Engaging Students in the Speech Therapy Process

SLP

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) understand that collaboration is the key to success. While many may associate collaboration with other professionals and parents, it is essential that SLPs collaborate with the students themselves. Client-based therapy can help facilitate SLP-student rapport, meaningful therapy goals, increased intrinsic motivation, and carryover of targeted skills. For so many, limited time and resources can be roadblocks to making this shift in therapy sessions. This course explored various action steps SLPs can take to achieve a student-centered therapy session that is meaningful and engaging.

Presenters

Erin Elizabeth Milewski
MS CCC-SLP
Erin has been a Speech-Language Pathologist for the last 8 years. She has earned both a Bachelor's in Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Marywood University. Erin earned a Trauma-Informed Practice Certificate from Elizabethtown College in May 2023.
Erin has completed the Meaningful Speech NLA training, and can be found on the NLA-trained SLP Registry. She has written for the ASHA Leader Live Blog multiple times on various school-based related topics. Erin is passionate about collaborating across disciplines to amplify students’ voices. She is especially interested in student-centered therapy, trauma-informed care, Speech-Language Pathologists’ roles in Literacy, and Gestalt Language Processing.
Erin currently works as an SLP in a public school in Pennsylvania, and as a subcontractor for Lingua Speech, Swallow, and Voice Services. Erin was named the Professional Employee of the Year for her school district in 2022.
When she is not working, you can find her running after her two-year old daughter.

Learning Objectives

Discuss the importance of student engagement in speech-language therapy sessions
Describe various strategies to implementation of client-centered therapy
Explain the role of relationships in regards to therapy success

Agenda

5 minutes	Introduction
10 minutes	Review of why student engagement is important
10 minutes	Exploring various ideas to increase student-centered therapy
5 minutes	Review/wrap up

Disclosures

Speakers - Financial	Erin received compensation for this course. Erin has developed materials available for purchase on Teacher Pay Teachers.
Speakers - Nonfinancial	Erin writes articles for the ASHA Leader Live blog. Some of the articles may be referenced in this course.
Speakers - Content	This course mentions SLP Toolkit, SLP Stephen Stuttering Toolbox, and Meaningful Speech NLA Training.
Course - Financial Support & In Kind	This course is being sponsored by SLP Toolkit.

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate Level, Professional Area