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The Preschool SLP

Kelly Vess, MA, CCC-SLP

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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Challenging Behaviors Related to Anxiety? Take These...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/06/12

Are you working with anxious children who are exhibiting challenging behavior? What can you do to help? Check out this episode for six actionable steps you can take right now to make a difference. Don't delay and join the SIS Membership today at kellyvess.com/sis to receive educationally rich activities weekly that treat the whole child and empower you to focus on what matters most: meaningful interactions.

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25:54

175. Let's Play! How to Modify Your Activities for...

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2025/06/08

This week, we are diving into play. We will discuss the importance of transitioning from sensory to symbolic play levels. Ready to take action and engage in educationally rich play activities during your sessions? Don't delay and join the SIS membership today at kellyvess.com/sis

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174. Sensory Processing Disorder: What to Do?

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/05/29

Researchers estimate that a majority of children with developmental delays have Sensory Processing Disorder. What to do? Let's dive in! Raevsky, M., Nabalta, C. A., & Atiles, J. T. (2025). Managing sensory processing disorders in an early childhood classroom: Evidence-based strategies for teachers. Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-025-01904-z Ready to put research into practice every week? Join me at the drawing board by joining the SIS Member...

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173. Is Intervention that Reduces Echolalia Bad...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/05/22

We're diving into the latest scoping review of the impact of intervention focused on reducing echolalia for children with Autism. A question we must ask: Is echolalia something to embrace or extinguish to optimize outcomes? Learn how to improve outcomes by capitalizing on echolalia using the SIS Membership activities and treatment targets. Join at https://www.kellyvess.com/sis Source: Dinello, A., & Gladfelter, A. (2025). Intervention techniques targeting echolalia: A scoping review...

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172. Do THIS If You Work with Developmental Language...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/05/15

Are you frustrated by a lack of progress in treating children with Developmental Language Disorder? It could be your treatment target. Perhaps, you are aiming too low. Learn my favorite 'go-to' target to create optimal change in language and literacy skills, and the six-step process that builds agency and automaticity for the child. Only action can create change. Join the SIS Membership and receive complex, language paragraph targets that you can put into practice today when you join: https:/...

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33:50

171. Is a Preschooler with Speech Sound Disorders...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/05/08

Does having a speech sound disorder put a preschooler at risk for persistent language and literacy delays? The latest research research includes 290 effect sizes that compare children with speech sound disorders to their neurotypical peers. It indicates that the risk for children with speech sound disorders is greater for both language and literacy delays, and these delays, sadly, tend to worsen over time. Check out this episode and leave empowered with three steps you can take today to impro...

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170. Ask These Five Questions When Selecting...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/05/01

Your gains in treating speech sound disorders will largely be based on your treatment targets. How to select powerful targets? This episode will empower you with five questions to ask to determine if your speech treatment targets are as optimal as they can be to create change. Ready to put these empirically-based targets into practice? Don't delay and join the SIS Membership today to immediately receive the powerful sentence and paragraph treatment targets at https://www.kellyvess.com/sis If ...

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33:16

169. How "R" Can Make Speech Therapy Much Easier

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/04/24

SLPs 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 join the SIS Membership at kellyvess.com/sis

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26:04

168. Needle-Moving Activities That Target Five...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/04/17

If 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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29:04

167. The ABC's to Improve Autistic Speech Development

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/04/10

How 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...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/04/03

The 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 movement, general movement, or seated play interventions on motor performance in children with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot randomized cont...

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165. 5 Success Strategies to Support Autism

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/03/27

We 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 your inbox weekly at kellyvess.com/sis

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164. Try This Simple Four Step Process to Improve...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/03/13

If 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,...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/03/06

This 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 Membership today to receive the treatment target library that includes multiple paragraphs in speech and language. Get the revised targets for 2025 wit...

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162. Five Takeaways from the Telepathic

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/02/27

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/sis

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161. Tap That! Do This to De-Stress

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/02/20

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 burnout. Journal of Interprofessional Education Practice, 30, 100599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2023.100599: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...

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160. 3 Steps to Become a Culturally Competent SLP

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/02/13

Dive 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/sis Check out the article by Jennifer Lansford in Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/parenting-and-culture/202201/ca...

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159. Five Common Mistakes Professionals Make with...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/02/06

This 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.kellyvess.com/sis Join the SIS Membership for a month, have a library of powerful treatment targets, and unsubscribe if you and your kiddos d...

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158. Autism & AAC: Let's Dive Into a 'How-To'...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/01/30

Join 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 Hearing Services in Schools, 56(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_lshss-23-00127 To download a free Step-by-Step "How-to" Support Children U...

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157. Help! This Child is So Dysregulated: Try These...

The Preschool SLP ·

2025/01/23

If 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.com/sis

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