So, you’ve been asked to mentor a Clinical Fellow (CF). If it’s your first time mentoring, there is a lot you need to know and prepare for to be the best mentor possible – which is what your CF deserves! Read on for helpful tips, tricks, and information about mentoring an SLPCF! Who Can Mentor? […]
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10 Great Podcasts for SLPs
Being an SLP means being in a profession that never ceases learning. Whether formal conferences or research articles, learning is imperative to keeping up with EBP. One of my favorite methods of learning is Podcasts. What are Podcasts? If you are unfamiliar to the world of podcasts, think talk radio on demand… but better! There […]
Top 10 Speech Therapy Materials
I get asked frequently which speech/language therapy materials I recommend or are my favorite to use. Today I’ll be sharing 10 of my favorites that I use weekly and why I love them! 1 – Story Champs Intervention I utilize Story Champs with so many of my students. I wrote a review of it last […]
7 Wonderful Winter Books for Speech/Language Therapy {That Aren’t Holiday Books}
Happy 2018! The holidays are over and we’re still in the early days of winter – sigh. I’m sure that many of you are shivering as you read this post. So… what are some books to use in therapy that are NOT holiday books? What can we pull out of our Mary Poppins bag and […]
A Look at Hanen’s Make Play R.O.C.K.™ Booklets
It is Autism Acceptance month! Before becoming an SLP, I had very little knowledge or awareness of Autism. I am hopeful that the acceptance of autism continues to increase and that we continue to celebrate what makes each of us the unique humans that we are. To start off the month, I would like to […]
Top 10 Summer Language & Speech Activities
Summer is full of sun and fun… and language opportunities. Whether you are looking for language-rich activities to recommend to the parents of children that you work with or for your own children, the following list will help you seek out the perfect activity for those sunny (or rainy) summer days. Farmers Market: Farmers Markets […]
Failure: An SLP’s Greatest Teacher!
I need to confess something to you: I have failed. More times than I would like to count, I have failed. I have failed to be my best, failed to leave personal issues at my speech room door, failed to educate a family adequately, failed to engage my clients, failed to take adequate data, failed to […]
Top 10 Must-Haves for Traveling SLPs
For the past year, I have been providing Early Intervention speech services in client homes and daycares. I spend 30 or more hours per week seeing clients and another 9-10 hours in my car traveling around the city of Chicago (traffic dictates the time of course) to each of those sessions. There is a lot […]
Top 10 Free TpT Resources for New SLPs
TpT is a magical land filled with over 26,000 “Speech Therapy” resources. It’s incredible what you can find from fellow SLPs! The materials are typically well made and incredibly well thought-out and make a great addition to your therapy provision. However, I’ve been a CF and I know… you’re broke (um, hey thanks Grad School!) […]
The Bagless SLP – Part 3: Imperfection & Moving Forward
Welcome back! Or, if you’re just joining in on this series, head over to Part 1 & Part 2 to see what this Bagless SLP series is all about! In the last post, “The Good, the Bad, & the Unexpected”, I wrote about how it had been going… the good, the bad, and the unexpected! Today, […]