# How to Get Buy-In from Resistant Middle & High School Speech Students

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Podcast: [SLP Coffee Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/slp-coffee-talk-984852)
Published: 2026-04-20T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017690/episodes/18916241-how-to-get-buy-in-from-resistant-middle-high-school-speech-students.mp3
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## Resource

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, Hallie gets real about one of the biggest challenges with older students—resistance. From crossed arms to "I'm only here because my mom made me," she breaks down why grades 4–12 students push back in the first place—it's not laziness—and walks through five practical steps for building genuine buy-in. This episode is full of compassion-first strategies, reframable language, and low-prep activity ideas that actually meet students where they are. Bullet Poin...

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