Thinking Bigger with Crystal Sanford
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Hey, quick question. What are you passionate about? Is it autism, hearing loss, adults with aphasia? What if you could create not only a private practice that served that population, but also allowed you to serve as a consultant, author, speaker, and parent education and empowerment coach? In this interview that you're about to hear with Crystal Sanford of Sanford Autism Consulting University. You will hear about how Crystal created a business that allows her to have a big impact on a population that she cares deeply about both professionally and personally. If you are passionate about a specific clinical population and you want to not only think big, but also have a big impact, stay tuned.
I'm Jenna Castro-Kasbon, speech language pathologist, business coach, and creator of the Start Your Private Practice System. And I'm on a mission to turn stuck SLPs into successful private practitioners. If you're tired of dealing with high productivity requirements, high caseload sizes, and low pay, it's time to take control of your professional, personal, and financial life and finally get the freedom, flexibility, and financial abundance that you deserve by working with private clients in your own practice. Join me here each week as I share tips, best practices, and inspirational interviews on the Private Practice Success Stories podcast. If you're a private practitioner or one in the making, you're in the right place, so let's get started.
How did Crystal’s early speech‑language career lead to her focus on autism?
Okay, so before we dive in, can you please share your name, your location, and name of your private practice?
Yes, so my name is Crystal Sanford. I am located in San Diego, California. And the name of my practice is Sanford Autism Consulting.
So I'm so excited to talk to you tonight, Crystal. And just to get to know you better and get to know your private practice journey, before we learn about what you're up to now, can we go back to the beginning and have you share what your early career was like as a speech pathologist?
Yes, definitely. Um, so I have been in the field for over twenty years now. So I'm dating myself, but way back when there was not a certificate or credential degree, I was a slipper in uh undergrad and I did that and fell in love with the field and so continued in my education and became an SLP. And I practiced in Los Angeles County in California as well as in San Diego County. And so I just I loved kiddos. I worked in public schools the entire time. I had a real affinity again that for the uh older kiddos. So I worked four years in high school, nine years in middle school and start really, really getting getting an inter interest for autism and uh kiddos impacted by autism and just so fascinated by the array of abilities and interests and such things.
And then surprise, I um got married uh a couple years later, had my first child, and in about 18 months, I started to suspect that she too could be on the spectrum. And so by no one but would believe me, uh I you know, first time parent, you're an SLP, of course, you know, you're looking at all the you know milestones and just you know looking too too deep. And so it couldn't be uh in autism. She looks at me, uh, you know, she does great with adults, she couldn't have autism.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:43
2
How did Crystal’s early speech‑language career lead to her focus on autism?
2:43–7:08
3
What inspired Crystal to start Sanford Autism Consulting after her daughter’s diagnosis?
7:08–11:22
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How does her consulting model combine IEP advocacy, parent education, and training?
11:22–16:23
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What resources (books, podcasts, conferences) does Crystal offer for families and professionals?
16:23–20:46
Speakers
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