Clinical Skills Confidence Round Up

If you have followed me for awhile, you’re familiar with my Clinical Skill Confidence blog posts. I wrote the first one on March 22, 2013 which was 6 years ago!! It’s a series that I designed to share little tidbits of skills that we SLPs have to use almost every day in our clinical practice, plus my tips for them. Today, I’m rounding up my favorite ones!

The first one was about talking to parents, which sometimes still makes me nervous. I’ve gotten better at it, but it can still give me butterflies, especially if I’m not sure how what I’m saying will be received. Another favorite is the dreaded time when you’re asked a question and you don’t know (dun dun dun). I wrote two about language samples (part one and part two – excuse the super old graphics, I’ve gotten better at that since haha).

A popular one is the one I wrote about baselines (with a free little screening). Another one with a free screening is the post about 14 early developing morphemes.

I refer back to this one a lot when I need a pick-me-up. I wrote one about progress reports and one with a free classroom observation form. I shared my tips on keeping tabs on E.I.P. (evaluation in progress).

Who hears “I played video games?” whenever you ask what a student did over the weekend? I did a post with a freebie to combat that.

Here’s one about sharing results at meetings. One of my most popular blog posts is this one which talks about those moments when you’re questioning if you’re doing therapy right.

Read this one to learn how I plan by the month (aka I don’t plan at home). For the CFs, here are observation tips. Here’s a quick evaluation tip too. And how I survive the dreaded Medicaid billing.

Here’s one about navigating a new school, IEP meeting dos and don’ts and collaborating with teachers.

These are just some of my favorites. Search “Clinical Skills Confidence” or click the tab at the top of my website to see all these posts! 🙂