Language Therapy and Leadership for Pediatric Clinicians
I remember my first year as an SLP. I heard lots of sensational stories about how rewarding it was going to be…and how it was going to be so nice to be done with work at 3 PM and have the summer off. But when I actually got in to my job the whole “get…
A lot of the SLPs I mentor share that they feel pretty lost when it comes to language therapy. Some of them feel like they’re guessing at what to do next or just haphazardly grabbing games off their shelves… Instead of doing what they WANT…which is walking in to sessions 100% confident that they’re setting…
A while back, an article was floating around that recommended that SLPs “take a break to cry in their cars” to cope with job-related stress. This wasn’t the first time someone gave SLPs a generic “self-care” band-aid as a solution to burnout, and it won’t be the last. But it your BS radar goes off like…
In the video below, the topic of the day is salary positions versus hourly positions for clinical and educational professionals. I know a lot of the readers are SLPs. We might have some other types of therapists and teachers, some school administrators, of other related professionals. To learn more, watch the video below: Video Transcript:…
In the video below, I am joined by Julia Kuhn from The Traveling Traveler, and we’re going to talk a little bit about traveling therapy positions. To learn more, watch the video below: To learn more about how to get started with travel therapy, check out Julia’s course called “Guide to Travel Therapy” here. Video…
When I’ve mentored SLPs in the past, I’ve found there are a lot of myths floating around in the field about what it takes to run a successful business as an SLP, as well as your income potential. Starting a business can be uncomfortable, and people have a lot of objections to stepping out on…
I get a lot of questions about how to write functional language goals, as well as how to improve language and vocabulary with “functional” activities. Usually the underlying question behind all of these surface-level questions is this: “How do I make sure my therapy will yield results in real-life situations outside my sessions.” OR “How…
“I only have 30 minutes a week with my students. How am I supposed to get to all these language skills?” “I don’t even know where to start when it comes to treating language disorders.” “I’m supposed to be the ‘language expert’, and I feel like an impostor. I’m so overwhelmed!” I hear things like…
Let’s be honest…a lot of us don’t feel comfortable working with severe to profound students when we start out. Yet there are some SLPs who seem to have it all figured out. People listen to them and respect what they say. They have parents using AAC at home and teachers using it in their classrooms….
The interesting thing about mentoring SLPs is that I get to see what clinicians are doing in a number of different situations and settings across the US (and often, the world). I’ve found that many of the SLPs I work with seem to have similar struggles when it comes to language therapy. The biggest complaint…