Language Therapy and Leadership for Pediatric Clinicians
These days, it’s not JUST about information overload. It’s also about MISinformation overload. Back when I first started practicing, I found language therapy to be super overwhelming. There were so many peer-reviewed articles, books, and seminars. Sifting through that all and trying to apply it to a real-life therapy situation seemed like a daunting task….
A lot of SLPs know that making time to build relationships and collaborate at their facilities is essential to advocating for our field and our clients. But making TIME to do it is a challenge. I experienced this first hand my first few years in the schools. The problem was, I had no system for…
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…
Why don’t SLPs have a curriculum for language therapy? This is a question I get all the time from clinicians I mentor… And I can totally relate. I actually spent a lot of time during my first few years as an SLP searching for one! The truth is that there are 3 key reasons why…
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…
It’s possible to provide quality therapy as an SLP without burning out. When I started my first SLP job in the school systems back in the early 2000s, I felt like a “Jack of all trades, master of none”. There were so many different cases falling on my plate, and I didn’t feel like an…
This year, SLPs had to find ways to quickly create digital therapy materials quickly. That’s why I decided to add a Google slides library to the SLP Learning Academy member’s area. In SLP Learning Academy, we focus on helping SLPs create more fulfilling careers; and one of the ways we do that is by giving…
What’s the scope and sequence for language therapy? Why don’t we have a language therapy curriculum? I get these questions all the time, so today I wanted to give you some answers. Listen to the answer in this video: Why do people want a language therapy curriculum? The hidden question behind those question of scope…
What REALLY needs to happen for language therapy to be effective? (hint: a lot of it happens before you even walk in to the therapy room) This is EXACTLY why it’s so hard to get it right… If you’re an SLP, you may have noticed that there are TONS of different therapy materials to choose…
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…