AI tools are becoming more useful and more popular, even within the field of speech pathology. The 2024 ASHA Convention had several AI-related presentations, and the ASHA Leader has published…
Category: <span>Being an SLP</span>
If you’re a speech-language pathologist (SLP) working with adult patients, you’ve likely encountered people who you weren’t sure how to help. Maybe they just wanted “to get better” but couldn’t…
Curious about the real challenges and rewards of home health speech therapy (HH ST)? I surveyed both HH SLPs and those who’ve never set foot in a patient’s home to…
These three home health SLP survey results may surprise you! I’ve seen in online forums that some clinicians love home health, while others face a lot of challenges, so I…
As a field, SLPs don’t tend to write true participation-level speech therapy goals (Baylor & Darling-White, 2020). Our field is still transitioning from a medical model to a client-centered, participation-focused…
You may be surprised to learn that there are a number of problems with SMART goals! Learn how Goal Attainment Scaling makes SMART goals better. You’ll see the common GAS…
Soft skills are critically important for delivering person-centered care in speech therapy. Strengthening our soft skills would likely improve patient outcomes and satisfaction, as well as make it easier to…
After nearly ten years working in home health, I’ve learned that being organized and prepared is key to working smarter, not harder. Read on to see my recommendations for the…
Have you ever had a patient who did great in therapy, but their test scores were flat? Ever had a patient who didn’t “get” what you were trying to do?…
Here you’ll find the 20 best SLP blogs written for the adult population. Okay, I’ll ‘fess up and share that these are also the ONLY adult medical speech-language pathology blogs…