SLPs Wine and Cheese's Podcast

Deb and Maria began the session with going over SLP Wins instead of wine. Maria shared how her student attempted to say her name for the first time. Deb shared an incidental SLP win by having extra time to evaluate her new clients.

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Maria then interviewed Keri Jones, Becky Highfill and Carrie Coen from Pullman Regional Hospital. Together they drank wine and ate cheese. Maria ate an aged white cheddar called Cougar Gold. It can be found here: https://creamery.wsu.edu/cougar-cheese/flavors/

Keri, Becky and Carrie drank wine from Merry Cellars Wine which can be found: http://merrycellars.com

Keri, Becky and Carrie talked 5 ways to create an app. They created the Speech Sounds Visualized app. They broke down the steps:

1- Research and recommended listeners to read "What do you do with an idea?" https://www.amazon.com/What-Do-You-Idea/dp/1938298071

2- doing your homework about your customer. What do they want?

3- checking out graphic designers using Upwork, https://www.upwork.com

4- being flexible

5- being open to new opportunities, such as being on a podcast! :)