Wish you could do a better job keeping up with peer-reviewed journals? Why not listen to a podcast where behavior analysts discuss a variety of fascinating topics and the research related to them? Now you can spend your extra time thinking of ways to save the world with ABA.
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A speech and language podcast to motivate and inspire school-based SLPs. Just the tips, strategies, and low prep therapy ideas you need to walk into your therapy room with confidence and plan with ease. Learn and hear stories from an SLP in the trenches just like you!
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Xceptional Leaders with Mai Ling Chan & James Berges


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Xceptional Leaders with Mai Ling Chan & James Berges
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Learn from global disability-focused leaders about high profile topics and how they are truly making a difference. Mai Ling and James give you front row access to intimate conversations that are shaping the way the world is supporting people with disabilities. They share their intimate experiences— so you can start, grow, and expand your impact.
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This fun and engaging podcast hosts special education experts to discuss special education topics for special education parents. If I could ensure every parent has all the information they need before stepping into their child's IEP meeting, I would. While that may be a lofty goal, I hope this podcast helps you prepare to advocate for your child. If you have a child with disabilities and special education needs, congratulations! You have just become the CEO of your child's education! There a ...
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Timely information for special educators in Texas. Special education rules, regulations, and requirements can be complex and confusing. ESC Region 11's consultants will help answer "what does it mean and what needs to be done."
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Turn into the parent advocate your child needs now by gathering context to how the process and system work so you can ask informed questions of your IEP team and get your child supported in school!! This podcast aims to help you secure an IEP that provides a positive learning environment for your child without having to fight with the school by sharing "insider" information about school and IEP culture along with strategies effective parent advocates use to get what they need for their child ...
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Occupational Therapy Insights is a show for parents, educational professionals, and occupational therapists, that delves into the world of occupational therapy. Here occupational therapy is broken down into its simplest form for all to understand. The show is hosted by Dr. Frederick Covington, an occupational therapy professor, author, award winning inventor, and occupational therapy private practice owner.
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This show is all about functioning in an ever increasing digital world with learning disabilities. Created by Jennifer Cronk who is dyslexic and has executive dysfunction, this show is designed to empower students, teachers, and parents to assist learning for all students.
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This podcast breaks down the confusing world of Special Education and Disability into understandable chunks. If you work with students with disabilities in any way, this podcast is for you.
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The Mama Bear Podcast is a place for women raising children with special needs to get together and chat about life. Mary Susan McConnell and her guests discuss the beautiful highs and the extreme lows that can come with parenting on such unique journeys. Conversations are fun, candid, and you may want headphones (adult language warning).
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The LOMAH Podcast is an award winning show that runs topical series deep diving into an issue for 10-12 episodes with interviews from expert guests, including self advocates. Your host, Kim, has a teenage daughter with level 3 non speaking autism who will require 24/7 support the rest of her life. Like many parents, Kim has a lot of important questions. She does not claim to know the answers for her child nor yours but does promise to search for them and share what she is discovering along t ...
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Welcome to College, Disabilities, and Success where I help parents and teachers prepare high school students with disabilities for academic success by learning how to manage life in the college classroom. Parents and teachers get my insider's look at the Disability Services Resource Centers found on college campuses. As a former college Learning Disability Specialist, Disability Services Coordinator, and LD high school teacher, I will help you understand both sides of Disability Services. Do ...
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187. Exciting News- Shifting Gears to a New Podcast!
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The new Mary Susan McConnell Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mary-susan-mcconnell-show/id1718969783 Mama Bear Daily: https://mamabearmedia.teachable.com/p/mama-bear-daily Hallie Mae's Cozy Creative Shop: www.halliemaes.com
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ABA Inside Track


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Episode 260 - Dog Training and Behavior Analysis w/ Ran Courant-Morgan + Dr. Stephanie Keesey-Phelan
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When you think of dog training, do you usually think of movie stunt dogs like Lassie and the dog from Frasier? Well, dogs do a lot more than cinematic tricks and the science of behavior has a lot to add to the science of assessing and treating dog behaviors. This week Ran Courant-Morgan and Dr. Stephanie Keesey-Phelan from the Dog Behavior Institut…
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SLP Coffee Talk


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Burnout, Mindset, Career-Life Balance with Ish Samarakoon
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Are you in search of career-life balance? Or maybe struggling with burnout? This episode is for you! Many SLPs struggle with this, and so in this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Ish Samarakoon to talk about how we can find more balance in our lives as busy SLPs. She also shares some valuable tips for developing a growth mindset and over…
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ABA Inside Track


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Episode 259 - Next-Level Collaboration w/ Rose Griffin
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Working with other professionals is hard. And sometimes it may be because your organization doesn’t really know how to support meaningful collaboration outside of the traditional practice of reminding you to stay in your BCBA lane. This week special guest and SLP, Rose Griffin, joins us to kick our ideas for collaboration into the next level. Like,…
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Does the eligibility category matter? My knee-jerk reaction is "NO!" BUT...there are several reasons why it can sometimes relate to what services and supports your child receives. Listen to this episode if you have an iniital eligibility meeting or a re-evaluation meeting coming up! BLACK FRIDAY DEAL! New Course! If you are new to the IEP process a…
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SLP Coffee Talk


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You Got An Autism Diagnosis, Now What? with Hat Richardson
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Wondering how you can help your families that have recently gotten an autism diagnosis? In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Hat Richardson to talk about how she got diagnosed with autism and ADHD as an adult and how it has changed the way she approaches supporting her families and students with autism. She’s here to share some of he…
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ABA Inside Track


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Episode 258 - Sleep Revisited w. Emily Varon
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Since we all spend about 6-8 hours doing it every day, most of us take the ability to fall and stay asleep for granted. But for many families, getting everyone to sleep is a constant source of stress. This week, Emily Varon of Ready, Set, Sleep stops by to share where research on sleep treatment has brought the field and what the practice of suppor…
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The Parent IEP Lab


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E151: Outside Placements with Lisa Parnello
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Ever wonder what these "dyslexia schools" are all about? How do you find one? Get into one? How much do they cost? And will your current district pay for them? Today our guest, Lisa Parnello of Parnello education, has all the answers for us (including outside placements that aren't for dyslexia challenges, too!) Connect with Lisa: https://ParnelloE…
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Special Ed on Special Ed


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Maximizing Independence for Students with Autism: A conversation with Julie Swanson, The Life Skills Lady
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A TRANSCRIPT of this episode will be added to the show notes on the podcast website: https://SpecialEd.fm shortly after publication. Life skills are the biggest predictor of adult success for individuals with Autism. Yet, many parents and school teams misunderstand the full breadth of life skills, and they often take a back seat in special educatio…
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SLP Coffee Talk


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Tips for Parent Involvement and Co-Viewing with Jeanelle Canelo
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Wondering how you can get parents more involved when it comes to screen time for their child? You’re not alone! In fact, a lot of SLPs struggle with that. So in this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I’m chatting with Jeanelle Canelo who is here to share some tips to get parents more involved with their children during screen time. Topics covered in this…
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ABA Inside Track


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Episode 257 - (LISTENER CHOICE) Key Features of Direct Instruction
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Because you demanded it, and because Rob begged for it, we’re FINALLY talking all about Direct Instruction. For our Fall Listener Choice episode we dig into the key features that make Direct Instruction earn those capital letters including what makes DI so effective, tips for running killer DI lessons, and some ways that any BCBA can start to dip t…
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Are you stairing at your child's progress reports and wondering what the heck is happening and trying to figure out if they are actually making progress? Tume into this episode to get a behind the scenes peek at progress reports and some common challenges.... ...as well as a discussion on HOW to fix those progress reports and goals both in the shor…
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Xceptional Leaders with Mai Ling Chan & James Berges


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Embracing ADHD and Neurodiversity as an Adult with Julia Ovcharenko
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Our guest today is neurodivergent Ukrainian entrepreneur and mental health enthusiast, Julia Ovcharenko. She talks with Mai Ling about the stigma around ADHD and adjusting to ADHD and neurodiversity diagnoses as an adult, which is a very personal topic for Mai Ling, as she shares in the introduction segment before the interview. As the CEO and Foun…
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Want a fresh and fun activity that you can use in hundreds of ways in speech?! I have you covered in this episode of SLP Coffee Talk! I’m sharing one of my favorite free websites that you can use to make custom receipts for your speech therapy sessions. You can work on so many goals with this and I am sharing all about it in this episode! Topics co…
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Between wrapping up spooky season and Diana’s high school friends tracking her down, we’re sure thankful to have the time to discuss all the episodes coming out in this long-ish month. First, we finally get to talk about Direct Instruction, thanks to our awesome patrons. Then we discuss new ways to think about collboration, behavior analysis in the…
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The Parent IEP Lab


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E149: Processing Advocacy Emotions with Denise Kleinman
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Are you tired of everyone talking about self-care and how important it is to be level-headed when advocating... ...but needing help in having some tools to actually DO that? It's so much harder to put into practice. Today, Denise Kleinman is helping to introduce an actual tool you can use to process your advocacy emotions to have them stop getting …
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SLP Coffee Talk


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Using Authentic Materials When Working Online With Dyslexia Students with Michelle Breitenbach
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Want to better support your students with dyslexia when teaching online? I have you covered! In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with a former special education teacher, Michelle Breitenbach from Read to Rewire, to talk all about working virtually with dyslexia students. Michelle also shares some tips for keeping it simple and using auth…
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ABA Inside Track


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Bonus Episode 32 - Thompson Center Poster Session 2023
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It’s been a while since we’ve recorded audio from a poster session. But, by golly, Rob decided to bust out his portable recorder and make nice with the students at the Thompson Center for Autism 2023 Conference. We love getting to hear about research in its early days from special education to autism treatment to neuroscience. We had so much fun, w…
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ABA Inside Track


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Episode 256 - Celeration Charts Explained w/ Jared Van
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A nice young man took pity on old-man Rob at this year’s BABA conference and gave him a quick tutorial on how to use standard celeration charts. And he was so nice, he agreed to come on the show to do the same for everyone else. This week Jared Van (yes, with the awesome TikToks on education and ABA) plots our listen-speak fluency on precision teac…
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It's time we talk about 504's... Because this under-rated and often misunderstood learning plan is pretty amazing when it works and it's being implented! ...but pretty useless if it's not. Topics we cover today are: 1) 504's vs IEP (let's review the difference!) 2) Can you have BOTH an IEP & 504? (hint: I see this answered incorrectly alll the time…
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Xceptional Leaders with Mai Ling Chan & James Berges


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AAC and the Journey to Ms. Wheelchair Arizona with Brooke Brown
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James and Mai Ling kick off the episode with some updates and top takeaways from the conversation with today’s guest. AAC user and disability advocate Brooke Brown speaks with Mai Ling about her experience as Ms. Wheelchair Arizona 2022 and the Arizona State Coordinator for Ms. Wheelchair America, her journey to achieving the title and position, an…
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SLP Coffee Talk


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4 Free Halloween Ideas for Your Older Speech Students
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Halloween is right around the corner! If you are looking for some engaging and better yet, free Halloween speech activities, you’re in the right place! In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I'm sharing four free ideas that you can use with your speech students, especially your older ones, to keep them motivated and engaged while working on a variety …
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ABA Inside Track


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Episode 255 - Scope of Comfort w/ Landria Green
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It all started with a post about graduations vs. termination of services. This week Landria Green joins us to discuss her thoughts on the matter and how it related to clinical comfort in supporting clients and families. And don’t think that’s a synonym for competence either! Join us for a great discussion of the next frontier of BCBA professional r…
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The Parent IEP Lab


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E147: Is My Child's IEP/504 Working? Webinar Replay!
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The #1 thing I help parent advocates do is to focus in on WHAT their advocacy should be focused on. SO! It's not suprising that we have to back up and ask ourselves some questions about the plan in place, and how it's working and how it isn't! This is the recording of the free webinar we held last week to help parents answer 3 questions to determin…
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SLP Coffee Talk


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Embracing Your Multi-Passionate Self: Balancing SLP Identity and Personal Passions with Rachel Musial
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Are you a multi-passionate SLP trying to balance it all? Let me tell you, you are not alone! Luckily, being an SLP doesn’t have to be the only thing that defines you! You can lean into those other passions too. In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Rachel Musial to talk about how you can balance your SLP identity and your personal pas…
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ABA Inside Track


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Episode 254 - Improving Your Parent Training Practices
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As Will Smith once said, “Parents just don’t understand.” But maybe that’s because our parent training practices aren’t good enough to support their ability to learn behavioral and instructional methodologies. This week we revisit our own practices and what recent research tells us about improving them. We chat about supporting social skills, acade…
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The Parent IEP Lab


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E146: Culturally Relevant & Dynamic Assessments with Dr. Tinita Kearney, SLP
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Ever wonder what evaluation test questions are like? Ever wonder if your child's knowledge is being truly captured in the evaluation report? Dr. Tinita Kearney, a speech language pathologist and PhD, discusses the importance of culturally relevant and dynamic evaluations and what that actually looks and sounds like. Here are some keys to the epidoe…
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Xceptional Leaders with Mai Ling Chan & James Berges


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Valuable Resources for Disability Entrepreneurs with Nikki Powis
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Mai Ling chats with Nikki Powis about some fantastic resources for disability entrepreneurs in today’s episode. Nikki is the Director of the National Disability Institute and she shares how she started at NDI and some of the top challenges for entrepreneurs based on her over three decades of experience in this space. She also gives some tips for in…
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SLP Coffee Talk


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Time Management and Mindset for Busy SLPs with Theresa Harp
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Are you getting a little overwhelmed with time management? Not sure what to work on? Maybe feeling a little bit of self-doubt? Well, you are going to love my guest on this episode of SLP Coffee Talk! Theresa Harp is here to talk about time management for busy SLPs. If you feel like you just don’t have the time to get everything done, you’re going t…
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We’re starting off the month having returned from a great trip to the Thompson Center for Autism 2023 Conference. Hurricane Lee even gave us another day to spend in Missouri to ponder all the exciting episodes coming your way. First, we revisit strategies for improving your parent training methods. Then we’re joined by special guests Landria Green …
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I overheard some teachers talking in a coffee shop a while ago...and I while I sat listening to them...offended...I also thought about how we (meaning you...and me!) can persuade them to think a little deeper. So today on the podcast, it's a bit different-because it's story telling time! Both in how staff learns behavior management (-or not-), and …
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Looking for some engaging games for speech therapy that are interactive, and better yet, free? I have you covered! In the latest episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I’m sharing three of my favorite games to use in speech therapy to help students reach a variety of goals with just their computer or device. Some of these games may be new to you, or you may h…
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ABA Inside Track


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Episode 1007 - (SUPERVISION) Crucial Conversations Book Club (RE-RELEASE)
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As a special treat for Supervision September, we’re re-releasing last year’s Fall Book Club pick, "Crucial Conversations" in the original full 2 hour audio. Interested in earning these 2 CEs for FREE as well as other discounts, early access to episodes, and a chance to vote on topics? Join us on Patreon! To celebrate the joys of supervision, we rea…
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ABA Inside Track


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Episode 1011 - (SUPERVISION) Results Book Club
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Free for everyone, it’s our Supervision September Book Club episode! And, because it was offered for free by Dr. John Austin this past summer, we decided to check out “Results”. But did we think the book gave us everything we needed to supervise a crack team of BCBAs to maximum productivity? Or were we left feeling penniless and psychologically uns…
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E144: Separated or Divorced Advocacy with Billie Tarascio of Modern Law
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In this episode, we dive into the topic of advocating when you are in a separated or divorced situation, and we have a fantastic guest joining us, Billie Tarascio of Modern Law. 5 keys that you'll learn: Understanding your child's educational rights: We'll discuss the concept of educational rights, both at the federal level (think IDEA!) and in ter…
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Xceptional Leaders with Mai Ling Chan & James Berges


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A Digital Accessibility Deep Dive with Tanner Gers
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Today Mai Ling has a chat with the founder of AccessAbility Officer, Tanner Gers. AccessAbility Officer’s aim is to make work and the web better through the services they offer, including digital accessibility training and certification, as well as staffing and recruiting. Tanner shares with us his journey to founding this organization, starting wi…
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SLP Coffee Talk


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Which Setting Is Right For You? with Adrienne Fuller
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Wondering if you should go the school route or the private practice route? Or if you’re even in the right setting at all? Don’t worry! I brought Adrienne Fuller onto this episode to help us figure it out. Adrienne has worked in every single setting so she knows a thing or two about each one and how to determine what’s right for you and she’s sharin…
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ABA Inside Track


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Episode 253 - (SUPERVISION) Setting Up Supervision Systems at Work w. Kim Heald
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This week we’ve got bona-fide ABA business owner and BCBA supervisor, Kim Heald, joining the show to discuss scaling up your supervision systems within your organization. And, if that wasn’t enough, Kim shares a new type of business behavior assessment and gives us our results. Can you guess which one scores the highest in loud-mouthed jerkitude? T…
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We all hear that we need to have our child's strengths in the IEPs...but what does that actually look like? Here's the main topics we are covering today: -Explanation of why IEPs are typically negative Importance of incorporating a child's strengths into the IEP Frustrations with Current IEP Practices How trengths can be pulled down into accommodat…
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Tips for Grad Students and Brand New CFs with Michelle Lee
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Ready to kickstart your SLP journey? I have you covered! It’s been quite some time since I graduated, so I invited Michelle Lee onto the show to talk about life as a new SLP. Get ready for a power-packed episode where we're dishing out the juiciest tips and tricks to kickstart your SLP career like a pro! Michelle is a recent graduate and has a hear…
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