Talking Children Podcast

Sarah Verdon
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The Talking Children Podcast© is designed to translate the latest research of a wide range of topics related to communication development in to accessible knowledge and tools that parents, caregivers and professionals can apply to daily interactions with the children in their lives. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingChildrenPodcast

  1. FEB 9

    Assessing children who speak more than one language with Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe

    In this episode we talk with soon to be Dr Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe about the tool she has created to assess multilingual children in Ghana. We talk about why assessing multilingual children can be challenging and what we need to consider when making a differential diagnosis. Josephine also discusses the process of creating a culturally and linguistically tool and what other people can do to support multilingual children.

    42 min

  2. 11/12/2025

    Embracing disability in Early Childhood Settings with Jenny Nechvatal

    In this episode we welcome special guest Jenny Nechvatal to the show. Jenny is an early childhood educator, disability inclusion advocate and mother who draws upon her lived experiences to provide support and advice for both educators and parents. Jenny has a particular interest in Autism and collaboration between parents and educators to support early identification and early intervention. You can learn more about Jenny's work here: https://innovativedisabilitysolutions.com.au/ You can buy Jenny's book here: https://innovativedisabilitysolutions.com.au/store/p/embracing-disability-in-early-childhood You can book a workshop with Jenny here: https://innovativedisabilitysolutions.com.au/workshops Parents of neurodivergent children can join her parenting hub here: https://innovativedisabilitysolutions.com.au/neuro-spicy-parent-hub

    39 min

  3. 11/05/2025

    So what do you do again? The role of the speechie explained!

    Speechie, SLP, speech pathologist, speech and language therapist... we go by many names but not everyone is quite sure of what we do. In this episode we give an overview of the speech pathology profession, who we work with, what we do and when you might need us. We talk about our work with speech, language, literacy, feeding, stuttering, ADHD, Autism, disability and more.

    38 min

  4. 09/19/2025

    Alexithymia - Understanding emotional blindness

    In this episode with discuss alexithymia and how this can present in children. This is common among neurodivergent people especially Autistics. We also provide lots of tips to support kids who experience this. Resources Brene Brown 87 emotions https://brenebrown.com/resources/atlas-of-the-heart-list-of-emotions/ Koppelberg, P., Kersting, A. & Suslow, T. (2023). Alexithymia and interpersonal problems in healthy young individuals. BMC Psychiatry 23, 688. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05191-z Lee, K. S., Murphy, J., Catmur, C., Bird,G., & Hobson, H. (2022). Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 141(1).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104864. Oakley BFM, Jones EJH, Crawley D, et al. (2020). Alexithymia in autism: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with social-communication difficulties, anxiety and depression symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 52(8), 1458-1470. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720003244 Schroeders U, Kubera F, Gnambs T. (2022). The Structure of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20): A Meta-Analytic Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Assessment, 29(8), 1806-1823. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211033894

    39 min

  5. 09/01/2025

    Child Autonomy: Thinking about children's human rights

    In this episode we discuss the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child and to what extent we are applying these rights to the lives of children in every day contexts. We specifically discuss the nuances of talking about autonomy, control and consent with people who have communication difficulties and neurodivergent children. Resources mentioned in the podcast: https://pwd.org.au/about-us/about-disability/disability-and-human-rights/   https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/disability-rights   https://www.secca.org.au/resources/sexuality-relationships-and-your-rights-resource/   https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/final-report-volume-6-enabling-autonomy-and-access   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIvHHvQLwsY   https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/disability-sex-education-and-the-speech-pathologist/id1472296991?i=1000668251339

    59 min

  6. 08/07/2025

    A strong sense of social justice: Apparently a pathological symptom?!?!

    Today we talk about how important fairness and social justice is to neurodivergent people. We talk about different ways this might present in your child and supportive approaches to managing an unjust world. We also reflect on how unfathomable it is that this is seen as a deficit or sign of disorder. References Bondü, R., Esser, G. (2015). Justice and rejection sensitivity in children and adolescents with ADHD symptoms. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 24, 185–198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0560-9 Bondü R, Sahyazici-Knaak F, Esser G. (2017). Long-term associations of justice sensitivity, rejection sensitivity, and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents. Frontier Psychology, 12(8), 1446. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01446 Resources https://www.verywellmind.com/what-to-know-about-autism-and-justice-sensitivity-8631234 https://www.simplypsychology.org/autism-justice-sensitivity.html https://psychology.org.au/getmedia/85f586e3-a856-47f2-a306-d0568e318193/aps-burnout-community-resource.pdf https://www.mhfa.com.au/navigating-burnout/

    37 min

  7. 07/31/2025

    Early language stimulation

    In this episode we talk about the best ways to support a child's early communication development. If you are the parent of a young child or perhaps you are worried about your child's development and want to support them to develop their speech, language and communication skills this episode is for you! We also recommend the following links for more free support and resources. https://languagedisorder.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Early-Language-Stimulation-Strategies-Language-Disorder-Australia.pdf https://www.vic.gov.au/literacy-teaching-toolkit-early-childhood/teaching-practices-interacting-others/language https://www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/speech/200101%20Language%20Tips%20Encourage%20Language%20A4%20FSheet_FA_WEB.pdf https://www.goldcoast.health.qld.gov.au/our-services/childrens-services/community-child-health/talk-me/early-language-strategies https://learninghub.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ISP-Resource-Early-Language-Development-FA-web.pdf https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/wnswlhd/services/speech-pathology

    38 min

  8. 07/17/2025

    Spoon theory and burnout: Understanding ability vs. capacity

    In this episode we look at how neurodivergent people's ability can be extremely different to their capacity. We discuss what this looks like for autistic and ADHDers in both childhood and adulthood and strategies to get in front of burnout using spoon theory as a conceptual model. Research links: Higgins, J. M., Arnold, S. R., Weise, J., Pellicano, E., & Trollor, J. N. (2021). Defining autistic burnout through experts by lived experience: Grounded Delphi method investigating #AutisticBurnout. Autism, 25(8), 2356-2369. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211019858 Raymaker, D. M., Teo, A. R., Steckler, N. A., Lentz, B., Scharer, M., Delos Santos, A., ... & Nicolaidis, C. (2020). “Having all of your internal resources exhausted beyond measure and being left with no clean-up crew”: Defining autistic burnout. Autism in adulthood, 2(2), 132-143. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2019.0079

    50 min
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The Talking Children Podcast© is designed to translate the latest research of a wide range of topics related to communication development in to accessible knowledge and tools that parents, caregivers and professionals can apply to daily interactions with the children in their lives. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingChildrenPodcast

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  • Creator
    Sarah Verdon
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    59
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Sarah Verdon
  • Show Website
    Talking Children Podcast