Episodes

  • Episode 1: Evidence-based Practice
    Aug 19 2024
    In this episode, John and Sarah discuss evidence-based practice and its feasibility to apply in clinical work. Centering the work of Hall Mills et al. (2023), John and Sarah will discuss how speech pathologists are incorporating research evidence in their clinical practice. This conversation will broadly express the nature of research and its gaps between theory and practice.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 2: Neurodiversity
    Sep 2 2024
    In this episode, John and Sarah unpack the work of Gaddy and Crow (2023) titled A Primer on Neurodiversity-Affirming Speech and Language Services for Autistic Individuals. John and Sarah unpack this article by addressing the three aims stated by the authors: (i) what neurodiversity is; (ii) why is it central to evidence-based practice and culturally responsive care, and (iii) introduce the audience to what neurodiversity affirming practices are.
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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Episode 3: DisCrit (Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory)
    Oct 1 2024
    In this episode, John and Sarah delve into the intersectionality of race and disability and how it impacts the greater schooling of students of color who are also disabled. With that, the two hosts discuss the work of Annamma et al. (2013)’s concept of Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) and its tenets. Sarah and John both express how the tenets impact how SLPs operationalize evaluation and therapy procedures.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Episode 4: Translanguaging
    Nov 1 2024
    In this episode, Sarah and John conceptualize bilingualism as a holistic linguistic repertoire. Using the theory of Translanguaging, John and Sarah situate the work of Otheguy et al. (2015) to view languages as a social construct of named languages. By doing so, the two hosts view its implications for language measures and evaluations for SLPs.
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    1 hr and 2 mins