What are tips for treatment and assessment for Gender Affirming Care in Voice treatment?

Check out my newest campaign with Wes Chernin to help #speechpathologists and other healthcare providers bridge the gap between ourselves and the LGBTQIA+ community! You can find the article here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/melanieyvonneevans_speechpathologists-slp-lgbtqia-activity-7102741777429786624-PD1i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

The war in Israel is heavy on the mind of my families and myself included. What is our role in advocating and counseling our clients amidst these circumstances in Israel?

It's hispanic heritage month until October 15, we can still celebrate by honoring brands of SLPs who are committed to teaching cultural responsive therapy for Spanish bilingual clients. My personal favorites are Bilinguistics, The Bilingual SLP, and the Latina Speechie! Who are yours?

Happy Indigenous People's Day!! According to Bloem (2021), we can support indigenous children in the academic setting by:

⭐️Supporting Native Culture and Native Preservation
⭐️Teaching Pre-Academic Skills
⭐️Developing Social and Emotional Competence
⭐️Encouraging Self-Care and Independence

Do you have Indigenous children on your caseload? Let me know in the comments!

Hi fam! If you're curious about how to be culturally responsive during deaf and hard of hearing intervention, check out my Youtube LIVE replay episode with Germaine Graham, MS CCC-SLP here: https://www.youtube.com/live/_-MkfjHP394?si=NjHHLyBhfvMQnkXv

Do you know what "Audism" means? According to Tom Humphries (1975), Audism is "the notion that one is superior based on one's ability to hear or to behave in the manner of one who hears."

If you interested in learning more Audism against deaf and hard of hearing communities, check out this article: https://www.britannica.com/topic/audism

Do you know what "Audism" means? According to Tom Humphries (1975), Audism is "the notion that one is superior based on one's ability to hear or to behave in the manner of one who hears."

If you interested in learning more Audism against deaf and hard of hearing communities, check out this article: https://www.britannica.com/topic/audism

I interviewed with a social worker last Wednesday who told me she has to educate her SLP colleagues on the nuances of African-American English. This shocked me because we should be the language experts! However, I understand a lot of graduate programs do not take the time to truly teach this concept.

If you relate to this, I encourage you to take 5 minutes today to research the dialectal features of AAE! You can start here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227605544_Phonological_and_phonetic_characteristics_of_AAVE

Have you heard of the term, INTERSECTIONALITY? We hear about intersectionality a lot when we talk about culture and society. But what exactly is intersectionality? Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and expert in critical race theory, says intersectionality is "how systems of oppression overlap to create distinct experiences for people with multiple identity categories.” According to Crenshaw, we can think of our unique cultures as “roads,” and intersectionality is where these roads intersect.