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Do you work on the letter r in articulation therapy and want some new ideas? On today's episode of The Working Therapist, Haden, gives some endorsed tips and tricks for targeting the letter r in articulation therapy. Tune In and Listen!

The Oral Motor Exam is a vital component of the pediatric assessment. However, therapists often struggle with the time constraints to "get it all done" during the assessment. Join Haden today as she talks about how evaluate the tongue, cheeks, lips and jaw for strength and coordination in only 5-7 min. This podcast has functional information that speech, occupational and physical therapists can use in their daily practice.

In this episode of The Working Therapist Podcast, Haden Boliek, SLP, shares intervention strategies with some of her favorite cause-and-effect toys to take children from little to no language-use all the way to social-pragmatic activities, demonstrating the child's ability to request, initiate communication, and attend. Tune in now on any of your favorite streaming platforms!

Today's Working Therapist Podcast is brought to you by Haden Boliek, SLP, as she consults with Kjirsti Myles, PT, about exercises to develop head control in babies. Kjirsti shares some great movements that parents can do with their babies during daily activities, like diaper changing, that facilitate a chin-tuck response and allow for the baby to gain greater control of their head movement.

In this episode of the Working Therapist Podcast, Haden Boliek, SLP, explains how to distinguish apraxia of speech from other motor-speech disorders through a series of assessments, as well as learning the history and background of the child. Once apraxia has been identified, Haden goes on to discuss how to approach it in therapy by determining what the child can do and utilizing that as a foundation to build upon. You can listen in to the full podcast on all major streaming platforms!

In this episode of The Working Therapist Podcast, Haden Boliek, SLP, welcomes returning guest Kjirsti Myles, PT, to discuss the "Ins and Outs of Taping." Taping is a great modality for muscle facilitation and joint alignment. Throughout this episode, Kjirsti guides listeners through the basics of taping so therapists can begin to use this treatment tool to help their children continue to advance in therapy.

Today's podcast involves Haden Boliek, SLP, and Kjirsti Myles, PT, offering some helpful tips on how to move a child from a pacifier and sippy cup to an open cup in a developmentally-appropriate and simple way! They explain the necessary steps in development that must occur prior to making the switch from a speech and physical therapy standpoint. Listen in now to the Working Therapist Podcast on all major streaming platforms!

Progress stalling in your therapy sessions can be a challenging situation. In today's The Working Therapist Podcast episode, Haden Boliek, SLP, and Kjirsti Myles, PT, will discuss some simple strategies on how to jumpstart progress in your therapy session! Tune in now! Check out www.pediatricdt.com for more therapy resources!

On this episode of the Working Therapist Podcast, Haden Boliek, SLP, and Kjirsti Myles, PT, discuss how speech, occupational and physical therapy sessions are where therapists work to "re-train" the brain to develop new motor patterns. Tune in now to The Working Therapist Podcast for the full episode!

The Working Therapist's Podcast introduces special guest Nikki Curtis, SLP, and host Haden Boliek, SLP, to examine the implementation of an effective group therapy session to serve multiple children's goals. They discuss 5 important steps to strategically carrying out a functional group therapy session:1. Plan ahead and be organized2. Establish expectations for the group members early and often3. Maintain involvement for everyone and help them work together 4. Communicate and connect the session to the classroom and everyday activities 5. Keep it fun and engaging!

In this week's The Working Therapist Podcast episode, Haden Boliek, SLP, reviews the three essential phases of an initial evaluation of a child for speech, occupational or physical therapy. These three phases will help you ultimately determine how to make the biggest impact on the child's life and determine the best plan of care. The phases Haden discusses are as follows:Phase 1: Where has the child been? What's their history?Phase 2: Where are they now? What are their strengths? Areas of opportunity for growth? Phase 3: Where are they going? What's the best plan of care to help the child succeed?Be sure to visit www.pediatricdt.com for more therapist resources!

In today's podcast episode, Haden Boliek SLP shares insight into how to teach your patient "Wh" questions without the use of picture cards! She first discusses how to develop goals related to "Wh" questions in terms of functionality and through combinational play. These goals also help develop the child's vocabulary and use of single words to multiple word phrases. The child must not only learn to listen to the question but understand it and respond with an answer that fits. Haden also provides many fun and interesting ideas of games and activities to play in order to develop these "Wh" questions with children! Find the Working Therapist Podcast on any streaming platform to tune in now!

In this episode of the Working Therapist, Haden Boliek SLP relays the importance of documenting therapy sessions, as well as advises how to write an accurate and effective daily note that doesn't require hours of time! She examines how to approach the S.O.A.P. Note in a functional, efficient way so that the proper documentation of the therapy session can be utilized to track the progress of the patient. Tune in now to hear more! Looking for more therapist resources? Be sure to visit www.pediatricdt.com today!

Today's the Working Therapist Podcast is brought to you by Haden Boliek, SLP and her take on how to develop words and language skills using cause and effect toys in a therapy session! She provides some great informational insight into how to apply intervention strategies in speech therapy sessions to target communication initiation for requesting, attention to task, and vocabulary development. She provides strategies to elicit communicative attempts for very early communicators moving to the use of gestures and signs, and ultimately, ideas for use of single words and phrases. Looking for more therapy resources? Be sure to visit www.pediatricdt.com today!

In today's episode, the Working Therapist's host Haden Boliek SLP presents one of her favorite subjects: infant feeding! Throughout the episode, Haden speaks about what normal anatomy and physiology look like for infant feeding. She reviews the normal suck, swallow, and breath feeding patterns for infants compared to abnormal or unorganized nippling patterns in infants. Haden also reviews other infant feeding topics, such as burst and pause rhythms, nutritive vs. non-nutritive sucking, and common reflexes for babies. Tune in now to the Working Therapist Podcast to hear more!

Today's podcast episode is a continuation of the Working Therapist's last episode on "Jaw Assessment and Feeding Strategies for the Speech-Language Pathologist and Occupational Therapist." Haden Boliek SLP discusses what to look for during the oral-motor assessment when evaluating the tongue, lips, and cheeks. This includes an assessment of tone, symmetries or asymmetries, hypersensitivity, and overall strength. Haden also includes some excellent tools to utilize when evaluating the tongue, lips, and cheeks so be sure to tune in now to the Working Therapist Podcast!

In today's episode of the Working Therapist, Haden Boliek, SLP reviews the importance of jaw assessment in the oral- motor exam. Specifically, assessment of jaw control, strength, and rhythm is reviewed, and how these impact tongue movement for feeding and speech sound production. Haden also communicates some of her favorite treatment strategies for the speech language pathologist that are functional and can be easily reproduced by parents or guardians. Listen in now to the Working Therapist Podcast for more on this important topic!

When the weather gets warmer here in North Carolina, we start thinking about the beach! In this episode of the Working Therapist, Haden Boliek SLP shares some of her favorite ideas for intervention strategies for speech, occupational and physical therapists to give parents to use at the beach. Looking for more therapy resources? Be sure to visit www.pediatricdt.com today!

In this week's podcast, Haden Boliek SLP and Kjirsti Myles PT review writing a home exercise program (H. E. P.) that follows C. A. N. in that it is clear, achievable, and noteworthy. They go on to discuss setting up a therapy session in order to promote a successful H. E. P. by knowing the reasons why you, as the therapist, are implementing what you are, by communicating clearly with parents/guardians, and by building each session upon the last. For more information on this topic, tune in now!

F. S. M. A. R. T. - What does the "F" stand for? In this podcast, Haden Boliek SLP and Kjirsti Myles PT talk about S. M. A. R. T. goals and the one "F" component that makes goal-writing easy.