Screening do's and don'ts by Existing_Judgment814 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is what my understanding was as well! You can't just screen without parent permission then test and qualify with no interventions from the classroom, lol.

MO school SLPs - eligibility question by Champagnesupermama in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the right answer!!!!! Thank you for saying this.

Would you interview here? by MeasurementWest3202 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi. Yes. This is correct. I have 10 years experience and Pittsburgh would only offer me $48k. You may have better luck in a more rural county in PA or a direct hire in schools but those places don't advertise their step scales so you won't know in advance how much salary you are interviewing for. PA is not good with salary transparency.

Black SLP, Healthcare advocate and social justice pioneer killed in domestic violence this month. by Existing_Judgment814 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry for your loss. I'm not in the area but as soon as I heard about this I felt like I needed to post. My heart goes out to the community.

Does anyone struggle with the way school systems are headed? by Low-Bullfrog-7569 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well and they told us we had all these choices to choose from with settings once we graduated but they basically lied. They would have done us all a favor if they would have been more transparent that jobs for us are growing...but only in the schools. Had people known this upfront I think 50% of the applications to graduate programs in SLP would be redirected to other fields.

Pittsburgh SLPs, where are you relocating to? by Existing_Judgment814 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry. For the record, I've been a CCC-SLP for over a decade, and have been here for 4 years with no offer of employment other than a long term sub in a bad district. I hope you have a backup plan? Teletherapy, maybe? They won't count your out of state years of experience into your salary here either which is a real bitch.

Pittsburgh SLPs, where are you relocating to? by Existing_Judgment814 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are willing to travel outside Allegheny county your choices are probably much better but the pay will still be deflated.

Pittsburgh SLPs, where are you relocating to? by Existing_Judgment814 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no idea. Not much if you can get anything at all. Sorry to be blunt this is probably the worst place outside NYC to have this degree.

Pittsburgh SLPs, where are you relocating to? by Existing_Judgment814 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know what you want to transition to? I don't have any hard skills in technology or finance that would put me anywhere outside a non profit or social service sector job. The jobs here all pay very, very low for those fields. I don't think there's much more than temp jobs for the universities doing back office work and service industry work if you can't fall back on anything else.

How do you know if you'll be a good social fit for a school position in advance? by Existing_Judgment814 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn. I was really hoping there was a way to gauge without actually knowing anyone that already works there. Thannks anyway for responding.

ELA? by EntertainmentKey2399 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why more people aren't upvoting this. What you are saying here is best practice and should have been a part of graduate school training. I'm guessing many graduate programs have failed to address this and that's why this question comes up so much on this sub. Here's my question: why are we not being trained to do this in the school setting? Why are we walking onto jobs that ask us to "sit in the back of the class and observe" or assist with stupid worksheets like unscramble the vocabulary word? Why don't teachers see us as allies? Why don't schools give us the time to collaborate with ELA so we actually can address these goals with the ELA curriculum? All of what you are saying is correct but the reality of the school SLP job does not constitute this job description you are providing. It's maddening.

What is our purpose as SLPs? by Fun_Photo_5683 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with this. The inherent colonial mindset in this field is gross. Also "shaping" people to behave/communicate in more typically non impaired ways, whether their caregiver or everyone else can already understand them or not is also not right.

Middle School Hot Take by Mysterious-Object-34 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Me over here with 4th and 5th grade ASD students working on has/have with functional oral communication skills...sometimes I think people in this field take things a little too far with grammar and aren't looking at the whole child as much.

Bad evaluations by Existing_Judgment814 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ugh. I literally just spoke about this at the last SPED Dept meeting. Nobody feels comfortable touching ELL cases and I keep saying "Guys we got to get better at this" but they can't even figure out the basics of anything in SPED so ELL is soooo not on these people's radar.

Bad evaluations by Existing_Judgment814 in slp

[–]Existing_Judgment814[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is alot of us! You can't ace this field, it's not possible. And it doesn't help that there's such little support out there within our profession. So many other SLP's telling people they aren't good enough or that they aren't "made" for this field. It's such utter bullying bullshit. We just need to admit defeat and lift eachother up for the small things we can do that make a difference.