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In my years as an SLP, I have been fortunate to work in good conditions with supportive administration. I am also fortunate to live and work in a state that has a caseload cap for school SLPs. However, I have repeatedly heard of unfortunate and upsetting situations from my fellow school SLPs. Here are some examples: Being told to add more…
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Today’s guest post in the Stepping Outside Your SLP Comfort Zone is my friend Jessica Solari from Consonantly Speaking! When I was in graduate school, my two favorite areas of study were fluency disorders and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). I definitely was more interested in the technology side of AAC, as I am a very techy person. We had…
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I don’t know about you, but I certainly have a countdown going for days left of school! Of course, this always keeps me focused on all of the tasks I have left to complete before I can officially “finish” the school year, which is always a little stress-inducing! I’m one of those SLPs that sends homework with her students on…
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Across the country, there’s been a push to better measure teacher effectiveness. This has resulted in several new evaluation systems (including the Danielson model) being developed and implemented in states across the country. While SLPs certainly aren’t teachers, we are often evaluated either on the same evaluation tool as classroom teachers, or on slightly modified ones, supposed to be tailored…
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