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The Heartbeat of Speech-Language Pathology
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Promoting Cultural Responsiveness
Phuong shares her insights and personal experiences on advocacy and cultural responsiveness as a school-based speech-language pathologist with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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SLP Toolkit Podcast: It’s not a People Problem.
Phuong talks about what school-based SLPs can do to be successful in a system designed to make them unsuccessful. This episode is loaded with inspiration, truth bombs, and solutions. It's a must listen for all school-based SLPs.
ASHA Post: 5 Considerations for the Family/SLP Relationship
Phuong anticipated a delicate approach for treating her close friend Nada's son, especially when she realized he had childhood apraxia of speech, not an area of specialty for her. With the foundation of a trusting relationship, she rallied her resources and dove into treating him, learning valuable lessons about client relationships along the way.
ASHA Post: Working Through Grief—Two SLPs Share Their Stories
Twelve years separated their clinical fellowship (CF) experiences, and one fate united them. Their paths intersected personally and professionally when Phuong became Leah’s CF supervisor and they learned of their similar experiences. Here are their CF stories.
ASHA Article: My Sacred Path
Her parents’ journey as Vietnamese boat refugees and the life they built served as the catalyst for Phuong’s profession.
ASHA Post: Why Use Literary Interventions for Diverse Populations
How we can better support our diverse caseloads? This means supporting the communication needs of students and clients of color, those exposed to two or more languages, and members of the LGBTQ+ communities. When supporting diverse populations, Phuong finds carrying out out the following two activities prior to speech-language treatment yields positive outcomes.
ASHA Article: Steps to Save our Sanity
We often hear this from our SLP colleagues as they juggle an ever-increasing workload. And as long as SLPs continue providing most services in a pull-out setting, the workload problems will continue. For our own self-preservation, we need to think more creatively about service-delivery methods.
ASHA Video: Speech-Language Difference vs. Disorder
In this video viewed by over 24k+ professionals, Phuong provides an easy-to-use framework to distinguish speech-language disorders from speech-language differences, as well as introduce practical interventions SLPs can use immediately to support English language learners.
