Language Therapy and Leadership for Pediatric Clinicians
Productivity has turned in to a dirty word in our profession, but it doesn’t have to be. These articles will show you what it truly means to be “productive” in our field, so you can get better results by doing less work.
How do I write goals and do evaluations using the “Essential 5” language therapy framework? This is a common question I get about the system I teach to help SLPs systematically boost their students’ academic language, processing, and comprehension skills. So that’s why in this video, I answer some common FAQs, like: How do I…
How do I know if these therapy materials are “evidence-based”? That’s a question I get a lot. There’s a lot of pressure on clinicians to prove that what they’re doing is based on research…but there are so many products to sift through. A lot of times it’s hard to tell if the product was made…
When I talk to the different SLPs I mentor, I usually hear the same things over and over again: They want to be able to go to work confident and actually SEE their students making progress… And they want to do it without sacrificing the rest of their life in the process.They’re starting to realize…
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 do you do when you inherit an IEP from another SLP and you aren’t sure if the goals are appropriate? What happens if you decide to shift the focus of your language therapy before the IEP is due? These questions have come up in our member’s FB group for Language Therapy Advance Foundations, as…
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…
The SECRET to creating consistent language therapy breakthroughs is to KEEP IT SIMPLE. That’s why in my signature program for SLPs (Language Therapy Advance Foundations), I show SLPs a set of systems and strategies they can use to seamlessly plan sessions with minimal effort and minimal materials. When you have the right systems, you aren’t…
Everyone is working really hard right now to make sure their speech and language services aren’t disrupted during the quarantine… Which means that we’re doing a lot of speech therapy online and sending a lot of activities home for practice. Many people are fearful that their clients will regress or that it will be too…
A lot of my course members have been asking about different online platforms, HIPAA compliance, how to adapt activities to virtual sessions, ASHA’s standards, etc… So started putting together this resource list with all the helpful pieces of information I’ve found so far.This list includes things that will help you: …Choose the right teletherapy platform…
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…