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It feels like an ever-increasing number of speech-language pathologists like me are pulling off the same career move—working in public schools and launching a private practice on the side. I’m [...]

“How is your husband doing?” I’ve answered that question on countless occasions. But because few people think to ask it, I’ve seldom answered this question: “How are you doing?” Despite [...]

I followed the speech-language pathologist and her young client into a gym filled with swings, tunnels, and balance beams. The SLP removed her shoes and began leading the client through [...]

As I watched my child’s eyes dart back and forth uncontrollably in response to flickering bright lights, I knew he had epilepsy. I didn’t even need to see the EEG [...]

As part of what’s being called “The Great Resignation,” https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm—approaching 50 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The pandemic is a driving factor in many of the departures, [...]

When her services went virtual in March 2020, Cheryl Hersh could see exactly where and what her young patients with feeding and swallowing challenges were eating. It was a real-time [...]

You’re in a Zoom meeting, camera ready, initial chart-review notes at hand for a pediatric speech and language evaluation. Your patient is six minutes late, and the family’s encountered a [...]

In my small Kentucky community, residents speak more than 50 languages. Several factors contribute to this growing linguistic diversity, including language preservation efforts, immigration, refugee resettlement, and improved access to [...]

As speech-language pathologists we can't help but be hopeful for our students' future. It's ingrained in us to expect positive outcomes for ourselves and our students, or we wouldn't do [...]

I wake up; it’s too cold until the heat kicks on. Phew. After a few minutes, I’m too hot! I get out of bed, careful to step around toys; the [...]

Speech-language pathologists in health care often struggle to provide access to instrumental swallowing assessments for their patients. These studies, which allow SLPs to observe the internal mechanisms of a patient’s [...]

Teaching about critical thinking in clinical decision-making is a core tenet of the graduate communication sciences and disorders (CSD) curriculum. However, learning about clinical decision-making doesn’t end there. In our [...]

For parents seeking help for kids who won’t eat—or who will eat only a limited number of foods—getting insurance to cover feeding treatment by speech-language pathologists and other providers has [...]

I have been a speech-language pathologist for many years and treated patients in just about every setting. I became interested in the reimbursement process as I learned more about the [...]

Looking to advocate that all your responsibilities, both direct and indirect, contribute to workload? Try using ASHA's new workload calculator--or one of several others--to show how you spend your time. [...]

Enough with the EBP blame game. Effectively putting research into practice requires empathy from all those involved. THE RESEARCH TRANSLATION PROBLEM: A MODEST PROPOSAL Audiologists and speech-language pathologists must use [...]

DOES TRUTH HAVE A FUTURE? What would 1,100 of the world's leading technologists, tech scholars, and future-casters say if you asked what they think about the future of truth? Recently, [...]

Adolescents with communication disorders face an increased risk of being misjudged and detained by the juvenile justice system. Speech-language pathologists can be their key advocates. What started as a regular [...]

Ruby McDonough, a resident of a Framingham, Massachusetts, nursing home, was assaulted in January 2009. Because of a prior stroke, McDonough suffered from non-fluent aphasia. The condition impaired her ability [...]

Challenges with sensory processing are a hallmark of autism spectrum disorder. Occupational therapists share suggestions for addressing a child's off-task behavior. Speech-language pathologist Jay was used to addressing an array [...]

FAST READ: Speech-language pathologists are often the first point of professional contact for caregivers on the road to an autism diagnosis for their child. SLPs can use carefully cultivated strategies [...]

Adam (a pseudonym) was clearly upset as he entered my office. “I don’t know what went wrong,” he said. “I thought that the interview went so well. We talked for [...]

Here's what I observed in the first online class of the southern Illinois boarding school where I work: In their homes, one student is a dark silhouette; another is just [...]

Masking autistic traits requires significant expenditure of mental, physical, and emotional energy, and fosters shame around autistic neurology. Shaped by our academic training, professional experience, and a lifetime of navigating [...]

You opened your private practice with hopes of it becoming successful, and now your client waiting list is long and the business demands are escalating. You’re thinking about hiring a [...]

Several months ago, I was asked to deliver a eulogy for my patient Robert, who had received Medical Assistance in Dying—legal in Canada as an option for patients to end [...]

Audiologists and speech-language pathologists want to be aware of new 2022 diagnosis codes for pediatric feeding disorder, post-COVID-19 conditions, and abnormal findings on neonatal screening for hearing loss, among others. [...]

The school psychologist startles you with a question about one of your deaf middle school students. The psychologist wonders if Hannah might be a good candidate for an augmentative and [...]

If a previously active elderly patient stops eating, drinking, and leaving their room to socialize—instead, staying in bed and appearing lethargic—physical illness may seem the most obvious cause. Assuming the [...]

Two events converged in early 2020 to drastically change home health care, and speech-language pathologists who work in home care are still working to sort it all out. The first [...]

Feeding is communication. When we help NICU caregivers interpret what their preemie is telling them during feeding, we support the parent-infant relationship. If a preemie could talk, what would she [...]

Working in the schools, frequently one-on-one with students, we are often the first to see signs of mental health problems in our students. Here's what to watch for behaviorally, socially [...]

How do you know it's better to fill up on gas before picking up your son at 5 pm? Because yesterday you learned that traffic becomes unmanageably stressful after 5. [...]

It's been a while since Holly finished her snack, but she's coughing and tearing up. This catches a speech-language pathologist's attention as she walks through a self-contained classroom for students [...]

Problems with airway functioning during sleep can hurt children's health. And SLPs, alongside other professionals, are on the front lines of identification and intervention. When was the last time you [...]

A bill to license music therapists in Maryland struck the wrong chord with the Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association (MSHA). After a four-year battle to prevent music therapists from treating communication disorders, [...]

“Your working conditions are your students’ learning conditions.” So says Carol Fleming about the importance of setting the right foundation for successful learning. President of the Arkansas Education Association and [...]

Five years ago, an acquaintance pulled me aside at a birthday party. “You do speech stuff, right?” she asked. “My husband had a stroke a few years ago.” As I [...]

If you want to be an international commercial pilot, your English—the de facto language of aviation—must be easily understood for safety reasons. That requirement can be challenging for international pilot [...]

An elderly man with Parkinson’s disease at a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in Indiana was struggling to eat, coughing and gurgling on every bite. “I tried everything I could. Telling [...]

More and more these days we hear about executive functions--in the literature, in schools, and in news related to autism, head injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Improving executive function skills [...]

What happens when school-based audiologists and speech-language pathologists have students with hearing loss in the same grade with roughly similar backgrounds--who are on wholly opposite academic journeys? One may be [...]

We continue to modify recipes, cooking methods, staff education methods and interdepartmental communication. When speech-language pathologists recommend diet modifications for patients to compensate for dysphagia and aid swallowing, their recommendations [...]

Using facts and evidence, you too can 'sell' the need for and benefits of instrumental swallowing exams to administrators, as well as showcase your expertise. Without access to instrumental swallowing [...]

Name: Katby Hoffman, MS, CCC-SLP Title: Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Contact: kathy@electkathyhoffman.com Kathy Hoffman's job as a speech-language pathologist in the Arizona public schools combined her [...]