The Trauma-Informed SLP

Kim Neely, CCC-SLP
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A professional podcast discussing the journey of how to become trauma-informed and how to apply trauma-informed care in the field of speech-language pathology (SLP). Contact: tic.slp.podcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced and edited by Kim Neely. Theme song written by Kim Neely. Our Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ttislp/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TTI-SLP Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087249284424

  1. 12/29/2025

    Re-release: My Response to The Telepathy Tapes

    Here's my truama-informed critique of the Telepathy Tapes podcast. In this episode, I unpack how telepathy claims about non-speaking autistic people intersect with facilitated communication, dehumanization, and inspiration-porn narratives. It highlights ethical and practical concerns around FC-style communication modalities, ideomotor effects, and the need for independent AAC access and communication safety. Listeners gain alternative, evidence-aligned explanations for “mind-reading” stories and are invited to examine internalized ableism and magical-disability tropes so they can advocate for more humanizing, autonomy-supporting AAC practices. For any helping professional out there (but especially my fellow SLPs): *** ACCESS FREE THREE MONTHS OF MY PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/ttislp/redeem/B9E36 *** YouTube channel episode of my response: https://youtu.be/tgNmIDtzJpw (like and subscribe if you like it!) About: The Trauma-Informed SLP website (Also includes my Work Cited page.) Our email YouTube Playlist for Late-Diagnosed Neurodivergents Follow us on all the things! https://linktr.ee/TTISLP Chapters (00:00:00) - Re-Release: The Telepathy Tapes(00:03:15) - A Place for Burnout and Support(00:08:10) - The Telepathy tapes: Red Flags(00:14:27) - The Telepathy Tapes Has Close Ties to the Vaccine(00:21:15) - The Anti-Vaxx Movement's Dehumanization of Aut(00:27:51) - Stigma bias in magical minority tropes(00:30:43) - Ideomotor Effect on Bullying(00:40:09) - "It's Offensive To Say Autistics Are Smart"(00:40:49) - Augumentative Communication(00:42:21) - Communication with Non-Speakers(00:44:24) - Alternatives to The Liar Theory(00:50:38) - Autistic Neurodivergence: Info dumps(00:54:08) - Non-Speakers and Their Telepathy(00:59:02) - Non-Speakers and Their Communication Rights(01:06:19) - A message for those suffering from Burnout

    1h 8m

  2. 12/13/2025

    Trauma-Informed Care Explained: Red Flags, Green Flags, and Common Myths

    What does trauma-informed care actually mean in practice—and how can you tell when something isn’t trauma informed, even if it’s widely accepted? In this episode, we're going through common green flags and red flags of trauma-informed care, including bodily autonomy, presumed competence, neurodivergent-affirming approaches, compliance-based models, masking, and how neuroplasticity is often inaccurately used to market not-so-trauma-informed approaches. ****WANNA TAKE PART IN THE FREE PATREON TRIAL in January? Email us here and put "Patreon trial" somewhere in the subject line to get a link.**** About: The Trauma-Informed SLP website (Also includes my Work Cited page.) Our email YouTube Playlist for Late-Diagnosed Neurodivergents Follow us on all the things! https://linktr.ee/TTISLP Chapters (00:01:08) - A few announcements(00:14:22) - What is trauma-informed care? (Overview)(00:24:01) - Definition of trauma (review)(00:25:02) - Green flags: Decolonization, DEI, etc...(00:29:56) - Why you should use preferred terminology(00:32:50) - Limitations of neuroplasticity (a little rant)(00:35:09) - Red flags: Compliance based approaches, teaching masking only, etc...(00:45:53) - Red flags: Ignoring your own needs!!(00:49:05) - Thought exercises(00:53:13) - Conclusion and wrap-up

    56 min

  3. 07/22/2025

    The SIX Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Care...or is it really TWO principles???

    *Seinfeld voice* What's the deal with safety and empowerment??? If you've ever wondered why I go on and on about safety and empowerment, and why I don't tend to mention the other five principles of trauma-informed care very much, this episode explains it for ya! I also explain bit about where the heck I've been with the answer: Learning how to edit videos on YouTube! (It has been...a process. ugh.) But if you feel so inclined to support me (for free!), hop on over to https://www.youtube.com/@TTI-SLP and hit subscribe!! I'm currently going through a series for late-diagnosed neurodivergents using my own model of neurodivergent-affirming care (scroll down to find the Venn diagram on that page.) And I'd love for feedback, suggestions, and/or support just in the form of watching through some of the videos! Thanks so much, and stay tuned for more content from me, a-Mario! ...I mean, Kim.  About Us: The Trauma-Informed SLP website (Also includes my Work Cited page.) Our email Follow us on all the things! https://linktr.ee/TTISLP Chapters (00:01:01) - Updates(00:08:56) - The Six Core Principles(00:13:05) - My practical issue with SIX principles(00:17:09) - How I break it down to TWO principles(00:20:23) - The critical importance of deconstructing biases(00:22:08) - Physical safety(00:27:34) - Emotional and psychological safety(00:32:13) - Summary and thought-question for the week

    36 min

  4. 04/12/2025

    POV: You're a neurodivergent SLP who has MELTDOWNS

    I have had meltdowns my whole life. I didn't know that's what they were called, but I definitely had them my whole life. And they SUCK! They're uncomfortable, sometimes scary, exhausting, and disabling. But I've also noticed that many, MANY people have no idea of what it's like from a first-person POV. Of course, this is only my experience, as any person can only talk about their own experience when doing a POV thing, but I describe it here just in case it helps others to understand meltdowns a little more. Video version of this found episode here Chapters: 01:23 Episode overview 03:14 Episode outline 04:14 Definitions of terms 10:40 Physiology of survival modes review 15:10 Meltdown stages and my experiences with them (content warning for descriptions of self-harm from: 23:18 - 25:41) 34:03 Considerations for caregivers or anyone who works with people who have meltdowns About Us: The Trauma-Informed SLP website Our email Our socials: https://linktr.ee/TTISLP Recommended resources for meltdown support: -Managing Meltdowns by Lipsky & Richards -"Understanding Autism, Aggression, and Self-Injury: Medical Approaches and Best Support Practices" Thinking Person's Guide to Autism article

    53 min

  5. 03/12/2025

    Burnout series episode 5: Neurodivergent Burnout

    One consistent aspect of living as a neurodivergent is burnout. Whether it's ADHD, autism, depression, anxiety, OCD, trauma exposure, or literally any other brain difference, we're all burnout from, I suspect, a younger age than most neurotypicals. But as with workplace/professional burnout, I think there's more than "just burnout" going on; so let's talk about it. TOPICS COVERED: Defining neurodivergent burnout Parallels to workplace burnout Sources of societal trauma Introduction into deconstructing ableism Video version of this episode About Us: The Trauma-Informed SLP website Our email Our socials: https://linktr.ee/TTISLP CITATIONS: Cieslak et al., 2014 Mantzalas et al., 2022 Maslach & Lieter, 2016 TIP 57 Shoji et al., 2015

    51 min

  6. 01/30/2025

    Signs of dehumanization: TTI-SLP response to The Telepathy Tapes

    There are many, MANY redflags in this rhetoric, so let's unpack them. Episode topics include: Who are the creators of the podcast? The "superpower" flavor of dehumanization Alternative explanations for what people see Playing Devil's Advocate: If all their claims are true, what does it really change?   About Us: The Trauma-Informed SLP website Our email Our Linktree (for our other socials) Citations: Disability tropes in fiction Eariler Jilani article on the communication methodology Facilitated Communication information and citations Inspiration porn Magical minoritized person trope Moral model of disability The Telepathy Tapes: A Dangerous Cornucopia of Pseudoscience "The Telepathy Tapes" Has Close Ties to Vaccine Skeptic Movement (by Zaid Jilani) Telepathy Tapes transcripts

    1 hr

  7. 11/11/2024 · BONUS

    Facing the monster | The 10 stages of genocide

    So here's something from my Youtube page that, in light of the 2024 election cycle, I thought would be good to post here. Genocide always seems like hyperbole...until it's not. (The video includes images of referenced articles and quotes, so if you benefit from seeing the text on-screen, please check out the link below.) Description from Youtube episode released May 29, 2024: I'm not a political commentator. In fact, I can only consume so much of the news cycle every week before my feelings of helplessness and hopelessness get too overwhelming. Looking at all the atrocities humans have done and are currently doing to each other is so, so heartbreaking -- and honestly, traumatizing. However, you've got to understand the monstrous side of humanity in order to continuously choose compassion and empathy. And, I don't know, maybe it's my neurodivergent brain, but having some academic knowledge helps me to understand and avoid (as much as humanly possible) the propaganda pitfalls that permeate social discourse these days. REFERENCES & RESOURCES: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline PDF of Ten Stages of Genocide: https://www.scasd.org/cms/lib5/PA01000006/Centricity/Domain/1482/TenStages.pdf Ten Stages of American Indian Genocide (Chavez Cameron & Phan, 2018) file:///Users/Kimbrulee/Downloads/webmaster,+Edit3+Cameron.pdf Link to James Baldwin quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/11882302-love-has-never-been-a-popular-movement-and-no-one-s United Nations on how to help ALL victims of the Israel-Gaza Crisis: https://www.un.org/en/situation-in-occupied-palestine-and-israel/donate

    32 min

  8. 11/07/2024 · BONUS

    RE-RELEASE: "You've got that upsetting feeling" | bottom-up emotional processing

    Topics covered: Updated episode intro ends around 8:00 (in light of the 2024 U.S. election cycle) Strategies (and I've time marks included below if you're wanting to find specific ones quickly) Intro to strategies starts near 13:40 Physiological needs starts near 14:50 Calming strategies starts near 17:50 "Burning up energy stores" starts near 26:50 What bottom-up processing is Reframing our definition of emotions as signals instead of "good" or "bad" About Us: The Trauma-Informed SLP website Our email Our other social media: Facebook Instagram YouTube Referenced links: Autism Level Up! Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Butterfly Hug Tactile/breathing exercises Progressive muscle relaxation Destini Ann, "Big Mad," on TikTok

    43 min
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A professional podcast discussing the journey of how to become trauma-informed and how to apply trauma-informed care in the field of speech-language pathology (SLP). Contact: tic.slp.podcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced and edited by Kim Neely. Theme song written by Kim Neely. Our Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ttislp/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TTI-SLP Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087249284424

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  • Creator
    Kim Neely, CCC-SLP
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2021
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    The Trauma-Informed SLP

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