Category Clinical Skills Confidence

Time for Language Samples Part 2!         If you missed Part 1, check it out HERE.    I made a language sample checklist that can be used when taking language samples. It is not exhaustive, but should…

    Time to talk about language samples!    I like to make sure I take a language sample when I do an assessment. Of course, this is not the ONLY time I take one, but it gives a good…

    This time, Clinical Skills Confidence focuses on choosing therapy materials. I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer here, as there can be so many factors. Budgets (or lack thereof), ages of your students, abilities of…

Clinical Skills Confidence: using the ipad as a therapy tool Raise your hand if you love the iPad! Now raise your hand if you’re sometimes unsure how to EFFECTIVELY use it in therapy! My hand was raised for both questions…

Next in line: When Plan A Doesn’t Work   It’s a skill that I think you have to keep refining as you move along in your career. In grad school, I had every session planned down to the last minute…

A parent/teacher/grandparent/co-worker asks you a question regarding speech language pathology and your first thought is: “I DON’T KNOW…”   Cue dramatic music. Sweaty palms. Ticking clock. People staring at you.  Time for my next installment of Clinical Skills Confidence!  …

I have decided to start a new section of my blog called Clinical Skills Confidence. I have been out in the “working SLP world” for almost 3 years. I have learned SO much in the past few years and it’s…