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Functional Home Programs for Speech Therapy

Are you tired of using generic worksheets for homework in speech therapy with adults? Today I am sharing the ONE THING you need to know to easily create a personalized, functional home program for the adults you work with.

Speech Therapy Makeover: Worksheets for Homework

Welcome to Week 7 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 6 Speech Therapy […]

Speech Therapy Makeover: Workbook Writing Tasks

Welcome to Week 5 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 […]

Speech Therapy Makeover: Clinician-Centered Goals

Welcome to Week 3 in the Speech Therapy Makeover series! I’m challenging myself to “make over” some traditional speech 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 […]

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 […]

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.

Functional Home Programs for Speech Therapy

Are you tired of using generic worksheets for homework in speech therapy with adults? Today I am sharing the ONE THING you need to know to easily create a personalized, functional home program for the adults you work with.