Buzzing about Speech & Language
New Year. Same me. I actually hate setting personal New Year’s resolutions or SLP New Year’s resolutions. It’s too much pressure. I always feel like a failure when I don’t meet them. BUT, there is something about the blank slate of January 1 that makes me want to go buy another planner and a few packs of flair pens. 🙂… Read More
You know how the beginning of the school year is always chaos? It’s a crazy mess of quick IEPs, make your speech therapy schedule, finding out where students are, planning, rearranging schedules, and trying to get your mindset out of summer mode. Everyone knows that the WORST part is always scheduling. Coming up with your speech therapy schedule is a… Read More
When it comes to speech therapy planning, you probably fall into one of two camps. One, you are spending hours coming up with therapy ideas and trying to keep up with meticulous planning each week. Two, you’re like, “what planning?” and just wing it each day. Well, friend, there is actually a middle ground. What if I told you that… Read More
It’s all about SLP resources and shortcuts this week! I hope you’ve enjoyed the school-based series this month! We’ve talked all about the many roles and responsibilities that SLPs have. And we even dove into a few things that I wish I would’ve known before starting in the schools. The paperwork load for SLPs is overwhelming. In this post, I… Read More
The other day I did a poll on Instagram. I asked what the hardest part of our job was as school SLPs. The vast majority said paperwork, of course. But in second place, was IEPs and evals. Many said they would love some tips for writing IEPs because they were struggling. IEPs are tough because it’s hard to keep up… Read More
Last week in our school SLP blog series, we talked about the many roles and responsibilities of SLPs in the schools. One of those responsibilities is the dreaded SLP paperwork. Paperwork is a sore subject among school-based SLPs. Why is it such a sore subject? Well, it’s all part of the unrealistic expectations placed on SLPs and the constant changes… Read More
Back to school season for SLPs calls for all the paperwork tips and ideas. I’m always on the hunt for a better system. Maybe it’s because there is no organization system that can take the paperwork away or have it complete itself. Lol That mountain of paperwork and responsibilities is frustrating, isn’t it? But, why is that exactly? Here are… Read More
I think we can all agree that speech therapy data collection is important. The other day I asked several friends if they thought it was worth it to spend time gathering baseline data on each student at the beginning of the year. I mean, wouldn’t it be easier to just look at their most recent progress report and plan your… Read More
Are you a little curious on how to use a digital SLP planner? Maybe you’ve seen them floating around on social media and you like the thought of going the digital SLP planner route. (*This post contains Amazon affiliate links.) As for me, I love using a little bit of both kinds of planners. There are certain forms of my… Read More
OK, I admit it. I actually love back-to-school season. I know it’s the end of summer, and most people dread giving up their freedom and heading back to the speech therapy classroom. And, yes, I do too. But there’s something about the combination of school supplies, new tote bags, and a fresh start that excites me. Once the bell rings… Read More
