I’m converting my after-school appointments to 30-minute sessions starting in 2026. I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while as I’ve seen my waiting list for after-school appointments climb to 50 families while my during-school list has remained at 5. I decided to go for it when my student loan payments skyrocketed from $30/month …
I’ve made the difficult decision to stop accepting UnitedHealthcare from new patients (while continuing to accept UnitedHealthcare plans from established patients). This decision is heavily influenced by a change in all my patients’ UnitedHealthcare (UHC) plans in 2024 that enacted an annual 30-visit maximum for all habilitative services (speech & language treatment, occupational therapy, & …
This is, by far, the question I get asked most frequently. It’s a bit of a loaded question for me as a neurodiversity-affirming therapist. I don’t see my job as helping children who “need” treatment – I see it as helping children learn new choices for how they communicate. That being said (or typed?), whether …
I’ve been considering boycotting social media ever since a social media site prioritized free speech over my safety back in 2013. As we often do, I shrugged off the incident as an isolated event and personal failing, but since reading The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt I can no longer shake my misgivings about social …
My office has new paint and I’ve moved some things around. Originally Posted on 06/13/2024.
I often get parents who are family, friends, and colleagues asking me whether their child needs speech & language treatment. I honestly can’t answer without more information. Usually before a child receives treatment the following steps are made: Rather than just tell concerned parents that I don’t know whether their child could receive speech and …
I’ve had to make the very difficult decision to retire my speech therapy dog, Zooey, when she almost bit a couple kids in a single day. This is very unlike Zooey and all my families who’ve been working with her for years have been as surprised as I was. I think her behavior might be …
I love the Zones of Regulation! The curriculum has taught me so much about regulation and the tools have helped so many of my patients engage in speech and language treatment! I have colleagues who hate the Zones of Regulation because it gets confusing for kids whose teachers use the color-coded behavior charts. to be …
I’ve been coming up with monthly themes that I can recycle each year so I can use my time and energy elsewhere. Each month I add the theme to my practice through a virtual therapy room (which has themed webcams, videos, books, and websites), prizes, sensory bins, apps, and activities. Here are the themes I’ve …
I’ve developed a theme for each month so that I can re-use my naturalistic activities, sensory bins, prizes, & virtual SLP treatment rooms. I’m really appreciating the time it’s saving me. Here are links for each… Originally Published: 07/01/2024 Read More From the SLP A to Z Blog
