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Listen, every SLP needs time-saving hacks in their life. We have too much to do and too little time! This blog post shares six time-saving hacks that speech therapists can use with their caseload to make their workload more efficient and more manageable. Click through to learn all the tips, and don’t forget to actually implement them!

6 Time-Saving Hacks for SLPs

There’s no doubt that being an SLP is a stressful job. We often have large caseloads, tons of speech and language skills to target, different grade levels to work with, and lots of behind-the-scenes tasks to tackle. In this blog post, I’m sharing eight ways to reduce stress at work -- it IS possible! Click through to read these tips for school-based SLPs!

8 Ways to Reduce Stress at Work

As SLPs, we have very busy jobs, and it's easy to fall into overwhelm and burnout. We have large caseloads, tons of different speech and language skills to target, and a variety of different ages of students to work with. It’s understandable to get burned out! In this blog, I'm sharing actionable tips for recovering from burnout, so click through to get these tips.

How to Recover from Burnout

Therapy planning doesn't have to be a headache. Wait, what?! I know, I know -- it sounds like crazy talk, but it's true! In this blog post, I go into detail about why therapy planning makes you a better SLP and helps you provide better speech therapy for your students. The power of planning is real, and it will make your life easier! Click through to read all of my suggestions and insight.

Why Plan: The Power of Planning

There are tons of awesome handouts and forms for SLPs available on Teachers Pay Teachers, speech blogs, and other websites. However, I've made a round-up of the handouts and forms for SLPs that I consider to be most helpful for speech and language therapy. Click through to check them out, especially because many of these speech forms are free!

Must-Have Handouts and Forms for SLPs

Is your paperwork load for your speech therapy caseload giving you headaches? Let me help you better manage your paperwork with the tips I share in this blog post! Perfect for busy SLPs who need their time for teaching students!

How to Manage Your Paperwork

Getting started at a new school with a new caseload? It can feel overwhelming to have to do that, and you've got enough on your plate as a busy SLP! Find out how to set up your caseload quickly and easily to make your speech therapy more efficient and productive. Click through to read the post!

How to Set up Your Caseload

SLPs have challenging jobs -- I don't think any of us would argue that! With that being said, though, of course we sometimes run into overwhelm and struggle to manage the crazy schedules of our speech therapy rooms. This blog post, though, is all about an SLP manifesto: how you can change your mindset to come to a more positive head space about your job. Click through to read the speech-language pathologist's manifesto!

An SLP’s Manifesto

Feel like you’re drowning in IEPs? This post includes six time-saving hacks that will help you zoom through your paperwork. These tips are perfect for the busy SLP who needs to maximize time in speech therapy instruction. Your students, their parents, and your colleagues will all appreciate your efficiency and help with students mastering speech and language skills to meet their IEP goals!

6 IEP Hacks for SLPs

Need an online tool to help you manage your to-do list that you can access from anywhere? Asana is a fantastic tool for SLPs for this very reason! Check out how I use Asana to help me manage my caseload and my speech therapy in general. It's now my go-to task management tool, so read this post to learn how you can use it in speech and language therapy!

How to Conquer Your Task List Using Asana

Referral season is a fun time for SLPs! Check out this post for tips to streamline the referral process. You won’t be overwhelmed by your speech therapy referrals after reading this post!

5 Steps to Easy Referrals

Do you love Medicaid billing as much as this SLP does? If your answer is, “I don’t love it at all!”--you are in good company! Check out this solution designed just for SLPs! It might just change your mind about Medicaid billing!

How to Conquer Medicaid Billing

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