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This speech therapy blog is your go-to location for parent support, speech therapy materials, assessment knowledge, and CEU opportunities. We have summarized research into digestible, usable bullets.
As we share our stories, we want you to be a part of the conversation. Speech-language pathology can be overwhelming at times. There is an intensity to serving children with needs and managing high administrative demands. And yet we love what we do. This blog, like many speech therapy blogs for SLPs is a respite from the hectic nature of our lives.
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High Speech Therapy Caseloads and Workloads are Forcing SLPs to Leave the Field
I received an email from one of our SLP Impact members about speech therapy caseloads and a heavy workload in the school setting, and decided to put together a post to answer her question. I know her concern is shared by many SLPs in our profession. She wrote: I am...
2 Common Questions About Articulation Errors in Bilingual Children
There are a few questions that top the list of "most asked" when SLPs are inquiring about which articulation errors in bilingual children they should be treating. When focusing on articulation errors in bilingual children, we have to consider intelligibility, their...
Typical Patterns of Bilingual Speech Development in Spanish-English Bilinguals
Have you ever evaluated a student who is exposed to two languages and wondered whether their speech patterns were due to a speech disorder or cross-linguistic influence? If so, you are not alone. And, sadly, many of these students get referred for speech therapy when...
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What Will the Future Bring? Futures Planning for Children with Special Needs
As a parents of a child with disabilities, this is a question we have asked many, many times. What will the future bring? You wish you had a crystal ball. You hope for great kindness in humanity. Looking Back at the Supports Involved in Raising a Child with Special...
Lessons Learned from Human Trafficking Courses for the Speech Language Pathology CEU Requirement
If you are like us, you may have gone to renew your state license recently and found that your state is now requiring continuing education on human trafficking for speech language pathologists. This has been in place for states like Texas since 2020 and more states...
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The best speech therapy blogs out there (which we are proud to count ourselves among!) do a few things very well.
The Best Speech Therapy Blogs Listen
In your over 1800 comments you have told us what you need, what is going wrong, and when we gave you resources or information that hit home. When we see patterns in what is being commented on and read, we know what to research next to improve our lives collectively.
They Challenge Ideas and Produce Results
The best speech therapy blog essays call it like it is but then give examples, ideas, materials, and products that are real solutions that will work for anyone serving in a real environment. Caseloads, paperwork, and budget cuts anyone? The popularity of our 650+ essays is a testament to the fact that SLPs are not afraid to speak their minds and that we want the same change you do.
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You have been our shoulder to cry on with tears of happiness and dismay when this unique experience we call speech language pathology moves us. So many connections and collaborations have come out of the interactions between the 40,000+ subscribers who have found kindred spirits who share the same passion.
Wow, I love this post! Thank you for illuminating the special nature of being able to enter a person’s home to work with their child.
Sarah
This was such a concrete explanation of how important language specific constraints are…I’m grateful for this excellent resource, and will be sharing it with my grad school peers.
Jamey
Thank you for this thought provoking read! As someone who has been an SLP for over 40 years, I have to agree with the majority of what you reported. I look forward to reviewing the supporting studies in the future!
Cynthia
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