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Deb and Maria welcomed their guest, Michelle L. W. Dawson from Heartwood Speech Therapy from Colombia, South Carolina. She has her own podcast First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional. She hosts online seminars with speechtherapypd.com She also tours nationally with PESI Inc. on pediatric dysphagia for medically fragile clients. She also holds the ASHA ACE Award recipient in March 2018. She joined Deb and Maria from South Carolina while we both sipped sparking white wine. Deb and Maria were a guest on Michelle's podcast, be sure to check out First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional.


Deb and Maria drank sparking white wine Nando Fragolino and paired it with Kerrygold Dubliner aged cheese. Michelle drank Yellow tail bubbles Sparkling white wine and paired it with her kid's string cheese. Deb and Michelle voted "drink it" while Maria voted their incredibly sweet wine "sink it".


Deb and Maria interviewed Michelle, she talked about her experiences working as a SLP-A in a public school, hospital and to today working in early intervention with medically fragile children. Michelle discussed how important it is to dig deeper to get to the core issue, work on a team and know when to refer to other professionals.


Together they shared their Tips and Tricks, where Deb recommended using oil pastels and Maria recommended using old phone books. Michelle ended the episode with a lovely quote "history was not created by well behaved woman".


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