Are you an agent of change? Looking to create real, life-long change in your work and in yourself? Ready to turn your visions into reality? Looking to work smarter, not harder—and have lots of fun along the way? Every Thursday, join international author, researcher, and speaker Kelly Vess to put only the best research to work. Kelly covers effective, practical strategies for children AND therapists to thrive. You are a miracle. Your time here is short. Let’s make the most of it. Follow Kelly ...
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169. How "R" Can Make Speech Therapy Much Easier
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33:16SLPs often equate "R" with 'hard work'. However, "R" is your best friend in making someone of the trickiest sounds easy. In this episode, learn how to use "R" to make the most complex treatment targets easy. Hint: Get out your blender. Ready to join me in putting innovative, empirically-based strategies to work on Monday morning? Don't delay and jo…
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168. Needle-Moving Activities That Target Five Pivotal Domains for School Age Kiddos
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26:04If you work with elementary age children, today's episode is for you. We are diving into game-changing activities that accelerate gains across five developmental domains. Ready to receive these activities with ready-to-use activities weekly? Check out the SIS Membership at https://www.kellyvess.com/sis…
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167. The ABC's to Improve Autistic Speech Development
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29:04How can we translate the latest neurological cerebro-cerebellar research into Monday morning practice to improve speech outcomes? Let's dive into tried and true strategies that improve speech outcomes for children with Autism today. Ready to DSD: Do Something Different? Don't delay and join the SIS membership today at https://kellyvess.com/sis…
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166. Pay Attention to This When it Comes to Movement Activities
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36:17The latest research indicates that the type of activity matters in terms of outcomes. This week, we're putting the latest research into Monday morning practice. Ready to put research into practice? Don't delay and try the SIS Membership out today at https://www.kellyvess.com/sis Su, W., Srinivasan, S., & Bhat, A. (2025). Effects of creative movemen…
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165. 5 Success Strategies to Support Autism
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18:17We are diving into five needle-moving strategies that support children with Autism. Make sure to listen to this episode to the end because each one will produce game-changing results. Ready to roll up your sleeves and change lives today? Check out the SIS Membership for ready-to-use, effective, and educationally rich activities to be delivered to y…
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164. Try This Simple Four Step Process to Improve Executive Function Today
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13:22If you work with children with communication delays, this episode is for you. I am sharing a simple, yet powerful, four-step process to improve executive function in speech therapy. Ready to roll up your sleeves and put research into practice every week? Try the SIS Membership today at kellyvess.com/sis…
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163. Stop Doing Speech Therapy at the Word, Phrase, and Sentence Level
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23:21This episode will challenge you to DSD (Do Something Different) when treating speech sound disorders to improve outcomes. Learn how you can create optimal change by placing your targets in paragraph form. Doing so will result in gains across developmental domains. See for yourself. If not now, then when? Don't wait another day and join the SIS Memb…
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Join me for five lessons from the popular Preschool podcast. What to do on Monday morning? Check out the SIS Membeship for educationally-rich activities and a Google Slides Deck at kellyvess.com/sisBy Kelly Vess, MA, CCC-SLP
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Feeling stressed lately? Learn an evidence-based, 100% natural way to lower your stress levels through thalamus tapping and positive affirmations. Ready to roll up your sleeves and join me at the SIS drawing board? Check out the SIS Membership at kellyvess.com/sis Blacher, S. (2023). Emotional freedom technique (EFT): Tap to relieve stress and burn…
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160. 3 Steps to Become a Culturally Competent SLP
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24:13Dive into the episode for three actionable steps to being culturally competent. Being culturally competent is pivotal to being effective in working with families, colleagues, and children with communication impairments. Enough talk already. Ready to take action? Join the SIS Membership and let's roll up our sleeves together at https://kellyvess.com…
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159. Five Common Mistakes Professionals Make with High-Tech AAC + Autism
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29:34This episode dives into five common mistakes professionals make with high-tech AAC devices. Check out this episode to learn how we can DSD (Do Something Different) by knowing better and doing better. Make sure to check out the SIS Membership and receive our updated 2025 speech and language targets with digital clips to illustrate cues at www.kellyv…
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158. Autism & AAC: Let's Dive Into a 'How-To' Assessment Protocol
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39:30Join me behind the scenes to review this recent article on AAC for children with Autism. You can access the article at ASHA.org: Lund, S. K., Quach, W., Weissling, K., & McKelvey, M. (2025). Augmentative and alternative communication assessment for children on the autism spectrum: Protocol development and content validation. Language, Speech, and H…
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157. Help! This Child is So Dysregulated: Try These Strategies
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22:57If you work with or have a child with Autism, this episode is for you. We are diving into three strategies that support regulation for children with sensory challenges. Put these strategies into use today, and don't delay and join SIS today. Receive the updated speech and language treatment library, complete with video illustrations at kellyvess.co…
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156. Do THIS to Monitor Your Clients' Progress in Speech Therapy
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32:19Let's talk data! In this episode, I share my empirically-based method to monitor gains when treating speech sound disorders effectively. Ready to cut your number of speech errors in half three months into the school year? Don't delay and check out the SIS Membership today at kellyvess.com/sis Receive newly updated speech and language targets the we…
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155. How SLPs Can Go Against the Grain Without Getting Splinters
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28:07Putting research into real-world practice can be challenging in the real world, where ineffective practices are commonplace. However, don't let these obstacles deter you from going against the grain in providing empirically-based practices. This episode will give you four strategies to create lifelong change for your clients in less-than-ideal envi…
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154. My Five Favorite Self-Care Splurges for 2025
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20:23When you are healthier and happier, you perform better both inside and outside of therapy. I am sharing my favorite five self-care splurges in this episode. These brands, for which I have no affiliations, are primarily pure.com and cruchi.com. If you are ready to uplevel your therapy in 2025, don't delay and check out SIS today with the free "3 Int…
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Strategies to Support Students Who Stutter Over the Holidays
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14:23Here come the holidays! Unfortunately, they can be exceptionally challenging for our kiddos who stutter and tend to become dysfluent during this time. Check out this episode for eight strategies today that support fluency for children who stutter by building resiliency while removing holiday stressors. Looking for 100% done-for-you weekly activitie…
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152. Selective Mutism: 8 Strategies for the Classroom
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34:31SLPs in the field are reporting an increase in students with selective mutism since COVID. What to do? Check out this episode for eight empirically-based strategies for teachers and SLPs to implement today to support children with selective mutism. Ready to put research into practice today? Learn about the SIS Membership by watching this free 3 Int…
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151. Five Simple Steps to Establish Strong Rapport for Children with Sensitive Temperaments
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18:57Rapport is everything when it comes to success in speech therapy. How do you build it? Check out this episode for five empirically based strategies. Click here to download the parent input form.By Kelly Vess, MA, CCC-SLP
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150. 10 Must-Learn Gestalts for Gestalt Language Processors
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22:41Gestalt language learners tend to learn language initially as whole chunks and break them into individual parts over time. How can we capitalize on a gestalt learning style? Emphasize sentences that will provide great social and practical coverage. In this episode, I'm sharing my top ten gestalts to emphasize for early gestalt language processors. …
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149. Do THIS to Create Massive Change When Treating Speech Sound Disorders
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25:12Check out this episode and learn how making this one simple change in treating speech sound disorders will produce significant results in speech, language, literacy, and executive function. Try implementing complex speech target paragraphs in your practice by joining SIS today. When you join, you'll receive a library of speech targets to download a…
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147. You Are Not Improving Language Comprehension Unless You Are Doing THIS
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23:05Meta-analytic research indicates that speech-language therapists do not improve language comprehension for students with developmental language disorders. However, multiple studies have indicated that explicit narrative, story-retelling interventions can produce robust gains in language comprehension and expression. Put empirically-based strategies…
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Why isn't 'Mama' a first word for many children with Autism, yet it is for their neurotypical peers? There are four underlying physiological causes for this difference? Let's dive in to explore these four reasons why 'Mama' is not just naturally developing and what we need to do differently to encourage the development of this pivotally important w…
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146. 10 Simple Ways to Effectively Modify Your Therapy Activities for Older Children
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21:03Check out this episode and learn ten simple ways you can modify educationally-rich activities for diverse groups of children on your caseload. Focus on what matters by having done-for-you, ready-to-use, educationally-rich activities delivered to your inbox every week. Learn about the SIS Membership in this free, 3 Intervention Secrets workshop.…
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145. Focus on These 3 Powerful Strategies to Improve Developmental Language Disorder
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29:47How can you help children with Developmental Language Delays? Check out this episode, in which I share three powerful, empirically based strategies that you can put into practice today. If you are ready to put these strategies into practice with ready-for-use, done-for-you activities delivered to your inbox weekly, check out the SIS Membership at k…
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SLPs can understandably get uncomfortable when it comes to holidays. Cultural bias is an obvious concern. However, this doesn't mean that they should be written off. Research indicates that discussing near holiday events positively impacts language, cognitive, and social-emotional development. Trick or treat? Halloween treats the whole child. Ready…
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143. An Innovative, Holistic Approach to Supporting Children with Autism
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49:59Join me with Afton Clark, mother, autism advocate, and creator of Alchemizing Autism. She shares cutting-edge ways to holistically support children with Autism's minds, hearts, and bodies. Connect with her on Instagram @alchemizingautism or email [email protected] Book referenced in this interview: "Cracking the Autism Code" by Dr. K…
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142. How to Use Books to Develop Speech for Gestalt Language Processors
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26:33If you work with children who are minimally speaking, this episode is for you. Kelly Vess is sharing how to develop consistent speech using books. Ready to put research into practice with Done-for-You weekly, educationally-rich activities? Check out the SIS Membership and begin creating massive change today. Learn more about the SIS Membership at K…
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141. Is it 'Just Speech?' Pay Attention to These Six Speech Errors
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18:55What speech errors should you pay attention to? Speech errors can indicate whether or not a child is at risk for concurrent language delay. Dive into this episode about six errors that you want to pay attention to when assessing speech. To learn more, check out my clinical textbook, Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment…
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140. 3 Ways to Get Out of the Cause-Effect Toy Rut
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20:15Have you ever been in a rut where you find yourself stuck in a toy box filled with cause-effect sensory toys? I've been there, done that and have three effective strategies to support an increase in diverse play experiences in working with preschoolers with Autism. To learn more about how you can uplevel your therapy with the SIS Membership, check …
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139. Five Strategies that Make Collaborative Groups Work
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19:31Autism is a multifaceted condition that requires a multi-faceted approach. For this, collaborative group interventions can be highly effective. Check out this episode for strategies that set your groups up for success. Ready to put research into action with your kiddos? Learn more about the SIS Membership by clicking here.…
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138. The First Therapy Sessions-What to Do?
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14:57Where to begin on the first days of therapy? What do you do on days one, two, three, and four of therapy? It's time to build relationships. How? Check out this episode for a simple 3-step process to pave the way for success. Ready to put research into practice with ready-to-use, educationally-rich materials? Check out the SIS Membership. Learn more…
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137. Three Ways to Make Speech Home Practice Engaging & Effective
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19:20Research indicates routine home practice improves outcomes. What can we do to make home practice a habit? Learn three ways to make home practice engaging and effective in this episode. Join the SIS Membership to put these home practice strategies into practice today. Click here to learn more about the SIS Membership.…
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High-tech AAC devices are becoming more readily available. However, many SLPs and families are uncomfortable using these devices. This episode shares the M.O.D.E.L. strategy to help parents and professionals effectively implement high-tech AAC devices throughout the child's day. Ready to put research into practice? Learn about the SIS Membership an…
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145. Gestalt Language Processing II: Do THIS to Optimize Gains
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24:14Many children with Autism learn to talk through gestalt language processing. This episode dives into how we can capitalize on this learning style to optimize gains when neuroplasticity is at its peak. Ready to 'roll up your sleeves' and put research into practice? Learn more about SIS with this free 30-minute workshop on how to make therapy easy an…
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134. Gestalt Language Processing: Pay Attention to THIS When Language Sampling
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20:55What metric is most important to pay attention to when language sampling children with Autism? Let's dive into the latest research on language sampling that captures progress in gestalt language processors. Ready to put research into practice? Learn more about the SIS membership here.By Kelly Vess
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133. Synesthesia & Autism-What You Need to Know
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17:29Is 'synesthesia' part of your vernacular? If you work with children with Autism, it should be. Capitalizing on the strengths that come with synesthesia can truly accelerate gains across motor, social, speech, and language domains. Check out this episode, and let's dive into what you can do today. Capitalize on synesthesia by joining the SIS members…
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132. How to Use Music in Speech Therapy to Accelerate Gains
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16:44The research continues to grow, indicating multiple benefits of adding music to speech and language therapy. How can you add music to your speech therapy sessions today to improve? Let's dive in! Put research into practice today by joining the SIS Membership. Learn more about SIS here with this free, 30-minute workshop.…
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131. How Long? How Often? How to Schedule Your Speech Therapy Sessions for Optimal Gains
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25:32How should you schedule your therapy to make the most out of limited time in the face of high caseloads? Let's dive into the research on sessions ranging from 5 minutes to one hour. How often should therapy be scheduled every week? What is optimal in terms of both session duration and frequency in treating speech sound disorders? Let's look at vari…
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130. How to Use Family Photos to Improve Conversational Speaking Skills
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18:06How can you use family photos to improve conversational speaking skills for preschoolers with autism? In this episode, we're diving into evidence-based strategies to educate parents on how to use family pictures to improve communication skills. Learn evidence-based strategies that you can adopt into your practice today. Ready to put research into i…
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Unfortunately, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines are rarely discussed in Speech-Language Pathology. However, they are absolute game-changers in engaging children and optimizing outcomes. Check out this episode to learn about UDLs and how you can incorporate them into your practice today. Download the UDL Guidelines here. Learn About th…
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What's causes workplace burnout? What can you do to stop it? Let's roll up our sleeves and figure this out together. P.S. If you're ready to do DSD (do something different) with educationally-rich activities 100% done-for-you every week, check out the SIS Membership 3 Intervention Secrets workshop. Join today and don't miss July and August bonus "H…
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What does the largest ADHD research study indicate to be the five strengths of having ADHD? How can we use this information to empower those with ADHD? What are the next steps in understanding the strengths of neurodiversity? Let's dive into strengths that were reported from 200 individuals with ADHD. Make sure to bridge the latest research into pr…
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125. Do Non-Medication Options in Treating ADHD Actually Work?
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17:28What does the meta-analytic research indicate about non-pharmacological treatments for ADD? Can they replace medication? Can they complement medication? Can they be used to lessen the dosage of medication? Let's dive into the latest research and explore options to discuss with your medical professional.…
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124. Three Reasons Why Your Speech Gains Are Dismal
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25:17When treating speech sound disorders, you can do everything right and still not have the expected results. This episode examines three challenges beyond speech that can prevent success in speech therapy. Check out this episode to learn how to overcome these obstacles for optimal results in treating speech delays. Don't delay and put 100% done-for-y…
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123. How to Provide AAC Intervention Through Telepractice
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20:11The latest research indicates that AAC intervention can be as effective remotely as in person for minimally speaking children with Autism. So, how do you do it? Let's explore five steps to put into practice today. -Check out the Telepractice in Speech-Language Therapy: The Use of Online Technologies for Parent Training and Coaching by Melinda Snodg…
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122. Eight Barriers That Are Getting in the Way of You Growing
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33:46What has research found to be eight barriers that keep us from growing? Let's dive in and discuss what we can do to overcome these barriers to innovate our practice today to create massive change. Bridge the latest research into practice every Sunday with my free newsletter Join the SIS Membership and put research into practice today.…
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121. How to Make Language Sampling Super Easy
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20:17Today, I'm going to share with you the latest research on how to make language sampling easier, more effective, and more efficient. We will focus on a super easy language sampling strategy you can use with young preschool to early elementary age today. Our special focus will be language sampling children who are minimally speaking with Autism. For …
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120. Is Your CAS Intervention Holistic Enough? Probably Not.
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21:00Join me in stepping back and viewing CAS from a wide-angle lens. It's time to evaluate and treat it as the multi-faceted condition it is. We're going to bridge the latest research into Monday morning practice. Join me in DSD (Doing Something Different) Ready to put educationally-rich activities into your practice that are 100% done-for-you every we…
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119. Autism: 6 MOVES Away from the Table to Improve Communication Skills
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15:03Movement matters! How can you improve communication outcomes through movement? Let's dive into six ways you can improve communication outcomes based on the latest research. Looking to learn more? Check out my autism series at speechpathology.com Looking to do more? Check out my SIS membership with activities 100% done for you at kellyvess.com…
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