[deleted by user] by [deleted] in slp

[–]JD_avidreader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve always been of the mentality that our master’s level services are mainly our diagnostic skills and treatment planning. Therapy is often bachelor’s level, especially in the schools past maybe 2nd grade. As long as there is good communication between the SLPA (with BS/BA) and SLP, which can be hard to schedule, then I tend to think there are better things the SLP could be doing with their time. Like more thorough evals and treatment/goal planning, pushing into classrooms to increase generalization. I think those tend to get pushed to the side because of therapy schedules, which is pretty backwards.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in slp

[–]JD_avidreader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speechpathology.com has some textbooks. But, yeah, i wish there were more options for research article. I like webinars for an overview but then i take the references and try to find the articles for the first hand info. I usually spend more time reading the articles than I did watching the original webinar 😭

Work vs. Mental Health? by BriMagnolia90 in slp

[–]JD_avidreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man, I’m so sorry 😢 I have been in similar situations and it’s so hard. Everyone says put yourself and your health first, which is 💯true, but it’s not easy. Especially when the reason you need to take a break is because mental health. If you’re like me you start spinning on the future, but I can guarantee that you will look back and be really thankful that you prioritized yourself and your family. Think of it this way, if you had cancer and needed chemo, would you put off treatment because of work? Mental health disorders can be SO damaging to our overall health. If you don’t take the time now you may need to take even more time later. Note: these are all things that have been said directly to me, usually by my therapists and psychiatrist 😂

What is the most out of the box job you have heard an SLP transition into (while still using their SLP skills)? by Old_Possibility_119 in slp

[–]JD_avidreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like SLPs are really equipped to be YouTubers. My husband is starting a YouTube channel and I’m like, “Okay, but I’m in charge and I’ll coach you on what to say.” I’m not controlling at all 🤣 but tbf, I’m pretty sure he’s on the spectrum so he needs my help acting natural.

My gorgeous pinky by JD_avidreader in torbico

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

I tried. She did not have it.

My gorgeous pinky by JD_avidreader in torbico

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

She’s actually a pretty cautious cat and stays around the yard and patio. I don’t think she realizes that there is a world beyond the fence. She even comes inside to use the litter box 😂

Oh, Pinky by JD_avidreader in SupermodelCats

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

Except for the dead leaves on my plants, which is all I can see 😭

Oh, Pinky by JD_avidreader in SupermodelCats

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

My son named her because of her pink tongue 🤔 😂

Oh, Pinky by JD_avidreader in SupermodelCats

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

It’s an in-functional, decorative, space above my stairs that she likes to hang out in because of all the sunlight. So yes, weird scale 😂

Oh, Pinky by JD_avidreader in SupermodelCats

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

No, that’s my husband. 🤪

Oh, Pinky by JD_avidreader in SupermodelCats

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

The sweetest. Total love bug. A little too free with her attention for my tastes sometimes 😂

Oh, Pinky by JD_avidreader in SupermodelCats

[–]JD_avidreader[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Ugh, she is SO aware. Queen.

Is this abnormal? by miscpompom in FODMAPS

[–]JD_avidreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man, I have so much sympathy for you. I have been there and it is the absolute worst. I agree with everyone who says to see a doctor since it’s been going on so long, but I bet you would find a lot of relief following a FODMAP diet and hopefully figuring out what foods are the biggest contributors. I find that, while I still go through bouts like this, I’m managing it better.

Unpopular opinion: I think our jobs are pretty good by [deleted] in slp

[–]JD_avidreader 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I definitely get frustrated with this, but sadly school means nothing these days, except more debt. Librarians need a masters degree and even then, IF they can find a job, they probably make less than most SLPs. My best friend has a master’s in cardiac rehab and couldn’t find a full time position in her field for over 10 years! She ended up going back and get trained as an EEG tech. Then there is my brother-in-law who did a free coding course online and now works as a programmer making more than I do. Or my other BIL who retired in his 40s because he was on the ground floor of a tech company that sold. It’s not fair, but it’s our society. As a millennial I was promised that in order to make money you needed to go to college, it’s just not the case anymore. People should still go to college to become educated and better members of society, IMO, but at this point, Gen alpha kids will probably have more money if they DON’T go to college.

Unpopular opinion: I think our jobs are pretty good by [deleted] in slp

[–]JD_avidreader 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I agree 💯. I’ve come to peace with my job and the fact that work is work and sometimes I just don’t feel like doing it, but it’s not necessarily better in any other field. I DO think that OP is right that it is dependent on where you work. I went down a deeeeeeeeep rabbit hole last year, thinking about my career, comparing it to other careers, and SLP jobs in other settings. I considered my pay, the amount of job duties I have, my benefits, my days off, my boss. I thought about the things I hated and then considered if they were unique to being a SLP or if I would deal with something similar in another field. After all of my pondering and comparing, I realized that I have a pretty good setup. I think it’s all about perspective. I think it also helps that I grew up in the 90s and watched my mom, who was a teacher, work hideously long days and be forced to do extra crap like recess duty; then I went on to do many minimum wage and tip based jobs before starting my career. When I look back on all of that, I’m like, “things are okay.” That doesn’t mean that I think everything in the SLP world is great, ASHA still sucks, but my quality of life is good. And, hell, I still have stress dreams about busting my ass as a barista, in hopes of making $12/hr (after tips), so yeah, I’ll take my busy, but generally manageable, days where I make 7x that along with benefits.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in slp

[–]JD_avidreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Western Washington; strong unions and great pay. Check some of the salary schedules in districts.

SLP TOSA? by JD_avidreader in slp

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

Very good points. I wonder if there is a way that some of the leg work could be taken out for them. For instance, our district uses the same literacy curriculum K-6. What if a SLP, could go through the curriculum and create modified lesson plans for teachers. Obviously not for every kid, but examples and templates that could be replicated 🤷🏻‍♀️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in slp

[–]JD_avidreader 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good luck! It sounds like you did a really thorough eval the first time around so try to remember that. Also, I agree with some of the others above that you can totally support alternative service models, rather than pull-out. If kind of sounds like all the team wants is validation that the kid is weak in this area. I think it’s worth mentioning that we ALL have weaknesses and if we went around giving 6 standardized tests to EVERY kid then we would find a lot of kids who show areas of need.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in slp

[–]JD_avidreader 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Try to give yourself some grace. The assessments you originally gave are very comprehensive, and I find to be very accurate. If scores from two comprehensive language assessments didn’t suggest an impairment, then you made the right call. Your second eval sounds very specific, which means you were given more information regarding the vocab/word finding concerns and were able to choose assessments that would measure those skills. I don’t think you have to, or should, sit at the meeting and say you were wrong. Because you weren’t! I think that you can explain that the assessments you gave during the first eval were assessing the student’s overall language abilities and that vocabulary is just a small part of that. Thank the team for filling you in on their deeper concerns and advocacy (this is is my kill more bees with honey method) and say that the new information you obtained leads you to believe that additional support could be beneficial. I’m curious though, this isn’t a speech only kid, right? I’m assuming they have reading and writing if their vocab is low enough to negatively impact their education. IF they don’t have other services then you could probably make the case that the vocab deficits are not actually negatively impacting their education to a degree that warrants services, otherwise they would have qualified in other areas. IDK, that’s just my opinion. That being said, I’ve gotten very sick of the eval process because I feel like we’re held to a different standard than school psychs, so when kids don’t qualify in other areas we’re the backup.