Wondering- are are there any school SLPs here? Or are most of your in the medical setting?

🤔 Are you considering how AI can be used to reduce your speech-language pathology workload?

We've got you covered!

Find out about groundbreaking technology with Michelle Boisvert, creator of Easy Report Pro.

Michelle's software revolutionizes how we create SLP reports, making them faster, more accurate, and personalized through the strategic use of AI.

In this episode, Michelle highlights:
> The development journey of AI-driven tools that simplify report writing.
> The precision and customization that Easy Report Pro brings to diagnostic reports.
> Balancing automation with ethical considerations in SLP practices. (So important!)

🎧 Find out how AI is reshaping efficiency and care in speech-language pathology, with Michelle leading the way with innovative solutions.

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Get our FREE EPIC AI Tools for Speech Therapy packed with videos, resources, prompts specifically for speech therapy, and creative ways to start using AI in your practice!

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With co-hosts Mai Ling Chan MS, CCC-SLP, PMP and James Berges, MA, CCC-SLP

Listen here:
https://www.xceptionalleaders.com/harnessing-the-power-of-ai-for-slp-reports-with-michelle-boisvert/

How can SLPs help children of color heal from collective trauma? "Collective trauma" explains the psychological distress experienced when a group or large community experience a shared trauma. This can be the psychological impact of watching protests and riots in response to police brutality cases like George Floyd, or other experiences like the ever-going water crises in Flint Michigan.

Pepperdine University (2021) provides insights on how we can help children heal from collective trauma. This is necessary for SLPs so we can ensure the welfare of the people we services (ASHA Code of Ethics, 2023).

You can see the article HERE: https://onlinegrad.pepperdine.edu/blog/children-of-color-collective-trauma-recovery/#supporting

I have a few kids on my caseload who I feel have ADHD or are neurodivergent in some other way! In your experience and education, how have you found ADHD impacts speech and language?

Which books would you recommend for teaching graduate students ASL? I'm seeing books for baby sign language and adult sign language. If there's an author you'd like to support please let me know!

Black History Month starts this Thursday! I'm curious to know how you incorporate Black History into your treatment plans?

Doing research for an upcoming presentation, Ethical AI in Speech Therapy: Harnessing the Future with Responsibility, and came across this.

"The $20 million, UB-led initiative — funded in January by the U.S. National Science Foundation and Institute of Education Sciences — will create artificial intelligence systems that ensure children with speech and language disorders receive timely, effective assistance."

"Since then (April, 2023) researchers have begun lab researching and building prototypes of two AI systems: the AI Screener, which will identify potential speech and language impairments by listening to and observing children in classrooms; and the AI Orchestrator, which acts as a virtual teaching assistant to SLPs by providing students with ability-based interventions."

AI is here and can be a positive or negative for speech therapy. What do you think of programs replacing speech-language pathologists?

Read the entire story by Cory Nealon here:
https://www.buffalo.edu/grad/news.host.html/content/shared/university/news/ub-reporter-articles/stories/2023/09/exceptional-ed-institute-update.detail.html

As we see so many posts about New Year’s resolutions and “New Year-New Me” plans, we find ourselves comparing our current actions to our friends/family/colleagues.

❌ Stop.

I want you to know that I struggle with this too -and yes, I know everyone thinks I’m an overachiever- but I also have ADHD and too many spinning plates sometimes put me in a frozen state of overwhelm. Then I look around and it seems like everyone else has their life together and I’m scrambling to catch up.

This of course is not healthy -and you can easily see that for me … so why can’t you see this for yourself? 🤔

So I’m putting this out there for you, for me, for us.

We are doing a great job at whatever we are focused on right now.

🪫 Maybe it’s to refill our batteries
😷 focus on our health
💕 a little more time with family
📚 or to just finish that book we’re reading.

👆those are all true for me!

And when you are ready … you will be back to being ON FIRE! 🔥 🔥🔥

And we’ll be here to cheer you on!

🥰 ❤️ Post some love in the comments below for those of us who are waiting a little longer to plug into 2024!!

It's time for another Praxis Prep Question!

Define "least restrictive environment" as outlined in IDEA.
a) Providing minimal support for students with disabilities
b) Placing students in a segregated special education environment
c) Ensuring students with disabilities have access to general education settings
d) Restricting access to educational resources for students with disabilities

I am overwhelmed and I've been getting a lot of fluency evaluations. Can anyone offer time management tips when scoring the Stuttering Severity Instrument, 4th Edition? Specifically the speech samples... thank you!