Ep. 43: Sensory & the Scope of the SLP
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What is the purpose of this episode and who are the hosts?
What's up everyone and welcome to Making the Shift.
We're an SLP couple from California with three boys and a passion for finding better ways to support autistic kids.
I'm Chris. You might know me as speech dude. I'm a Neurodivergent High School SLP and the creator of the Dynamic Assessment of Social Emotional Learning, and I specialize in crafting neurodiversity affirming IEPs through my online course.
And I'm Jesse, a sensory integration trained SLP, owner of a top-rated clinic in Los Angeles, and the creator of the Inside Out Sensory Communication Programs for Parents and Therapists. Join us weekly to learn neurodiversity affirming ways to support social, emotional development and regulation in autistic kids.
Are you ready to make the shift?
Hello, hello. Today we are talking about one of my favorite topics, sensory and the SLP. I get a lot. A lot and lot of questions, comments about how sensory falls into the scope of the SLP. If sensory falls into the scope of the SLP, and I am here today to tell you not only that it does fall into the scope of the SLP, but tell you exactly how. So, first of all, I just want to say that the greatest, most respected sensory experts in the world believe that sensory should be understood by all. And when I say all, I mean everyone. Okay. So sensory is not just something that should be understood by occupational therapists. It also needs to be understood by Any professionals working with any kids with sensory.
differences.
Why do SLPs need to understand sensory differences for autistic children?
Okay. So if you are a professional working with autistic kids, you should definitely understand sensory differences. Teachers I mean every teacher in my opinion should have this training because so they have so many kids in their classrooms with so many different types of needs. Parents, you should understand this about not only your child's sensory needs and how to help them, but how to How to help yourself, how to help yourself with your own regulation is super important to know. And People themselves should know about their sensory needs. So if we're working with autistic clients, they should know about their sensory needs. There is space for everyone at the sensory table. There's enough to go around.
Okay. Every professional person on the team, any person who is affected by sensory differences should understand this. So I want to say that first and foremost. Okay. So I think that. It was extremely validating for me when I reached out to Dr. Winnie Dunn. If you don't know her, she is a very well-known occupational therapist. She created the assessment called the sensory profile, which is the most commonly used sensory assessment.
How did leading sensory experts validate that sensory belongs in the SLP scope?
She has done just tons and tons of research in. Sensory, she has published books, etcetera. Okay, so When I reached out to her, I consulted with her when I was creating my program. And then I reached out to her again. about my idea to write an article for the Asha Leader, which is the national magazine for SLPs in the US. And she was like so excited, so on board with it because of how strongly she felt that everyone really needed to understand this. So for me that was super validating. Another thing that was a really validating part. For me was some of you may know that I have done the sensory integration training from University of Southern California, which is where the work of Dr. Gene Ayres originated.
Kind of like just If you don't know her, she's like the face of sensory, like started all the all the research in sensory. Anyway, so I went through that whole program, which is was an entire program with occupational therapists, pretty much. And this program was designed for OETs post-grad school. So these were OTs post-grad school. They let a few other professionals in though and I decided to go through it. And while I was in it, I was hearing a lot. Well, I wasn't hearing a lot.
What training and credentials support SLPs using sensory strategies?
I was hearing a lot about things being said behind my back. that my OT friends were coming to me and like, hey, people are chattering about you in this training and I went to my professors and I said Can I be doing this? Like am I crazy or what?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this episode and who are the hosts?
0:08–2:00
2
Why do SLPs need to understand sensory differences for autistic children?
2:00–3:16
3
How did leading sensory experts validate that sensory belongs in the SLP scope?
3:16–4:41
4
What training and credentials support SLPs using sensory strategies?
4:41–5:44
5
How do SLP sensory strategies differ from OT sensory goals?
5:44–7:09
6
What are the practical steps for SLPs to integrate sensory regulation into sessions?
7:09–8:53
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Why is regulation essential for language development and self‑advocacy?
8:53–10:35
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Where can listeners find more resources and training on sensory for SLPs?
10:35–12:03
Speakers
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