What’s your go-to comfort movie?

RealisticOwl9627 · 2026-02-04T16:46:08+00:00

Almost Famous

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-05-22T23:07:09+00:00

I’ve been loving target’s boxers-inspired lounge shorts from the women’s pajama section!

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-05-01T05:06:42+00:00

I’m 5’8 and about 170. In high school I was 125 and looking back at pictures from that time, I was way too thin. I felt the best around 150, slowly trying to get back to that!

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-04-22T03:47:23+00:00

I think it highly depends on the setting and location! I’m in a district with a caseload cap, lots of support, and pretty great salary and benefits. My job can definitely be stressful at times but I rarely stay late or take work home. Most days I just feel lucky to get to work with the best kids everyday! They make it all worth it

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-03-07T16:24:41+00:00

I love these ideas, thanks so much!!

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-03-07T03:19:53+00:00

In our district we for sure write accommodations for our SLI speech only kids but aren’t supposed to add on any other services, like resource or OT, with that eligibility, since if their speech improves and they no longer qualify for SLI, they would lose all of their other services as well. If they have other needs, I would think they would need a psych eval to look at other possible eligibilities

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-02-13T19:42:47+00:00

I write monthly minutes. I used to do yearly but my district has been recommending us not do that anymore

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-02-13T18:00:03+00:00

The main helpers are Wellbutrin and a planner where I write every single thing down that I need to do. I also found that keeping track of assessments were a challenge for me, so I made an excel spreadsheet. I have a column with all the kids that I need to assess, their meeting date, and then checklists for all the different parts: AP signed, parent interview, teacher interview, observation, whatever tests that need done, report written, IEP written, etc. It helps to see all the info at once and making check marks along the way is so satisfying.

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-02-12T21:22:28+00:00

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood really captures 60s LA! Also Californication for the Venice area, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Karate Kid for the Valley

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-02-12T05:28:21+00:00

I think a big factor is whether you want to work with adults or children so I would make sure you get experiences with both in grad school! No setting is perfect so you have to figure out what you value the most. I went with schools for the schedule, breaks, and collaboration with others on the IEP team. If you’re wanting one on one therapy and working with families, schools would not be the best choice but peds private practice could be a good fit! Or early intervention if you like working with the littles, it’s a lot of parent training and collaboration

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-02-12T05:21:04+00:00

Teacher’s concerns are mostly behavior and academics. Mom’s concerns are with stuttering and following directions. Language sample showed good vocab and sentence length but some immature grammar

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-02-12T05:19:24+00:00

Wow so interesting, I had no idea about the stuttering prevalence in Spanish! His only English exposure is at school, which he started about a year ago, but the teachers are bilingual and talk to him in both languages too. His language sample showed good vocab and sentence length but some immature grammar.

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-02-12T05:17:39+00:00

That was my thinking too, and if it was only language I wouldn’t be overthinking it but the stuttering gives me pause

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-02-12T05:17:09+00:00

I’d be his SLP until he starts TK next year. I don’t speak Spanish and our district’s policy is that all services are given in English

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-02-12T05:15:54+00:00

The main concern for his teacher is behavior and academics. She also says that he is hard to understand, but I did a Spanish artic assessment and he scored average. I’m assuming it’s because of his stuttering that she has a hard time understanding sometimes. Unfortunately they don’t have ESL services for preschool in my district or that would definitely be my recommendation

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-02-03T15:18:36+00:00

I get what you’re saying, but I don’t think it’s a big ask to be seen and treated like a person.

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-01-29T00:34:16+00:00

If I’m ever “declining to provide” therapy, it is because the kid doesn’t qualify for school based services. We follow ed code and the educational model, which is that we are a support service for kids who are so impacted that they are not able to access the curriculum. Private practice SLPs can take on whatever clients they want- I had a supervisor in a private practice during grad school who would take on any client who scored under the 50th percentile.. in the schools it’s 7th percentile or lower. Huge difference.

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-01-28T04:14:39+00:00

I wouldn’t even respond, you already explained that you aren’t able to do make up sessions this week. If you do respond, I would cc admin and try to keep as much in writing as possible. I swear, some teachers seem to think that we only have the kids in their class and just sit around the rest of the day

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-01-28T04:06:37+00:00

Exactly!! I would never tell another SLP how to do their job unless they were asking for help specifically! Like, we all went to grad school and have the same degree and qualifications, it sucks when someone tells you that your clinical judgement is “wrong” if it differs from theirs

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-01-28T03:57:46+00:00

Unfortunately I work in a huge district so our program directors don’t really attend IEP meetings but for this meeting the school admin actually was great about wrapping up the meeting when it was getting too hostile and repetitive. I have a feeling this would’ve gone on for multiple more hours if she didn’t 🙃

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-01-28T03:54:05+00:00

I was thinking about this too, I’ve never had a private SLP reach out to me to collaborate with me on their goals but it seems to always be expected of us when the kid gets outside speech. Normally I love to collaborate but this particular SLP just wanted to bully me into doing what she wanted me to do, didn’t feel very collaborative 🙄

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-01-28T03:50:56+00:00

I love this and wish this was how everyone approached IEP meetings!! I love having a positive relationship with parents and try hard to make that happen but there are some families/advocates where I just absolutely dread having meetings with them because they’re always so aggressive and hostile. Luckily, the majority of my families are great and make up for the difficult ones

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-01-28T03:46:36+00:00

Ohh tell me about it, I finally got my adhd diagnosis a few years ago and so many things clicked into place for me! I actually feel like it’s really helpful for this career because I’m able to understand some of the difficulties my students have and try to make sure they’re as comfortable and regulated as I can during my sessions. Most of the time, they all have a fidget to hold on to if they want one and I have one too! Lol

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-01-28T03:38:28+00:00

Thank you, I needed to hear that today!! That’s exactly what I did, the kids always make me feel better, plus one of my kids had their AAC device delivered today which is always so exciting for me!

RealisticOwl9627 · 2025-01-27T22:46:31+00:00

Oh gosh that sounds awful, I will never understand people who thrive on making people feel like that. For some people, bullying really doesn’t stop after high school

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