Hello APE Podcast Listeners! We are excited to bring you a new episode that explores recent collaboration efforts between Speech and Language Pathologists (SLPs) and APE teachers.
Joining us for this episode are four distinguished guests from California State University, Long Beach: Barry Lavay (APE Professor, @BarryLavay), Melissa Bittner (APE Professor, @MBittner_APE), Alaine Ocampo (SLP Professor), and Belinda Daughrity (SLP Professor). Each of the experts listed above were recently involved in a research project that examined how pre-service APE teachers can encourage peer
engagement and social communication in tasks related to children with disabilities' participation in physical activity. This research was conducted with 23 pre-service APE teachers who received training on speech and language principles. This research project took place at Camp Nugget, which is a 4-week program that provides small group instruction to children with disabilities in the areas of aquatics, motor skills, health-related physical fitness, dance, and adapted sports. Along with discussing their recent research and the importance of their findings, the guests also discuss the guiding principles of SLP, the importance of training APE teachers with regards to SLP, and how SLPs and APE can effectively collaborate.
In addition to contributing to this episode, the guests also provided some additional resources to guide APE teachers and SLPs with regards to effective collaboration. The first PowerPoint was used to train the undergraduate students from the study discussed in the podcast.The second PowerPoint that outlines the results of their research study, and how APE teachers can incorporate speech and language components into their instruction.
