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.
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…
A while back, an article was floating around that recommended that SLPs “take a break to cry in their cars” to cope with job-related stress. This wasn’t the first time someone gave SLPs a generic “self-care” band-aid as a solution to burnout, and it won’t be the last. But it your BS radar goes off like…
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…
“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…
Does the thought of sifting through your materials and planning for the next day feel like an insurmountable task? If so, join the club. Having to be “on” all day long in the therapist’s role is enough to leave anyone exhausted. The thought of doing any more work after all of that is the last…
If you’re an SLP, you have to collaborate with psychologists on a regular basis to evaluate struggling students. You also may find yourself in situations where you have to explain the eligibility process to people who have no background special education…which is no small task. Not only is this hard to explain to other people…it…
When you’re treating language disorders, getting quality sentences from your students can seem impossible. We know they have weak grammar; but when it comes to actually treating the issues…sometimes we’re left drawing a blank. I used to go back to the old, tired goals for working on pronouns and verb tense. I’d work on getting…