding sessions and at home supports children with pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders by fostering appetite, regulation, and curiosity about food. Throughout the episode, Madi and Dr. Rowell examine the relationship between felt safety and responsive feeding, explaining how a supportive environment can reduce stress around mealtimes while encouraging intrinsic motivation and engagement. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how felt safety influences feeding outcomes and leave with practical insights for creating more effective, child-centered feeding experiences. About the Guest: Katja Rowell is a family doctor, author, and founder of The Feeding Doctor. She is one of the authors of the Responsive Feeding Therapy White Paper. Her mission is to help children grow up to feel good about food and their bodies. She has special interests in avoidant eating and supporting adopted and fostered children. Her books include Helping Your Child When Mealtimes are Hard, Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating, and Love Me, Feed Me, for fostering and adopting parents. She is a webinar contributor at Responsivefeedingpro.com. Show Notes: Contact Madi Metcalf: LinkedIn, Instagram, Function First Dr. Katja Rowell - The Feeding Doctor Self-Determination Theory as a Theoretical Framework for a Responsive Approach to Child Feeding Responsive feeding is embedded in a theoretical framework of responsive parenting Relationships between sensory sensitivity, anxiety and selective eating in children Impact of a Responsive Feeding Intervention on Children and Caregivers: A Nonrandomized, Repeated-Measures Study 'Finish your soup': counterproductive effects of pressuring children to eat on intake and affect The'picky eater': The toddler or preschooler who does not eat Modern Attachment Theory: The Central Role of Affect Regulation in Development and Treatment Role reversal method for treatment of food refusal associated with infantile feeding disorders

    Making Sense of Responsive Feeding Therapy: Felt Safety as the Foundation - Making Sense with Madi the SLP
  4. 8월 11일 ·  보너스

    Language, Literacy, and the Path to Reading Success with Heather Ramsdell - First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional SLP Insights

    What role do SLPs play with literacy development? Guest: Heather L. Ramsdell, PhD, CCC-SLP, CALT, QIT Earn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PD Watch on Youtube In this episode of First Bite, Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, BCS-S, FNAP, is joined by Heather L. Ramsdell, PhD, CCC-SLP, CALT, QIT, for a passionate, research-backed discussion that positions speech-language pathologists as central to literacy development. Heather reframes dyslexia and reading challenges as reflections of underlying language and developmental profiles, explains how early oral language skills lay the foundation for reading, and discusses key early indicators of risk and the diverse developmental pathways that contribute to reading difficulties. About the Guest: Heather L. Ramsdell, PhD CCC-SLP, CALT, QI in Training, University of Memphis, 2009, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Idaho State University, owner/clinician at Once Upon a Time LLC, and mother of two children with dyslexia. Her teaching, research, and clinical areas of expertise/interest include infant vocal development, phonetics, phonology, multisensory structured language intervention, spelling, structured word inquiry, literacy, and dyslexia. Show Notes: Read with Ramsdell: www.readwithramsdell.comContact Heather: www.isu.edu/slp/about/facultyPublications: https://pubs.asha.org/authored-by/Ramsdell/Heather+LSign up for the ASHFoundation 7th Annual Virtual Walk/RunJoin the First Bite Team: "First Bite Fun Runners"Love Money: Support Children's Dyslexia Centers

    Language, Literacy, and the Path to Reading Success with Heather Ramsdell - First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional SLP Insights
  5. 8월 10일 ·  보너스

    Making Evidence-Based Practice Work in Schools - School of Speech

    Whether you're new to school-based practice or a seasoned clinician, you'll leave with realistic, time-saving strategies you can use to make evidence-based practice a sustainable part of your everyday workflow. Full Episode Title: From Research to Real Life: Making Evidence-Based Practice Work in Schools Guests: Gabriella Reynolds, PhD, CCC-SLP & Dr. Ellie Cooper PhD, CCC-SLP, LSLS CERT. AVT Earn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PD Watch on YouTube Evidence-based practice is essential for school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs), but finding, evaluating, and applying research can feel overwhelming in the realities of school practice. In this episode of School of Speech, host Carolyn Dolby, MS, CCC-SLP, welcomes Dr. Gabriella Reynolds and Dr. Ellie Cooper, to share practical, evidence-based strategies for helping school-based SLPs translate research into confident clinical decision-making and effective interventions for the students they serve every day. About the Guests: Gabriella Reynolds, PhD, CCC-SLP is an assistant professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at Syracuse University. Prior to entering academia, she worked as a speech-language pathologist (SLP) at a school for children with language and learning difficulties. Her research focuses on the language and literacy development of children with hearing loss. Dr. Ellie Cooper is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist, Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (LSLS Cert. AVT), and Assistant Professor in the Master of Speech-Language Pathology program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences.

    Making Evidence-Based Practice Work in Schools - School of Speech
  6. 8월 9일 ·  보너스

    Celebrating ASHFoundation: 80 Years of Advancing Clinical Practice - First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional SLP Insights

    Learn how the ASHFoundation is stepping up amidst research funding cuts. Earn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PD Watch on YouTube In this special live episode of First Bite, Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, BCS-S, FNAP, is joined by Sharon E. Moss, PhD, CCC-SLP, CAE, Executive Director of the ASHFoundation, along with past funding recipients Katherine M. Trice, BA, and Ryan McCreery, PhD, to celebrate the ASHFoundation's 80th anniversary. If you've been watching the news and wondering how research funding cuts might impact our field, take a breath. The ASHFoundation is stepping up. Together, they discuss how innovative funding initiatives, including the Need-Based Emergency Funding Program, are supporting students, early-career investigators, and the future of communication sciences and disorders. Katherine and Ryan also share their personal experiences, highlighting the impact of Foundation support on their research and professional journeys. About the Guests: Dr. Ryan McCreery, PhD, is the Vice President of Research at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. He also serves as a Senior Scientist and Director of the Audibility, Perception, and Cognition (APC) Lab. Sharon E. Moss, PhD, CCC-SLP, CAE, became the executive director of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation in October 2022. Moss is responsible for the ASHFoundation’s leadership and management, fundraising, and mission-related program activities which include scholarship, research grant and special project initiatives. Katherine M. Trice earned her BA in Linguistics from the University of Rochester and completed her PhD in Psychology from Northeastern University this July. She currently works as a postdoctoral associate in the Gabrieli Lab at MIT. Show Notes: www.ashfoundation.orgASHFoundation on Instagram: @ashfoundationcsdASHFoundation on LinkedIn Sign up for the ASHFoundation 7th Annual Virtual Walk/RunJoin the First Bite Team: "First Bite Fun Runners"

    Celebrating ASHFoundation: 80 Years of Advancing Clinical Practice - First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional SLP Insights

소개

Each season of the SLP Learning Hour we release a new miniseries, all dedicated to going in-depth on a different speech therapy topic. Hear from a variety of hosts and guests who are leaders in the field as they discuss topics including: stuttering, AAC, sports concussion, teletherapy, ethics, and more! Each episode of SLP Learning Hour is worth .1 ASHA CEU when you complete the accompanying course through Speech Therapy PD.

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