One of the biggest frustrations experienced SLPs run into is that they have a lot of knowledge about language therapy and a lot of materials and protocols accumulated, but they don’t have them organized in to a strategic system. They’ve tried, but often default back to planning session-to-session and doing things “on-the-fly”. If you’re an…
Category: Creating systemic change in education
Language and EF Systems Aren’t Built During Breaks. They’re Built in Protected Time Blocks.
There’s a quiet agreement many school clinicians make with themselves every year: “I’ll build my system this summer.”“Once things calm down after evaluations, I’ll map it out.”“Over winter break I’ll finally organize everything.”“Next year will be the year I get ahead.” And then summer fills with life.Breaks disappear into recovery.The school year starts fast.Referrals pile…
How SLPs can make policy changes at their facility
When I first started practicing, I realized there were a lot of obstacles impacting the effectiveness of what I did. As I talked to other SLPs, I discovered I wasn’t the only one experiencing these same challenges. Things like: LIMITED TIME with clients, which makes it hard to make consistent progress. HIGH CASELOADS, with limited…
When being good at direct therapy isn’t enough for SLPs
I help a lot of SLPs reboot their language therapy strategies so they see tangible results for their students… And in the process of helping them improve their direct therapy techniques, sometimes other problems come up along the way… I can totally relate to this issue. There were many times I felt pressured to follow…
For SLPs: When should you challenge your facility’s rules?
Recently, I asked my readers if they ever felt like the procedures, rules, and other “administrative red tape” at their facilities got in the way of providing quality services. A lot of people felt like people without expertise in communication had more influence than they should… Or that the SLPs didn’t have enough say in…