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…
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Three Mindset Shifts for SLPs who want to start a Private Practice
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…
Push-in, pull-out, co-teaching: What’s most functional for language therapy?
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…
Better results, less effort: Three language therapy principles
“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…
How to be an AAC expert
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….
Why you should ditch “drill and kill” language therapy
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…
How to get parents to use AAC at home
I remember one of the first times I had a student who used a high-tech voice output device. Getting the district to pay for the device was a huge hurdle, and I’d managed to overcome it. Little did I know I had a huge roadblock still ahead. By the time the shiny new device had…
The SLP’s Guide to Language Screenings
If you’re an SLP working with school-age kids, students with language disorders might take up a good portion of your caseload. That’s why one of the most common questions that pops up in the groups of SLPs that I mentor is how to do a good language screening. Common questions include things like: “What language…
What most IEP teams don’t know about AAC
We’ve all been there. You get that student who has an AAC device. Maybe you watch some videos or participate in an in-service so you know how to work the app or program on your student’s AAC device. But then you put the device in front of your student, and they throw it across the…
Work-life balance for SLPs: It doesn’t exist, and that’s a good thing
“I’m spending 2 hours every evening on paperwork!” “I’m sick of being stuck behind my laptop all weekend!” “There’s just not enough time to plan my sessions, keep up on the research, figure out what materials to use, or have time to pee and shove my lunch down my throat!” We’ve all been there. And…