Happy Halloween! I admit, Halloween is my 2nd least favorite “holiday” next to Valentine’s Day. But, this year I enlisted the help of my friends on Instagram to help me come up with the spookiest things to an SLP… regardless of the time of year! I’m sure you’ll agree that this TERRIFYING list is true for most SLPs but that we still love our jobs!
~ “Twick-ow-Tweating”
~ Whatever came flying out of that preschooler’s nose and mouth and landed on my face!
~ Lice, bed bugs, and other creepy-crawlies.
~ A broken Cariboo game!
~ There’s this one mom…
~ Cleaning dentures.
~ Medicaid.
~ Paperwork.
~ Infectious diseases.
~ 60-day timelines.
~ A referral in your mailbox.
~ When your hand sanitizer (a.k.a. Hanitizer) runs out!
~ Accidentally drinking your patient’s water.
~ /r/… need I say more?
~ Realizing you need 10 CEUs by December
~ “Me do it”
~ Running out of Bubbles
~ A new IEP/paperwork system.
~ Data, percentages, and +/-… oh my!
~ An invasion of the Unthinkables.
~ Scheduling that new kid into your packed week.
~ AAC device in a closet instead of with a kid.
~ Boys and ghouls!
So, what would you add to the list? I hope you enjoy the spooky holiday with clients and family!
The Fangs on a 3 Year Old
Punkin instead of Pumpkin!
Need to add 50+ progress reports and scabies (yes) to that list. Happy Halloween.
“MY do it”! We’ve been working on this for a year now! Argh!
YES! And “Dath a bat winner!” (“That’s a Black Widow!”) as he points to the spider crawling up the wall over your shoulder! The spider was the immediate spooky thing, followed closely by “what happened to your final /k/ sound?” And then, “how did he KNOW that?”
Sitting through another Blood-Borne Pathogens video. Yes, I HAVE watched it 35 years in a row. Blood is blood. Bwa ha ha ha.
This is hilarious! When I started at a new district a few years ago, I was appalled to find out that lice did not prevent a child from coming to school. I always thought that lice automatically required a few days at home to be taken care of, but nope! Definitely hard to do therapy while my scalp is tingling. And ugh, “Me do it!” was all over my preschool caseload.
Student with a severe stutter moves into your school!