Speech Therapy Makeover: Card Game Homework
Welcome to Week 2 in the Speech Therapy Makeover series! I’m challenging myself to “make over” some traditional therapy tasks so they will be more person-centered (functional, meaningful, and relevant for the people we work with). We know that person-centered care offers the best results across the board for outcomes, patient satisfaction, and efficiency of meeting goals. Week 2 Speech […]
Speech Therapy Makeover: Naming Animals
Welcome to Week 1 in the Speech Therapy Makeover series! I’m challenging myself to “make over” some traditional therapy tasks so they will be more person-centered (functional, meaningful, and relevant for the people we work with). We know that person-centered care offers the best results across the board for outcomes, patient satisfaction, and efficiency of meeting goals. […]
Top 10: Person-Centered Care
Happy Holidays to my fellow SLP’s, near and far! Thank you for your support in 2016: a year of taking chances, making time to be creative, and believing that we can make a difference one patient at a time! I plan to start 2017 with a “Speech Therapy Makeover” Series in January: sign up for email updates […]
One Click: Script Training
If you are like me, you are busy treating patients during the day and can’t absorb a treatment protocol / prep materials / figure out who to use it with / figure out how to word things in documentation… all on your lunch break. Here’s where the One Click series comes in: This series highlights various treatment […]
The Election, Voting, and Speech Therapy
With the US presidential election about 1 month away, it’s a perfect time of year to talk all things “Election,” “Voting,” and “Speech Therapy!”. Think you want to stay away from politics in your session? Consider this: These are the conversations our People are having this month! Voting may be an activity they hope to […]
Instant Resource: Car Maintenance Checklist
Have you ever treated someone in speech therapy whose interests were outside your comfort zone? For me, it’s the “Handy” people! As a self-proclaimed non-handy person, I barely know how to use the right terminology with someone who is into cars, hunting, or woodworking! Checklists have made it much easier for me to structure questions, […]
Functional Toolbox: Photos
The Functional Toolbox posts explore how we could use functional, real-life items in speech therapy, to exercise language or cognitive skills, or practice strategies that improve function. Some patients have a negative reaction to worksheets, so using functional, tangible items is another vehicle we can use to target patient-centered goals or strategies. Today I am sharing speech therapy […]
TED Talks: Master List
Have you tried a TED Talks in speech therapy? I love TED Talks because they are interesting, relevant topics created for adults (and some for middle school and up!), so it never seems school-ish or childish to use with adults in therapy. In case you missed the 8-week series put out this spring, here is a master […]
Instant Resource: The Olympics! (Inspiration for Speech Therapy)
The Olympics are coming! Because the Olympics are loved across ages and cultures, I think they can be used in relevant, functional ways for speech therapy! Read on for some inspiration on how you could use Olympic material as a vehicle to target a variety of goals in speech therapy!
How To Write a Person-Centered Goal (+ Goal Attainment Scaling!)
This year I have been on a journey to improve the person-centered care I offer in speech therapy. It’s been a popular buzz word in health care, but how does “person-centered care” actually translate into our day-to-day practice as SLPs? Today I am sharing the simple steps you can take to move towards writing person-centered goals.