Welcome to the Sensory SLP Blog
Let me take you back to when I was 26 years old and decided to start my private practice.Â
Guess what my guiding resource was?
An ASHA binder. Yup, thatâs it.
No mentors, no roadmaps, no step-by-step guides. Just me, that binder, and a whole lot of figuring it out as I went. đÂ
I spent the next ...
Letâs talk about something thatâs long overdue: everyone deserves a seat at the sensory table.Â
And I mean everyone â teachers, OTs, PTs, SLPs, parents, feeding therapists. But letâs rewind for a second because, believe me, it wasnât always like this.
When I first started talking about sensory, I ...
Iâve got something BIG to share with youâsomething thatâs about to revolutionize the neurodiversity affirming world!
A little while back, when we were putting together a directory specifically for sensory-trained SLPs, my partner Chris (aka, Speech Dude) had an idea that took everything to the next...
I get asked a lot if I use social stories in my sessions and if social stories are neurodiversity affirming.
And the answer to that is...
It depends.
Social stories were created by Carol Gray in the 90s and the purpose is to help kids through different situations by helping them know what to expe...
Supporting sensory needs in the classroom can feel like an impossible task.Â
But the reality isâŚ
Kids are often getting shamed for their sensory needs in schools whether thatâs because they are moving around too much, they are easily distracted, or they are just zoning out.Â
And we have kids that...