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Latest Speech Therapy Blogs & Tips
Are Speech Language Pathologists Truly Happy With Their Jobs?
When we talk about job satisfaction among speech language pathologists, there is one statistic that keeps showing up again and again in research summaries and professional presentations: a large majority of SLPs report that they are satisfied with their career choice....
Expert Advice on How to Use AI as an SLP: 4 Videos – 7 1/2 Minutes
Artificial intelligence is already woven into the tools our students and clients use every day, yet for many speech-language pathologists, it still feels unclear how to translate that into meaningful clinical practice. With increasing demands on our time and a growing...
Telling Parents About a Diagnosis: An SLP’s Guide
I believe that the most difficult and most meaningful work that SLPs do involves telling parents for the first time that their child has a disorder. Being a parent myself, this conversation used to crush me. I saw myself in them, hearing this news about my own...
Executive Function Strategies for SLPs: Practical Tools for Cognitive Endurance
In recent years, many speech language pathologists have described a subtle shift in how their work feels. The profession is still meaningful. The students still matter. The expertise still holds. And yet the pace is faster, the documentation heavier, and the cognitive...
Expert Advice on Addressing Trauma as an SLP: A Conversation with Beth Bergstrom
Speech-language pathologists are often the first professionals to notice when something about a child’s communication profile does not quite add up. A student may appear inattentive, oppositional, withdrawn, or inconsistent across settings, and it can be difficult to...
Borrowing From High Stakes Professions: 3 Books That Help SLPs Reduce Cognitive Strain
When we describe speech language pathology, we often focus on therapy techniques, assessment tools, and intervention models. Less frequently do we describe the profession in terms of cognitive demand. Yet, if we analyze it honestly, SLP work involves many of the same...
Burnout Is Not Weakness: What Chronic Cognitive Strain Does to SLPs
Most speech language pathologists know what ordinary fatigue feels like. It follows a long day of therapy sessions, meetings, and documentation. A good night of sleep, a quiet weekend, or a school break restores clarity. You return feeling capable again. Burnout feels...
What Executive Function Science Reveals About SLP Burnout
There is a particular kind of frustration that experienced speech language pathologists rarely articulate publicly. It is not about loving the profession. It is not about competence. It is about a subtle shift in how thinking feels. Tasks that once felt...
Expert SLP Advice on Smartphone Security – A Conversation with Dr. Josiah Dykstra of Designer Security
Most speech-language pathologists rely on their smartphones every single day. We use them for email, scheduling, telepractice, documentation, social media, and quick communication with families and teams. But very few of us have ever stopped to ask what would happen...
Unintelligible Speech: Clearly Defining What “I Don’t Understand My Student” Means
I've spent a lot of time revisiting my interactions with teachers these days. Not just the recent ones, but even the ones that happened a while ago and are stuck in my memory because I wasn't being as helpful as I wanted or wasn't giving the teacher what they were...
Phonological Awareness: The Bridge Between Speech and Literacy
If you’re an SLP, you’ve probably had this conversation more than once:A teacher says they’re worried about a student’s phonological awareness, and you start thinking about phonological processes and speech sound patterns. The teacher, meanwhile, is thinking about...
Articulation Disorder in Schools: A Practical Guide for SLPs
Picture this: you’re in the middle of a packed week and you get that question again about an articulation disorder:“What age should they have /r/?”“Is this articulation or phonology?”“Can you give me a simple chart for parents?”“What do I write for the IEP so it...
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