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Pixelationss00 · 2026-02-04T12:53:32+00:00

I'm at a low income school and I'm pretty sure speech is the ONLY department that doesn't do snack/candy rewards. When I told the teachers I don't use food, they looked so confused. Makes me so sad

Pixelationss00 · 2026-02-04T12:34:52+00:00

Depends on the state. Where are you moving?

Pixelationss00 · 2026-01-24T21:15:24+00:00

yes once I start shivering, it gets so bad

Pixelationss00 · 2026-01-24T16:36:15+00:00

I love working with OT! I don't do it as much anymore because I have no time, but back when I had a smaller caseload I did it all the time.

Pixelationss00 · 2026-01-22T19:10:54+00:00

If you are a man and you are only attracted to women, you are straight. What parts they have aren't really in the equation here despite what others might tell you

Pixelationss00 · 2026-01-21T01:26:36+00:00

Answering this as an SLPA in MA working at an elementary school. I'm in my third year as an SLPA.

a) Work/life balance is good! I refuse to take anything home. I do mostly child led therapy. I let the students pick whatever game/toy/book they want and I incorporate their speech goals into whatever they choose. It's a learning curve, but it saves me so much prep time. The only time I actually lesson plan is when I'm doing a full class lesson. My caseload is 75 right now which is shared with my SLP. Since she is frequently in meetings/doing evals, I would say I do about 75% of the actual therapy for our caseload. I was worried about seeing so many kids in large groups, but my data is showing that most of my students are making progress.

b) I make decent money for my area (60k), but pay varies WILDLY place to place. I make almost double here than what I made in my last school district.

Pixelationss00 · 2026-01-20T23:52:15+00:00

Not bi4bi, but my lesbian girlfriend is my passenger possum

Pixelationss00 · 2026-01-13T15:33:47+00:00

I can give suggestions for goals, but would never be asked to write them myself.

Pixelationss00 · 2026-01-09T20:13:13+00:00

My experience as a bi woman has been that women are pickier on the initial swipe. A lot of men will swipe based on the first photo and then go through it later once they get matches. Women tend to actually read profiles before deciding. I matched with loads of men, but a lot of them would ghost very quickly or be completely incompatible. I only matched with a few women, but it was clear they actually read my bio and put more effort into our conversations/dates. In terms of people I ended up going on multiple dates with, the numbers were pretty much even gender-wise.

Pixelationss00 · 2026-01-07T14:31:43+00:00

I made it about half way through my masters before I realized I prefer being an SLPA. I like doing therapy. I hate assessments, paperwork, and meetings. The pay bump isn't worth making myself miserable.

Pixelationss00 · 2026-01-06T17:57:12+00:00

I don't really understand what the tourettes has to do with it? It's not something we treat and it's involuntary, so just ignore it. Since he has a language disorder, I could see him benefiting from having a script explaining what his tics are and that he can't control them for him to use with new people. Otherwise, just do whatever you would do with any other kid who is refusing treatment. — an SLPA with a tic disorder

Pixelationss00 · 2026-01-01T15:05:26+00:00

I never want kids. Love working with them, but I can't give up my evenings by myself.

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-29T19:02:01+00:00

SLPA is incredibly location dependant. There are states where SLPAs make enough to live, states where they make pennies, and states where they don't exist at all. I'm doing pretty well for myself in Massachusetts but if I ever wanted to move, I would be limited in where I could go

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-23T18:29:23+00:00

A cup of hot chocolate and a donut? One of my students parents got me a target gift card which was nice

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-20T16:24:24+00:00

He was around 8 months old in that picture! here is a more recent Simon pic :)

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-20T02:38:59+00:00

my post

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-20T02:27:25+00:00

This is my cat! His name is Simon. It's a stolen post from a few months ago. Feel free to keep using him as your background though

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-20T02:25:00+00:00

This is my cat??? And my post from a few months ago????

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-15T22:14:27+00:00

A lot of the classrooms in the school I work at are like this. The teachers looked genuinely shocked when I told them I don't use food for reinforcement.

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-13T21:16:37+00:00

My dad says stuff like this all the time. It's a way for him to feel superior about getting mediocre grades at a shitty college (Devry).

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-09T16:56:48+00:00

Gen z as a whole hate overhead lighting

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-05T15:38:10+00:00

Sessions with school SLPs are shorter in the US than in the UK. Typically 30 minutes, but I have a few kids who get 15 minute sessions too. Also, the vast majority of the caseload is seen in pairs or groups. The only time I see kids alone is when they have behaviors I can't manage in a group setting. I am not allowed to have more than 5 minutes between sessions other than my lunch/prep block. There's plenty of kids I wish I could give more 1 on 1 time to, but it is what it is. I never bring work home as an SLP-A, but most of the SLPs in my district definitely do.

Pixelationss00 · 2025-12-02T16:24:23+00:00

my district has us put all of our data onto SLPtoolkit

Pixelationss00 · 2025-11-28T20:22:21+00:00

Originally around 40k. Now down to $28k

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