How much do SLPs make?

In Spring 2021, ASHA conducted a survey of SLPs and their annual income. Across all facility types, the Median annual income was $78,000 with the higher (75th percentile) salary reaching $90,000. Good to know ASHA, thank you very much. Complete Document I nerd-ed up another level though and went to the Census Data - here.…

My Top 5 Pediatric Feeding Disorder CEUs

I have had the direct pleasure of some excellent in-person mentors along my journey to learn and work with Pediatric Dysphagia and Feeding Disorders. Those who mentored me gave me the best gift - the gift of guided ways to invest in continuing education. *I'm NOT being paid by any of these CEU providers. I…

Private Speech Therapy in Alaska

I've been working in a Developmental and Behavioral Clinic since August 2017 here in Wasilla. It's been a whirlwind start full of 50 "new" things to learn. The thing about being a Speech-Language Pathologist is that you never know all you're going to know. It's a never ending cycle of  self-talk like this: "Oh, I…

ASHA Fitness 8 in 5

Over the past year, several SLPs and AUDs have come together to create a support system for getting healthy and staying active through various editions of what we’ve called #ASHAFit challenges. The challenges have ranged in lengths and participant number, but all have looked at who can loose the highest body fat percentage in a…

CCC Me

Ladies and Gentleman, I have my Certificate of Clinical Competency! Just call me M.Ed., CCC-SLPOnly those of us who have been through the process can appreciate what those letters mean. If you're still waiting or if you're celebrating, I hope you celebrate in style. Me...how did I celebrate? I took a bunch of pics of…

Waiting on those CCCs

I mailed off my ASHA CCC-SLP application at the end of May 2014. It's now mid-July. ASHA has a good excuse though. The new 2015 standards start this Fall and all 'old standard' applications must be in before September (I think, some actual date that I'm too lazy to look up). I get it, ASHA.…

A poem for Clinical Fellows

Where did I leave it? My confidence, my wit. Confrontation seems to stifle my flame. There's a part of me that now feels lame. How can I know what I know, yet need to justify my stance. Nothing I can say will help me in this professional dance. I'm new and I'm young, yet I…

SLP_Echo now on Facebook

All right. So I added my Blog as a page on Facebook. It felt like I was selling out. I don't know why. I'm way late to the game. I know. When I started my blog, I didn't want anyone to know it was me writing. I was just starting SLP grad school in 2011;I…

“Welcome to Holland” and Parent Advocates

"Us versus them" That's often the mentality going into a difficult IEP meetings that involves lawyers, multiple service providers, and/or parent advocates. The other day, I caught myself thinking I would walk into a meeting, tell parents my testing results, and inform them what their child is or is not qualified for. I went to…

Where did she go?

Oh. I haven't blogged since September 13. That's almost 2 months. *weeps* I have been doing things like being silly in the snow...   Watching sunsets...     And watching the fog roll into the Mat-Su Valley here in Alaska.     I have been slacking and I have no excuse. I mean, work is…