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The Growth Lab Podcast

The Growth Lab Podcast

Von: Luba Patlakh-Kaplun
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You’ve Googled your kid's development at midnight. You're drowning in appointments, acronyms, and advice that doesn't quite fit. Wherever you are in the process, this is the show for you.

Luba Patlakh is a speech-language pathologist, myofunctional therapist, and founder of Kidology, a pediatric practice that has worked with over 150,000 families. She's also a mom of three. She knows what it's like to sit with a question that no one around you seems to have the answer to.

Every week, Luba brings on the clinicians, advocates, and specialists who actually work with kids. Real conversations about speech delays, feeding, IEPs, sensory processing, and everything in between. No fluff, no fear. Just the clarity you deserve.

Whether you're just starting to notice something or you've been in the thick of it for years, The Growth Lab gives you the information and confidence to show up for your child.

Luba Patlakh-Kaplun
Beziehungen Elternschaft & Familienleben
  • Jamie Giannino on Early Intervention Access and Fighting for the Kids Nobody Else Would
    May 12 2026

    Jamie Giannino is a speech-language pathologist, private practice owner, and nonprofit founder who has spent the last decade working in the gaps the system pretends don't exist. Luba sits down with Jamie to talk about building Bee Bright Therapy and the Wordwise Speech Therapy Foundation side by side, what it actually takes to become an early intervention agency in New York State, and what pushed her to dress up as the Grinch and end up on the news fighting for providers who weren't getting paid. They also get into what parents need to know about IEPs, why you should never sign one you don't agree with, and how Jamie thinks about advocacy as someone who once needed someone to fight for her too. If you've ever felt like the system wasn't listening, this one's for you.

    00:00 Welcome and intro to Jamie Giannino

    02:52 Inside Bee Bright Therapy and serving rural counties

    06:22 Jamie's road to becoming an SLP and finding her path

    14:18 Building an agency and surviving New York's payment freeze

    18:48 The private client who changed everything: discovering apraxia

    24:42 Why Jamie started the Wordwise Speech Therapy Foundation

    26:00 Dressing as the Grinch to get the state's attention

    32:53 Funding a nonprofit and the grant writing reality

    37:46 How providers can better support families beyond the session

    43:09 Reading the IEP line by line and fighting for what's right

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    52 Min.
  • Play Is the Point: How Stephanie Feero Built a Therapy Tool Kids Actually Love
    May 5 2026

    What happens when a pediatric SLP gets tired of reinventing the wheel before every session and decides to build something better? Luba sits down with Stephanie Feero, MS, CCC-SLP and founder of Chomper Champs, a speech therapy companion tool born in a feeding therapy room and now shipping to SLPs across the country. They talk about why play-based therapy produces better outcomes, how Stephanie went from a single janky 3D printer to a growing subscription box business, and what it actually takes to turn a clinical idea into a real product. Stephanie also gets honest about clinician burnout, the pressure SLPs put on themselves to create custom materials, and why low-prep tools aren't a shortcut. They're just good clinical sense.

    Check out Chomper Champs here: https://www.chomperchamps.com

    00:00 Welcome & intro to Stephanie Feero

    01:36 Stephanie's path to becoming an SLP

    05:28 Building Chomper Champs from her home workshop

    08:41 Why fun is the driver of progress, not a distraction

    12:00 From janky prototype to version 30

    19:16 Advice for SLPs with an idea but no time

    26:17 Preventing clinician burnout & what's next for Chomper Champs

    29:50 Where to find Stephanie & Chomper Champs

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    33 Min.
  • We're Back and the Show Has Grown Up
    Apr 28 2026

    The Growth Lab is back, and Luba is marking one full year of the podcast with a solo episode that's equal parts reflection and momentum. She gets honest about what year one actually looked like behind the scenes, how the show evolved from a business-focused platform into a space built for families and providers navigating child development, and why she didn't have it all figured out when she started. She also shares what's ahead, including new episodes with a sharper focus, and the launch of her book, coming this May. If you've been here since episode one or you're just finding the show now, this is the conversation that sets the tone for everything coming next.

    00:00 One year of The Growth Lab

    02:08 Starting before you're ready

    03:22 The pivot from business to families

    05:49 The real work behind the podcast

    08:16 How hosting sharpened her voice

    11:52 What's next: the book launch

    14:14 Thank you to the listeners

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    18 Min.
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