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Making Sense with Madi the SLP

Madi Metcalf, MS, CCC-SLP

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Frequency: 1 episode/1d. Total Eps: 20

Join Madi Metcalf, MS, CCC-SLP, as she helps speech-language pathologists bridge the gap between research and clinical practice. Each season focuses on a different area of speech-language pathology, featuring conversations with leading researchers and expert clinicians who discuss the latest evidence, its clinical implications, and practical strategies you can apply with confidence. From pediatric feeding and myofunctional therapy to future topics across the profession, you'll gain evidence-based insights to strengthen your clinical skills and provide high-quality, evidence-based care. Each episode is eligible for 0.10 ASHA CEUs when you complete the accompanying course through Speech Therapy PD.

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14/08/2026
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🇺🇸 USA - courses
11/08/2026
#98

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Making Sense of Selective Eating: The Anxious Eater

Season 2 · Episode 9

Thursday, August 13, 2026 • Duration 01:06:16

*** Originally aired: 10/25/2024 ***

Guest: Jenny McGlothlin, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC

Earn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PD

In this episode, Jenny McGlothlin, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, discusses how anxiety can impact children’s food inventory and desire to eat. She also discusses the importance of parent coaching when services might not be appropriate and the use of a responsive feeding framework.

About the Guest: Jenny McGlothlin, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Certified Lactation Counselor specializing in feeding across the lifespan—from newborns to adolescents—as well as pediatric motor speech disorders. With over 20 years of clinical experience, she empowers caregivers with the confidence and competence to be their child’s best feeding and communication partner. In 2005, Jenny developed the STEPS feeding program at the UT Dallas Callier Center to support and promote feeding development in preschool-aged children. She provides training for graduate students, therapists, teachers, and parents both nationally and internationally. Jenny has been inducted into the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Hall of Fame for her contributions to the field. She also volunteers with Feeding Matters and has been an active TSHA volunteer for many years. She lives in Dallas with her husband, three children, and their rescue dog, Baxter. In her free time, she enjoys reading, organizing, spending time with friends, and cheering on her kids at games.

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Contact Madi Metcalf: LinkedIn

Contant Jenny McGlothlin: LinkedIn

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Making Sense of Myo: Diagnosis of Tethered Oral Tissues and Frenectomies

Season 1 · Episode 10

Monday, August 3, 2026 • Duration 01:02:49

*** Originally aired: 10/10/2023 ***

Guest: Dr. Piya Gandhi, DDS

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This Making Sense of Myo episode features Piya Gandhi, DDS, a Board-Certified Pediatric Dentist, who shares the impacts tethered oral tissues can have on oral functioning. Dr. Gandhi shares her “Function First” model for diagnosing tongue and lip ties and the process of frenectomies. Throughout the episode, Dr. Gandhi shares the importance of interdisciplinary care for frenectomies and how she collaborates with SLPs throughout the process.

About the Guest: Dr. Piya Gandhi, DDS, is a board-certified pediatric dentist specializing in functional pediatric dentistry. Her practice screens all patients for airway, sleep, speech, feeding, and growth and development disorders. She specializes in diagnosing and treating airway issues in infants and children, including tongue and lip ties. Dr. Gandhi’s passion for tethered oral tissues (TOTs) stems from her personal experience with her older daughter, Cyrah, and her goal is to help families avoid similar struggles. Dr. Gandhi has completed extensive post-residency training in airway development and the diagnosis and treatment of oral restrictions. She screens all her patients for potential issues that could impact growth, development, and healthy sleep. She believes in a comprehensive, team-based approach and follows the Function First Model. She has built a strong network of practitioners in the greater Houston area and within her own practice.

Show Notes:

Contact Dr. Piya Gandhi: Profile, LinkedIn

Contact Madi Metcalf: LinkedIn

Making Sense of Myo: Using Orofacial Myology To Support Differential Diagnosis

Season 1 · Episode 9

Sunday, August 2, 2026 • Duration 01:01:58

*** Originally aired: 10/9/2023 ***

Guest: Melissa Vagts, MSP, CCC-SLP

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This episode explores how knowledge of orofacial myology allows speech pathologists to effectively use differential diagnosis to determine the best care plan for their patients. Melissa Vagts, MSP, CCC-SLP, explains when a myofunctional approach would not be appropriate and the qualifications a patient needs to effectively participate in a myofunctional program. Melissa wraps up this episode by sharing ways knowledge of typical oromyofunction can allow SLPs to modify treatment approaches to include myofunctional concepts to support speech and swallowing skills.

About the Guest: Melissa Vagts, MSP, CCC-SLP, is a certified speech-language pathologist and Associate Clinical Professor at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. She earned her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of South Carolina and brings 25 years of experience working with pediatric clients across outpatient clinics, public schools, and university settings. At Wichita State, Melissa teaches and supervises graduate students in the CSD MA-SLP program, with a focus on early intervention, speech sound disorders, pediatric feeding, and orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs). In 2022, she developed and launched a graduate-level course on OMDs, which she teaches each summer. She also co-founded the Pediatric Feeding Group in 2019 to provide hands-on clinical training for SLP graduate students. Melissa is passionate about educating future clinicians and colleagues on the impact of OMDs on feeding and speech development. She has completed extensive continuing education in pediatric feeding, tethered oral tissues, and orofacial myofunctional therapy.

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Contact Melissa Vagts: Wichita State University Profile

Making Sense of Myo: 3 Practical Points on Treatment

Season 1 · Episode 8

Saturday, August 1, 2026 • Duration 01:02:47

*** Originally aired: 10/8/2023 ***

Guest: Char Boshart, M.A., CCC-SLP

Earn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PD

This episode features a practical and informative perspective of myofunctional therapy for speech sound disorders and the oral stage of swallowing. Char discusses “myo” treatment from three points of view. She covers the rationale behind myo (and why sometimes its treatment validity is unfairly questioned) and, most importantly, outlines the essential components of myofunctional therapy.

About the Guest: Char Boshart, M.A., CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist, seminar presenter, and president of Speech Dynamics. She’s the author of several practical books for clinicians, including The Easy R, The Myofunctional Evaluation, and The Key to Carryover. Over the course of her career, Char has delivered hundreds of highly rated seminars on speech and language topics through platforms such as Speech Therapy PD, TalkTools, the Bureau of Education and Research (BER), and her own company, Speech Dynamics. She also hosts the popular Speech Link podcast and writes the resource-rich, idea-driven blog, Therapy Matters—both aimed at supporting fellow SLPs with tools they can use right away. Char earned her master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Western Michigan University, where she studied under the legendary Dr. Charles Van Riper in the final years of his career. Since then, she has served as an Assistant Professor and Department Chair at Loma Linda University and spent many years working in both public schools and private practice. Char’s passion remains firmly rooted in what she loves most: doing therapy and talking about therapy—always with a focus on clarity, practicality, and connections.

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Contact Char Boshart: LinkedIn, X

Contact Madi Metcalf:

Making Sense of Myo: Interprofessional Care and When To Refer

Season 1 · Episode 7

Friday, July 31, 2026 • Duration 01:10:47

*** Originally aired: 10/7/2023 ***

Guest: Janine Steine, MA, CCC-SLP, TSHH

Earn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PD

This episode features Janine Steine, MA, CCC-SLP, TSHH, who shares the importance of interdisciplinary care. Janine explains why interdisciplinary care is important to treating myofunctional disorders, care providers that might be involved with orofacial myofunctional disorders, and signs that a referral is needed.

About the Guest: Janine Stiene, MA, CCC-SLP, TSHH, is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicap, and trained Myofunctional Therapist with over 20 years of experience in New York. Her postgraduate coursework is equivalent to doctoral-level training, minus the dissertation. Janine earned her undergraduate degree from Loyola University and her MA in Speech Pathology from Hofstra University. She is the owner and CEO of Long Island Speech and Myofunctional Therapy, which has expanded to nine locations across Long Island, NY. It is the largest privately-owned, insurance-based speech pathology practice on the East Coast and the largest insurance-based myofunctional therapy practice nationwide. Janine created and trademarked the S.P.O.T. Myofunctional Therapy Program, a proprietary approach exclusive to her practice and clinicians. She is also the Founder and CEO of Spot Pal—the world’s first tongue training appliance designed to promote proper lingual resting posture and eliminate tongue thrust. In addition to her clinical and entrepreneurial work, Janine hosts the podcast *Why-O-Myo* and co-hosts the series *Talk the Talk*, where she shares insights on speech, myofunctional therapy, and innovation in the field.

Show Notes:

Contact Janine Steine: LinkedIn

Contact Madi Metcalf: LinkedIn

Making Sense of Myo: Ankyloglossia, Voice, and Fluency

Season 1 · Episode 6

Thursday, July 30, 2026 • Duration 01:00:59

*** Originally aired: 10/6/2023 ***

Guest: Patricia K. Fisher, MA, CCC-SLP

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This episode explores the relationship between ankyloglossia and disorders that speech-language pathologists treat. Patricia Fisher, MS, CCC-SLP, COM® shares her knowledge on ankyloglossia. She starts the episode by explaining the characteristics of ankyloglossia and the impacts it has on the oral mechanism. Patricia then explains how ankyloglossia can impact speech, swallowing, voice, and fluency disorders.

About the Guest: Patricia K. Fisher, MA, CCC-SLP, works with Speech & Language Associates of Dayton, Ohio. Patty is certified in Orofacial Myology (2010) and in the Lidcombe Program, an Australian-based treatment for children who stutter. She has served as adjunct faculty at Miami University of Ohio and the College of St. Rose in New York. Patty is a Fellow of the Ohio Speech and Hearing Language Association (OSHLA) and has received Honors of the Association—its highest, one-time, lifetime award recognizing distinguished contributions to the field of speech-language pathology. She has chaired the Consumer Affairs, Insurance Initiative, and Student Scholarship Committees and served as Director of Public Information. In 2018, Patty was invited to join the teaching team of Make the Connection with Dinah Davidson, BS, RDH, COM®, and Mary Billings, MS, CCC-SLP. She also completed a research project on orofacial issues with the Max Planck Institute in Germany. In 2021, Patty was awarded the prestigious Connie Painter Distinguished Service Award for her mentoring efforts. She is also the recipient of 17 ASHA ACE Awards for excellence in continuing education.

Show Notes:

Contact Patricia Fisher,: LinkedIn

Contact Madi Metcalf: LinkedIn

Making Sense of Myo: The Myofunctional Evaluation and Treatment Overview

Season 1 · Episode 5

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 • Duration 01:01:09

*** Originally aired: 10/5/2023 ***

Guest: Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP

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This episode features Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, CMT®, COM®, who dives into orofacial myofunctional evaluation and treatment. Listen in as Hallie shares an overview of an orofacial myofunctional evaluation, how it relates to the assessment of speech and feeding and provides examples of when a patient might benefit from a referral to a myofunctional evaluation. Hallie ends the episode by sharing the general goals of a myofunctional treatment plan and an overview of a typical myofunctional treatment session.

About the Guest: Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, is a Feeding Specialist, Certified Myofunctional Therapist and Speech-Language Pathologist. Hallie is the founder of Feed The Peds®: A comprehensive 12-week course on the foundations of pediatric feeding and swallowingTM; The Myo Method®: Intro To Myo Course; The Myo Membership®; and the Untethered Podcast. Hallie also is the founder and director of Little Sprout Therapy & Metro Myo a pediatric clinic providing feeding therapy, orofacial myofunctional therapy, speech-language therapy and occupational therapy in DC, MD, VA, NY, NJ & FL. Her team provides myofunctional therapy to adults, too! Hallie specializes in treating infants, toddlers, children with tethered oral tissues (TOTs), feeding delays and disorders and orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs).

Show Notes:

Contact Hallie Bulkin: LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube

Contact Madi Metcalf:

Making Sense of Myo: OMDs and Speech Sound Disorders

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 • Duration 01:00:18

*** Originally aired: 10/4/2023 ***

Guest: Angela N. McLeod, PhD, CCC-SLP, QOM

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This episode explores the relationship between orofacial myofunctional disorders and speech sound disorders. Dr. Angela McLeod, PhD, CCC-SLP, QOM, shares how an orofacial myofunctional disorder can impact speech sound production. Dr. McLeod shares how improving orofacial myofunction can improve a patient’s ability to produce accurate speech sounds. Listen in as Dr. McLeod presents the evidence behind using a myofunctional approach to treat speech sound disorders. To wrap up this episode, Dr. McLeod shares that considering the potential presence of orofacial myology concerns when addressing articulation disorders is an important component of differential diagnosis to determine the best course of treatment.

About the Guest: Angela N. McLeod, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a Clinical Associate Professor and Speech-Language Pathologist at the University of South Carolina. Her clinical experience spans healthcare, educational settings, home health care, and early intervention, serving clients across the lifespan. She is a certified Qualified Orofacial Myologist (QOM), and her additional clinical and research interests include speech sound disorders, literacy, language development and disorders, and cultural and linguistic variation.

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Contact Angela McLeod: LinkedIn

Contact Madi Metcalf: LinkedIn

Mythbusting Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders - Angela McLeod, PhD, CCC-SLP

Orofacial Myology: International Perspectives

Making Sense of Myo: The Physiology of Swallowing

Season 1 · Episode 3

Monday, July 27, 2026 • Duration 01:01:51

*** Originally aired: 10/3/2023 ***

Guest: Mary Billings, MS, CCC-SLP, COM®

Earn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PD

This episode features Mary Billings, MS, CCC-SLP, COM®, who shares the foundational role swallowing plays in craniofacial development. Mary explains the deficits an individual with an orofacial myofunctional disorder might have and shares about swallow patterns. Listen in as she discusses how myofunctional therapy can be used to support individuals in correcting their swallow patterns to improve the overall physiology of the craniofacial complex.

About the Guest: Mary Billings, MS, CCC-SLP, COM®, is a licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist through the American Speech Language & Hearing Association and the current owner of Billings Speech Pathology Services in Kansas City, Missouri. Her clinical focus is in orofacial myofunctional disorders encompasses feeding and swallowing aversions, dysphagia, motor-based speech disorders, dentofacial and other craniofacial abnormalities as well as pediatric feeding.

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Contact Mary Billings: Mary Billings

Contact Madi Metcalf: LinkedIn

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