Thinking you need a scope and sequence for language therapy? Think again.
If you’re an SLP who’s wondering how you can effectively address complex skills relating to both language and executive functioning in the school systems…
The primary challenge is that BOTH language and executive functioning are incredibly complicated. Even just focusing on one or the other can be overwhelming.
Layer on the challenges with the way related service providers are expected to provide interventions in the schools, and it seems impossible.
Unfortunately, that challenge has resulted in debates on whether executive functioning is more important than language and vice versa, which isn’t useful.
You don’t have to decide which is more important. They both are.
We need to find a way to address them both. I help clinicians do that with a concept I call “cycling”.
What I do is teach clinicians a set of core treatment techniques that fit within a set of foundational areas that support language and executive functioning.
That’s why in this episode, I share how to target both language and executive functioning in direct intervention with enough depth that you get results.
In this episode, I reveal:
✅ When it’s appropriate to think of language intervention in terms of working up a hierarchy of skills, and when it doesn’t.
✅ Why using treatment cycles is more effective than trying to pin down a “scope and sequence” for language and cognitive intervention.
✅ How to use intervention cycles to build a language therapy system, and eventually move on to layering in more robust executive functioning support.
✅ Why layering other service delivery models outside of direct intervention is essential for generalization, and how to make sure support is happening outside your sessions.
Additional resources mentioned in this episode:
Free Training: Three Shifts to Turning Your Clinical Expertise Into a Scalable Language Therapy System Link here: https://drkarenspeech.com/language
Why language therapy works better in cycles than in a linear sequence Link here: https://drkarenspeech.com/why-language-therapy-works-better-in-cycles-than-in-a-linear-sequence/
You think you need a language therapy hierarchy. That’s why your system never feels stable. Link here: https://drkarenspeech.com/you-think-you-need-a-language-therapy-hierarchy-thats-why-your-system-never-feels-stable/
How to target both language and executive functioning in therapy with enough depth to get results
Link here: https://drkarenspeech.com/how-to-target-both-language-and-executive-functioning-in-therapy-with-enough-depth-to-get-results/
In this episode, I mentioned Language Therapy Advance Foundations, my program that gives speech pathologists a scalable framework for building language skills needed to thrive in school, social situations, and daily life. You can learn more about the program here: https://drkarenspeech.com/languagetherapy
I also mentioned School of Clinical Leadership, my program that helps related service providers design scalable executive functioning interventions to ensure students get the scaffolding they need across the school day. You can learn more about the program here: https://drkarendudekbrannan.com/clinicalleadership
The primary challenge is that BOTH language and executive functioning are incredibly complicated. Even just focusing on one or the other can be overwhelming.
Layer on the challenges with the way related service providers are expected to provide interventions in the schools, and it seems impossible.
Unfortunately, that challenge has resulted in debates on whether executive functioning is more important than language and vice versa, which isn’t useful.
You don’t have to decide which is more important. They both are.
We need to find a way to address them both. I help clinicians do that with a concept I call “cycling”.
What I do is teach clinicians a set of core treatment techniques that fit within a set of foundational areas that support language and executive functioning.
That’s why in this episode, I share how to target both language and executive functioning in direct intervention with enough depth that you get results.
In this episode, I reveal:
✅ When it’s appropriate to think of language intervention in terms of working up a hierarchy of skills, and when it doesn’t.
✅ Why using treatment cycles is more effective than trying to pin down a “scope and sequence” for language and cognitive intervention.
✅ How to use intervention cycles to build a language therapy system, and eventually move on to layering in more robust executive functioning support.
✅ Why layering other service delivery models outside of direct intervention is essential for generalization, and how to make sure support is happening outside your sessions.
Additional resources mentioned in this episode:
Free Training: Three Shifts to Turning Your Clinical Expertise Into a Scalable Language Therapy System Link here: https://drkarenspeech.com/language
Why language therapy works better in cycles than in a linear sequence Link here: https://drkarenspeech.com/why-language-therapy-works-better-in-cycles-than-in-a-linear-sequence/
You think you need a language therapy hierarchy. That’s why your system never feels stable. Link here: https://drkarenspeech.com/you-think-you-need-a-language-therapy-hierarchy-thats-why-your-system-never-feels-stable/
How to target both language and executive functioning in therapy with enough depth to get results
Link here: https://drkarenspeech.com/how-to-target-both-language-and-executive-functioning-in-therapy-with-enough-depth-to-get-results/
In this episode, I mentioned Language Therapy Advance Foundations, my program that gives speech pathologists a scalable framework for building language skills needed to thrive in school, social situations, and daily life. You can learn more about the program here: https://drkarenspeech.com/languagetherapy
I also mentioned School of Clinical Leadership, my program that helps related service providers design scalable executive functioning interventions to ensure students get the scaffolding they need across the school day. You can learn more about the program here: https://drkarendudekbrannan.com/clinicalleadership
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