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…
Category: Creating systemic change in education
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…