Collaborating with Speech and Language Pathologists in APE

About this episode

The episode discusses the collaboration between speech-language pathologists and adapted physical education specialists to enhance outcomes for disabled children.

In this episode, Amanda Young from Cal State Long Beach leads a conversation with Lanita Yarborough, a bilingual speech-language pathologist and assistant professor at Texas Christian University, about the practical and ethical dimensions of collaboration between speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and APE specialists. The discussion emphasizes how intentional partnership, co-treatment, and classroom design can enhance outcomes for disabled children. Lanita frames her approach around cultural humility and bilingual ethics, describing how respect for families’ linguistic resources enable more effective communication and learning. She explains the advantages of embedding typically developing peers in classrooms as natural peer models, noting benefits that flow to both disabled children and their peers. Throughout the episode she shares concrete examples of co-treatment: thematic gym activities that align speech and motor goals, multimodal strategies using signs and prosody, and practical adaptations for itinerant clinicians who must create collaboration opportunities across sites. Finally, Lanita offers actionable guidance for practitioners and programs seeking to build or…

People in this episode

Guest: Lanita Yarborough

Topics covered

• collaboration
• speech-language pathology
• adapted physical education
• cultural humility
• bilingual ethics
• DEI practices

Keywords

• co-treatment
• classroom design
• thematic activities
• peer models
• multimodal strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Products: thematic gym activities, multimodal strategies

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