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264 – Pediatric Feeding in Real Life: From the NICU to the Schools – Lauren Pontoppidan Straughan MA, CCC-SLP
Are you a medical SLP or a school SLP? What if I told you that you don't have to choose? Sure, many SLPs work in schools and PRN in a medical facility on the weekends or during school breaks… But what about the SLPs who work in the schools and help their PFD kids in the academic setting? My guest this week is sharing how she's paving the way for PFD to be treated in the school setting in her community after seeing a need left unmet!
After all, these kids are eating at school and don't get to check their PFD at the door…
In this episode of SYP, I have a conversation with Lauren Pontoppidan Straughan, MA, CCC-SLP about pediatric feeding disorders, the weight PFD parents carry, and the many settings in which SLPs can help PFD patients (hint: it's not just for “medical” SLPs!)
Lauren is deeply passionate and incredibly knowledgeable about PFD, but what I admire most about her after this conversation is her ability to meet families where they are and consider the entire picture of not just the patient, but their entire family when making recommendations and walking through the PFD journey with them. She's an asset to every family she encounters, her school team, and the entire field of speech-language pathology!
In this episode, you'll hear about:
-Getting into feeding/dysphagia when your CF was done in a school and the false dichotomy of the “medical SLP” vs “school SLP”
-Challenges and benefits of each setting (school, clinic, home health)
-Key differences in assessment and treatment of babies versus adults
-Valuable courses for pediatric feeding
-The role of the SLP for sensory feeding disorders
Get the show notes at syppodcast.com/264
263 – The SLP Field of Dreams: If You Build It, The Patients Will Come – Katie Moore, MS, CCC-SLP
As SLPs, we often have BIG dreams of how we can improve our field, our facility, and the care our patients receive. All too often, these big dreams are suffocated by red tape and never come to fruition despite SLPs' most valiant efforts. It's certainly an uphill battle, but my guest this week is showing us how to pave our own path to the field of our SLP dreams.
In this episode of SYP, I have a conversation with Katie Moore, MS, CCC-SLP, about her monumental achievements in her career, including building not one but two full-time positions in her outpatient rehab facility but also building an entire Head and Neck Cancer Clinic where she works hand-in-hand with her surgeons, radiation oncologists, radiologists, and the entire medical team to provide the best care for cancer patients (including pre-treatment education! *cue the clapping from SLPs everywhere*)
Katie is tenacious and determined but she is also laser-focused on providing the highest quality of care to help her patients win.
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In this episode, you'll hear about:
-How to navigate hospital administration to expand speech therapy services
-How to identify gaps in patient referral basis
-Ways to advocate for your employer to support your continuing education needs while expanding services to better serve your patients
-Why engaging in interdisciplinary conversations will increase your referral base
-Ways to pave your own path when you feel like you keep hitting road blocks when trying to add or expand new services
-What to do when you feel like throwing in the towel
Get the show notes at syppodcast.com/263
262 – Acute SLPs: Prepping Patients for the Next Steps – Alicia Brooms, MS, CCC-SLP
Your patient is set to discharge at the end of the week, but you know their needs are high and their level of support at home won't be. How do you help ensure they're going to be prepared to go home and not get lost in the shuffle? How can SLPs best care for our patients after they're no longer under our care? My guest this week is sharing the answers to these questions and more!
In this episode of SYP, I have a conversation with Alicia Brooms, MS, CCC-SLP, about the weight our recommendations hold and the best ways we can prep our patients for the next steps and the next level of care. Alicia is passionate about considering the patient's big picture, making recommendations that help the patient with more than what's on their plate, and adequately preparing them for the next stage of their recovery and return to their typical lives. She is a champion for interdisciplinary care and partnering with our case management and social work colleagues to ensure no patients are left to figure it all out on their own!
In this episode, you'll hear about:
*Relationship building with case managers and social workers
*Enhancing goals/recommendations by using the Family-Centered Approach
*Helping unfunded patients
*Preparation patients for returning to work/school
Get the show notes at https://syppodcast.com/262
Dive Deep Into The Issues That Speech-Language Pathologists Face When Working With Patients With Swallowing Disorders.

We’ll discuss many controversial topics in order to provide the LATEST evidence-based treatment strategies, and create a community of dysphagia clinicians who want to consume incredibly valuable insight and information.
Our goal is to allow you to #swallowyourpride, and be open and willing to try the latest in evidence based treatment approaches by learning from experts and researchers in our field in order to create the best outcomes for our patients who need it most!
Episodes
264 – Pediatric Feeding in Real Life: From the NICU to the Schools – Lauren Pontoppidan Straughan MA, CCC-SLP
Are you a medical SLP or a school SLP? What if I told you that you don't have to choose? Sure, many SLPs work in schools and PRN in a medical facility on the weekends or during school breaks... But what about the SLPs who work in the schools and help their PFD kids in...
263 – The SLP Field of Dreams: If You Build It, The Patients Will Come – Katie Moore, MS, CCC-SLP
As SLPs, we often have BIG dreams of how we can improve our field, our facility, and the care our patients receive. All too often, these big dreams are suffocated by red tape and never come to fruition despite SLPs' most valiant efforts. It's certainly an uphill...
262 – Acute SLPs: Prepping Patients for the Next Steps – Alicia Brooms, MS, CCC-SLP
Your patient is set to discharge at the end of the week, but you know their needs are high and their level of support at home won't be. How do you help ensure they're going to be prepared to go home and not get lost in the shuffle? How can SLPs best care for our...
261 – Competency, Critical Review, and Critique: Obstacles or Opportunities for Today's SLP? – R. Jordan Hazelwood Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CCRE
You have a new patient coming in with a diagnosis you’ve never heard of and you’ve got a whopping 12 minutes to prep. So, to Google you go! But, how do you know if that blog post or even podcast episode you found is actually credible or unbiased? Anyone can publish...
260 – Venturing into Private Practice Voice Therapy – Ashley Michaelis MS, CCC-SLP
Have you ever let yourself daydream about having it all? A fulfilling career that empowers you to change lives on your own terms, a flexible schedule that allows you plenty of family time, AND enough energy to take care of yourself at the end of the day? It's not...
259 – Safety, Growth, and Nourishment: The Truth About Baby-Led Weaning with Jill Rabin
Looking for a way to help your tiniest clients with PFD now AND prevent food aversion in the future? It’s not just a dream… That’s exactly what my guest this week is doing with the EI clients she sees and the parents and providers she empowers. In this episode of SYP,...
258-Advocacy, Flexibility, and Mental Health: Supporting Today's SLP Grad Students with Sam Walker MS CCC-SLP, TSSLD
When you think back on your grad school experience, does it stir up happiness and joy or anxiety and stress? Most SLPs will lean towards the latter, but does it have to be that way? It’s highly competitive to get into grad school and the competition and quest for...
257 – Palliative Care and the SLP: Closing the Practice Gap – Bianca Coulson M.S., CCC-SLP
What exactly is the SLP’s role in palliative care patients? And what’s the deal with waivers, AMA, non-compliance, and informed consent? Which patients are good candidates for PEG tubes? Which ones aren’t? And who decides who gets one? These are all questions that...
256 – Multidisciplinary Dysphagia Board: One Place, One Day, One Purpose, One Team
How many times have you wished you could call the laryngologist or esophagologist that your patient is going to see to talk with them and share your insights? Or maybe they referred the patient to you but you aren’t quite sure why… Wouldn’t it be nice if you could...
255 – Bridging the Clinician-Researcher Gap for SLPs with Vanessa Neal
Do you ever feel like the research you find on PubMed or ResearchGate was conducted in a different world? It can’t possibly have been done in a real SNF or hospital with productivity demands, budget restrictions, and the many unexpected events that come your way in a...
254 – Motor Speech Disorders and the MedSLP with Kaila Stipancic
If you get an eval order with the indication of “dysarthria, apraxia, slurred speech?” are you prepped and ready to take on the eval and make the differential diagnosis? You’re probably able to discern that you’re looking at a motor speech disorder from the consult...
253 – Combating Burnout and Elevating Patient Experience with One Tool: Compassion
With the craziness of the past few years, especially for medical professionals, burnout has become more than just a buzzword. It’s an all too common reality for many. What if there was a way to combat it that also improved your patients’ experiences AND company...
252 – The Fresh SLP: Stepping Into Your Best SLP Self – Mattie Murrey Tegels MA, CCC-SLP
In this episode of SYP, I have a conversation with Mattie Murray Tegel, whom you may know as The Fresh SLP, about elevating our field to leave it even better for the next generation of SLPs, building confidence in new clinicians, and stepping into the impassioned SLP...
251 – Interprofessional Collaboration: The Soft Skill You Didn't Know You Needed – Catherine Andrea PT, MPT, EdD
You’ve got a patient that you really need to discuss with the ENT and the MD, but just the thought of approaching them to give your recommendations has you shaking in your scrubs. Wouldn’t it be great if you worked together like peanut butter and jelly instead of oil...
250 – The Team Sport of PFD with Melissa Gonzalez Ph.D., HSP BCBA-D; Clinical Psychologist
Why would a BCBA treat PFD?! Isn’t that an SLP’s job? If you're interested in PFD and believe in treating the entire patient through the evidence-based triad, you will thoroughly enjoy this conversation that shows us that PFD really is a team sport! In this episode of...
249 – All Things Pediatric Feeding
Want to learn more about pediatric feeding disorders? Or maybe improve your clinical confidence and competence? You won’t want to miss this weeks episode (and you’ll probably want to grab the show notes too!) In this week’s episode of SYP, I have a conversation with...
248 – SLPs Scrubbing In: Awake Craniotomy from the SLP Perspective – Joel Starner, MA-SLP
Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall during neuro surgeries? Or maybe even scrub in on an awake craniotomy? My guest this week does exactly that, and is looking to teach SLPs how to integrate into their OR team as well! In this episode of SYP, I have a...
247 – NMES: What it is and what it isn't – Matthew Dumican Ph.D., CCC-SLP
If you've ever felt a little boggled by the talk of parameters, and placement, and the nitty-gritty of NMES, you will love this conversation where Dr. Matthew Dumican clears the muddied waters. In this episode of SYP, I have an enlightening conversation with Matt...
246 – AAC and the MedSLP: Embracing the Challenge – Katie Threlkeld M.S., CCC-SLP
Have you seen a patient whose communication needs left you totally stumped? Maybe the AAC class you took in grad school isn’t the freshest in your mind these days? If so, you’re going to want to download the show notes and soak up every word of this week’s episode! In...
245 – From EI to SNF: Thriving as a Generalist SLP Across the Continuum of Care
Do you want to experience every setting and help every population in your career as an SLP? Jenny Howard is doing exactly that and thriving as a generalist SLP! She’s sharing her story in episode 245 of SYP, and this is one you won’t want to miss. Jenny leaves you...