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95. How Many Letters Should Preschoolers Know? Is 10 Enough?
How many letters should your preschoolers know? Do letters even matter? Yes. Research indicates that not only does it matter if preschoolers know their letters, but also their sounds, and at a fluent level. How can we...
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94. Why "CORE" Is Not The Four Letter Word It's Made Out to Be
Has Common Core unfairly got a bad rap? Can we have our cake and eat it too by mastering the fundamentals and applying them to higher-level learning?Check out this episode in which I share a method to encourage...
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93. What NOT to Do with Highly Anxious Children: Learn From My Mistakes
Do you work with or have a highly anxious child? What to do? Check out this episode for four game-changing takeaways to put into your practice today. Listen to my latest book on Audible: 32 Lessons That Create...
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92. Avoid This Common Mistake in Autism Intervention
Mirror, mirror on the wall, what is the best autism intervention of them all? No intervention is comprehensive enough to meet the multi-faceted needs of autism intervention. What to do instead? Be eclectic and...
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91. How Often Should You Change Your Speech Targets?
How often do you change your speech treatment targets? Too often? The child does not have enough practice to develop mastery or automaticity. Too little? The child adapts to the target and is no longer challenged,...
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90. Is Your Intervention Working? Track This Data-Not That
How do you track gains in communication and behavior in a meaningful manner? Check out this episode and let's unpack what to pay attention to and what to ignore to gauge whether your intervention is working. Ready to...
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89. Pick This Speech Target-Not That One!
Are you picking the right treatment targets? Our research has found that your treatment target can dramatically impact your outcomes. In this episode, I'll share our latest 2023 findings on which treatment targets you...
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Episode 88. Why Care About SEL and How to Put It Into Your Practice Today
If you work with children with special needs or at risk populations, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies are game changers not only for the immediate present, but also for the future. Check out this episode to...
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87. Be Sure to Put It In Print!
Who benefits from print? The latest research indicates that print benefits all children in improving language learning. How can we embed print in a meaningful manner throughout our therapy sessions? I'll give you the...
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86. Action! Three Easy Steps to Bring Narratives to Life with Movement
Join me in putting the latest research into practice with these three simple steps to efficiently improve language, literacy, and executive function skills. To put research into action today, check out my SIS...
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85. Target These Three Literacy Skills Early On for Optimal Gains in Reading Development
Where to start when it comes to literacy intervention? Let's unpack three heavy-lifting phonological awareness skills that will create generalized, optimal gains in literacy development. Ready to put the latest...
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84. Are eBooks a Yay or a Nay?
Print, digital, or both? What does the latest meta-analytic research have to say about eBooks for preschoolers? Join me in putting the latest research into practice. Ready to put best the latest literacy intervention...
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