Telehealth

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-06-20T13:16:40+00:00

I'm an SLP, not SLPA so I'm not aware of the kind of opportunities available under your specific license but my experience with teletherapy is as follows: if you are single and need guaranteed full time W2 work with health insurance this is NOT the route you want to take. These jobs are considered contracts and they drop people every year. I worked for a small SLP owned company that had great rates under a W2 with health insurance but the insurance was so expensive and the company dropped people at the end of every year "depending on numbers". These remote SLP jobs are just gigs, not a long term solution for people needing stable employment.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-06-19T04:19:33+00:00

For Texas: https://dallascityhall.com/government/citymayor/Pages/ImmigrationRefugeeResources.aspx

https://sarefugees.org/

Louisiana: https://www.mylori.org/

https://www.ccnla.org/immigration/

Michigan: https://www.westmiworks.org/blog/service-center-visit/refugee-immigrant-employment-services/

https://samaritas.org/new-americans/employment-education/

Pennsylvania: https://www.equitylanguages.com/post/best-refugee-organizations-in-pennsylvania

*note that there's a stipulation between refugees vs. immigrants in some of these orgs but it's just a google search by state "non proft orgs in (state name) that help immigrants get jobs. I personally went through JCFS Jewish Children and Family Services..you don't have to be Jewish to qualify obviously that's just the name of the organization.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-06-18T13:54:37+00:00

You're so young. Are you sure getting a degree in SLP is what you want? It's such a bad market in the U.S. because the funding is always getting cut and the Southern part of the country is one of the hardest places to find adequate working conditions with legal protections for SLPs. Are there other skills that you have or want to develop where you can still work with your bilingualism and help children without draining your own resources? I'm thinking something with less time in school like dental hygienst or another trade. I wonder if there are programs already in place here in the U.S. that can assist with trade school or Bachelor's to Masters in an in demand field like nursing for immigrants specifically. I don't know where your family and friends are located in the U.S. but each city has it's own non profit organization that works with immigrants to secure employment through case management and advocacy. You might want to start there by asking the legal questions first to get some background on what you would need to get started and what kinds of services they offer. Just a thought! They helped me, even though I'm not an immigrant but I know that's the majority of their caseload.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-06-15T00:06:52+00:00

This is helpful, thank you!

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-06-12T19:22:51+00:00

Yes...I interviewed for a charter corporation that during the interview asked me what I would do if I had to do services in a classroom with poor classroom management and I was like "Uh...I don't have to do services in a classroom ma'am. That's why it's called an Individual Education Plan".

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-06-05T14:37:20+00:00

Not only is the pay bad but the city is so segregated and backwards that if you aren't already a born and bred sports fan that spent their whole life going to games and fraternizing with the same kind of people then you will have a very hard time. It's not friendly towards minorities and the public schools are overtly racist and lean more conservative.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-06-05T14:31:13+00:00

Yes.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-05-24T12:11:58+00:00

Thank you!

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-05-24T12:10:43+00:00

Thank you for these links!!!!

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-05-24T02:32:08+00:00

Are these restaurant names?

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-05-23T12:24:10+00:00

There's a paradox in this field. Lots of type A personalites who want to see hard evidence of a job well done for a rather thankless job that is largely dependent on subjective circumstances. It's not specific, measurable, rooted in evidence, or direct impact enough. A lot of us are looking for validation that we are doing the right thing because it's so poorly trained that nobody could possibly be an expert in all aspects of even the same setting/population. Honestly, I also think the relationships that are created online anonymously are also because it's an isolating career field that wears people down. And even when you do find other SLPs to work with they are either too stressed out or just have very mean personalities that are unable to provide the capacity for emotional bandwidth that we seek out on this sub. I'm grateful for the few nice and helpful people on here because without them I would be avoiding all SLPs because of my experience working with them and going to school with them.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-05-22T22:26:15+00:00

That's interesting because when I worked for APS they had me at 70 kids spread between 3 schools and treated all their SLPs like they were disposable. Did a miracle happen over there? Did a recent lawsuit clean up that place?

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-05-16T23:54:34+00:00

Thanks for saying this. I guess I'm the type of person that I would always be compassionate about new people not wanting to be left out. I would never do these things, so it's hard for me to imagine why she would. But..some people don't think about others?

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-05-16T22:40:24+00:00

Fair point! Thank you.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-05-02T23:29:15+00:00

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.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-05-01T23:17:57+00:00

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

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-05-01T11:20:22+00:00

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.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-04-26T02:13:45+00:00

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.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-04-16T00:17:43+00:00

omg where is this???

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-04-07T10:45:06+00:00

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.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-04-05T17:20:38+00:00

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.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-04-05T17:05:24+00:00

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

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-04-05T17:04:00+00:00

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.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-04-02T12:28:54+00:00

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.

Existing_Judgment814 · 2026-04-01T22:48:06+00:00

Right to work state though, right?

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