In May, I usually try to think up some new and creative ways to celebrate Better Hearing and Speech Month. ASHA, of course, provides resources here. This year, I have to admit that I am sort of struggling to come up with something creative and new to share in my building. I realize that I also lamented this fact in one of last April's posts, and I ...

This past Thursday I went to a wonderful training entitled ''7 Mindfulness Habits of the Highly Effective Brain. ''The presenter was a man named Jonathan Jordan, MSW LCSW, a well-traveled (he's been to 146 countries) social worker and master life coach who was hired to give this same presentation to our own United States Senate.  Although I ...

One of the things I love about being a Speech Language Pathologist is that we never stop learning.  Nowadays, with technology and all of the amazing social media sites, keeping up to date is easier than ever.  All you need to do is find the time, which I know for many that may be problematic.  My next set of blog posts will be a ...

 Thank you to my fellow blogger, Alexander Streeter, for being the only voter on my last blog (regarding which topics I attended at my state convention and what the readers would like me to blog about). Per her request today I'll start to blog about the presentation on transitioning from PECsTM to SGD. There is so much I could blog about this ...

Due to changes at the workplace, which are mainly fiscally driven, my current work position is expanding and I will no longer treat children solely in the preschool. Now, some of my days will be split as I will be back on the road in homecare therapy for a few hours a week. It's been more than 3 years now since I left homecare and the birth to ...

This past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I was lucky enough to attend my state's annual convention. I was even luckier that it was held only 20 minutes away from where I live!  But the most fortunate part of the whole thing (other than getting approved for the professional leave time from work) was attending numerous excellent, relevant ...

One of the more frequent questions I get about working in a skilled nursing facility is, ''Isn't it depressing (or sad, etc)?'' To be honest, on some days it can be, if we choose to focus on only certain parts of our jobs there. People are sick, and often they die. That, however, is a reality anywhere. I don't want to be a downer, but we are all ...

We are all on a journey. I left for a week's vacation in Istanbul, and while I was there, I heard the news that a fellow SLP and ADVANCE blogger passed away. Kathie Harrington was a dedicated professional whose work in our field was greatly appreciated. She will be missed, and I hope that the many students and professionals who walk in her ...

Almost every Speech-Language Pathologists whom I have met across every setting has one or more stories of misconceptions about what SLPs as professionals do, from family demands to the expectations of other professionals and staff. It can humorous, and it can be annoying after the 100th time you have politely explained, ''No, that's not in my ...

Recently at school someone had contacted me about something in regard to assistive technology. When I had mentioned this to the individual the next time I saw her (as to what made her think to contact me first) she commented, ''You're the speech assistive technology expert!''  Expert? Me?  So this is my SLP reputation?  I have to ...