Image courtesy of LeyaHoeni on Pixabay.com Available as a podcast here Note: This is how most non-oral language systems are set up, everything in neat categories with only a little overlap. But, life doesn’t work that way. How Many People Do You Interact With Every Day? Try this thought experiment: I want you, the reader,ContinueContinue reading “Looking In: What Would It Feel Like to Be Non-Verbal?”
Monthly Archives: July 2023
Repost – How Not to Be a “Ken” SLP
Image courtesy of RosZie on Pixabay.com Update 7/17/23: This post has been getting a lot of traffic lately, both here and as the podcast. I thought I’d repost it at the top of the blog to make it easier to find. If you weren’t already aware, a “Ken” is the male version of a “Karen”-ContinueContinue reading “Repost – How Not to Be a “Ken” SLP”
Save the Date – ASHA 2023
Image by Darkmoon_Art on Pixabay.com Advancing Your DEI Practice: Introducing reMODEL and RAIN My colleague, Dr. Rihana Mason (@drrihana), and I will be presenting our reframed and actionable models for allied health professionals at the 2023 ASHA Convention as a 1-hour seminar on Saturday, November 18 from 4-5 p.m. As we were putting the bookContinueContinue reading “Save the Date – ASHA 2023”
How Inclusive Are Your Therapy Practices – Do You Include the Client?
“Inclusion” by Rosy on Pixabay.com My colleague and I have two chapters in an upcoming book about home visiting. In these chapters, we explore and develop a new model for home visitors to re-think how they approach therapy/intervention/instruction with families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds. One of the topics we cover is inclusionContinueContinue reading “How Inclusive Are Your Therapy Practices – Do You Include the Client?”
Really? A “Karen” SLP-Adjacent Post
Image courtesy of Gerd Altman on Pixabay.com Oh Common Sense, Where Art Thou? Personally, I lament the demise of common sense in the world these days. Sigh. The Backstory For my primary “day job” I work as a contracting speech-language pathologist. It’s really good money. I get to set my own hours and schedule. And,ContinueContinue reading “Really? A “Karen” SLP-Adjacent Post”
Diversity Makes Us All Stronger
Image by GDJ on Pixabay.com I knew it had been a while since I’d posted on this website, but I didn’t realize it had been more than two months. Yikes! It’s been a busy couple of months while I’ve been attending to my primary day job and my other side hustle as a child languageContinueContinue reading “Diversity Makes Us All Stronger”
Outside The Box 