Episode 23: Shining Lights on School-Based Rehabilitation Services

In this episode, Dr. Lisa Archibald speaks with Ashley Champ, S-LP at the Upper Grand District School Board. Champ talks about her current role on a special education literacy team and then discusses the tools and methods she and her team use to identify children's literacy needs and provide intervention in the classroom.

Dr. Lisa Archibald talks with Olivia Colosimo and Leah Schwartzentruber, S-LPs from the Thames Valley District School Board, about their work in early literacy and vocabulary instruction in primary schools. They share expertise on oral language development and evidence-informed instructional practices useful for S-LPs in schools.

Join us for episode 26 of the Shining Lights podcast! In this episode, Dr. Lisa Archibald speaks with Lisa Kohel and Lyndsay Bordeau, collaborating S-LPs out of St. Alberta, AB. Our guests explore their work in schools, supporting kids with trouble with speech intelligibility and speech sound disorders. They talk about major challenges they've seen regarding speech-language services for these children and how that affects every aspect of their lives at school.

Ahead of Truth & Reconciliation Day, Dr. Lisa Archibald sits down with Dr. Jessica Ball, MPH, PhD for the latest episode of SAC’s Shining Lights podcast. Dr. Ball, whose work on speech-language issues in Canada was in the context of First Nations in land-based communities, describes the speech-language challenges she witnessed these Indigenous communities faced. She also dives into the cultural context of speech-language assessments, working with First Nations’ English dialects, applying cultural safety concepts, and more in this episode.

Join us for episode 24 of the Shining Lights podcast! In this episode, Dr. Lisa Archibald welcomes back Melinda Hinch, veteran speech-language pathologist with the Greater Essex County District School Board. In this episode, Melinda explores new challenges working with students in a tiered early intervention speech and language model.

Join us for episode 23 of the Shining Lights podcast! In this episode, Dr. Lisa Archibald hosts Sarah Smith-Banstra and Rikki Côté, speech-language pathologists working in Ontario’s school-based rehabilitation services in the Durham region. They describe their work in helping individuals with speech sound disorders, stuttering concerns, or voice and residence disorders.

Dans cet épisode, Allyson Cousineau-Grant et Caroline St-Jean nous expliquent comment elles ont intégré la science de la lecture au sein de leur conseil scolaire dans la région d'Ottawa à différents niveaux de la réponse à l'intervention.

In episode 21, join Dr Lisa Archibald as she speaks with Sarah Dowling, a speech-language pathologist with years of experience in Canada and the UK. She speaks on how she helped develop a workload approach model via a three-tiered continuum of support to improve the balance of working with students.

In episode 20, join Dr Lisa Archibald as she speaks with Chris Matthews and Donna Moser, an S-LP duo working at Thames Valley District School Board out of London, ON. They specialize in working with patients that have complex communication needs. They also discuss their role in teaching kids with special needs how to read – through the science of reading.

Au cours de cet épisode, Chantal entretien avec les lauréats du Prix innovation sociale-Desjardins 2023 qui discutent leurs recherche et expériences, notamment sur le trouble développement du langage.