About this episode

The episode features a discussion between two SLPs and BCBAs on key topics in speech therapy and ABA.

What happens when two SLPs and BCBAs get together to tackle the biggest conversations in our fields? You get an honest discussion about collaboration, research, and keeping students at the center of every decision. Today, we're flipping the script and I'm answering some of the questions I hear most often about speech therapy and ABA, from choosing AAC vocabulary to navigating current topics like gestalt language processing, prompting, and aided language modeling. I share why I believe we have...

People in this episode

Host: Rose Griffin

Guest: Dr. Melanie Olson Giles

Topics covered

• speech therapy
• ABA
• collaboration
• AAC vocabulary
• gestalt language processing
• prompting
• aided language modeling

Keywords

• speech therapy
• ABA
• AAC
• gestalt language processing
• prompting
• language modeling

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