Don't miss Nancy Kaufman on the most-recent episode of SLP Nerdcast! She has a wonderful conversation with Kate Grandbois and Amy Wonkka about treating speech motor disorders, the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol, and her outlook on evidence-based practice. The podcast even offers ASHA CEUs for the episode!

About SLP Nerdcast

SLP Nerdcast offers ASHA CEUs through podcast learning. They discuss clinical issues and best practices relevant to speech-language pathologists and review resources and literature while trying to not bore you to tears.

Nancy Kaufman had a great time reconnecting with her old friend Jordan Levin during a live broadcast of his show, "All Good Things Start with You." They chatted about Nancy's background, what inspired her to become a speech-language pathologist, what her job looks like today, and what brings her joy.

About Jordan & "All Good Things Start With You"

Jordan is a profoundly deaf inspirational speaker who inspires his audiences to become the best version of themselves. He is an entrepreneur who has achieved success against all odds. Jordan speaks with individuals who are awesome. Listen to their stories, learn from their experiences. You will be inspired by hearing these stories and will leave feeling empowered.

Nancy Kaufman was a guest on Unbabbled, a podcast from The Parish School, a Houston, TX school that focuses on communication skills, social learning, and independence. During their chat, Nancy explained the unique characteristics of childhood apraxia of speech, while discussing her treatment approach and steps parents can take toward diagnosis and treatment.

About Unbabbled:

Navigating the world of special education, communication delays and learning differences can be a challenge. Tune in twice a month to hear Stephanie Landis and Meredith Krimmel, two speech-language pathologists at The Parish School, interview guests from parents to industry professionals with the goal of providing guidance, insight and hope to those touched by children who are differently wired. Each episode will cover a different topic related to education or child development. Whether you’re the parent or caregiver of a neurodiverse child who has autism, a speech-language delay or a learning disability, or you’re an educator who works with special needs children, this podcast is for you.

Nancy spoke with Carrie Clark, founder of the Speech & Language Kids website and podcast, about childhood apraxia of speech. Some of the topics they covered included:

• The successive approximations approach for apraxia treatment
• How much therapy children with CAS need
• The importance of home practice for childhood apraxia of speech treatment
• How to choose words to work on
• Why traditional speech therapy methods don’t work for children with CAS (and what to do instead)
• Therapy sessions for children at the single-word level
• Therapy for older children with apraxia
• When to work on prosody with children with apraxia
• How augmentative/alternative communication plays into therapy

About Speech and Language Kids:

Speech and Language kids was founded by Carrie Clark, a speech therapist located in Columbia, Missouri. Her site offers lots of speech activities and breaks down the current research into easy-to-follow plans.

Nancy was interviewed on the Yvonne Pierre podcast. Yvonne features topics that uplift, inspire, and inform women and parents with special needs children.

About "The Yvonne Pierre Show"

"The Yvonne Pierre Show" was an inspirational and informative talk radio show with amazing guests who joined Yvonne in a one-on-one conversation to share their stories, tips, and advice on a range of topics from parenting, personal growth to business. The mission of the show was to inform, inspire and uplift. The show ran 101 episodes from November 2007 through December 2013. It was listed as one of the most inspirational shows on BTR in 2009. The shows producer/host, Yvonne Pierre is an advocate, writer, producer, and proud mom of two sons. Her youngest was diagnosed with Down syndrome and she began advocating through various projects in 2005. 

Nancy Kaufman was recently featured on the “Speechie Side Up” podcast. She and host Venita Litvack discussed the signs and symptoms of childhood apraxia of speech, treatment options, and how Nancy invites families from out of state (and sometimes out of the country!) to visit the KCC for short, intensive programs.

About "Speechie Side Up"

The Speechie Side Up podcast hosted by author, AAC specialist, and matcha tea lover, Venita Litvack. Every week, listeners get to hear what other speech-language pathologists are doing in the field and how they found their passion. The podcast was created to help SLPs stop re-inventing the wheel and start loving their jobs again!