Client’s Progress Stalled? Your 5 Keys to Getting Unstuck in Therapy
Is Getting Stuck the Beginning or the End? Your clients come to you with high hopes to eliminate or at least reduce the deficit from which they are suffering. So what do you do when a client stops making progress in therapy and it seems like your sessions are going nowhere? While it’s a common […]
How to Answer The 3 Toughest Interview Questions For Therapy Jobs
Your Most Precarious Phase in the Job Search If there’s any phase in the job search process where candidates slip up the most, it’s the interview phase, said Kathy Northamer, a district president at the Robert Half staffing agency in Minneapolis. “That’s why it’s crucial to prepare answers to potential questions before you enter the […]
8 Ways to Protect Your Voice When You Must Be Speaking the Entire Day
Are You Hoarse? Hoarseness usually indicates that there has been some serious vocal misuse. Fortunately, it’s only a temporary condition that results from straining the vocal folds or “cords.” And yet, it can become serious if there is chronic abuse or misuse of the voice which is likely to occur when one’s voice is used […]
Seeking Your Dream Therapist Job? Learn to Ask the Right Questions
Oftentimes your therapist job interview will end with an opportunity for you to ask a few of your questions. Aside from the benefit it provides, failure to do so may be misinterpreted as either disinterest or a lack of preparation. That’s why it is essential to have a few questions ready. Since some of those […]
Does Your Child Need to Develop Fine Motor Skills? How About Gift Wrapping?
It’s well known that handwriting deficiencies and fine motor skills development in children are one of the most common reasons children are referred to receive Occupational Therapy. So, with the holiday season nearly upon us, why not let your children have some fun and improve their fine motor skills at the same time? How? By […]
Serving Students With Severe Disabilities and Impairments via Telepractice
This month, we sat down with our Head of Clinical Standards and Outreach, Kristin Martinez, M.A. CCC-SLP, to learn more about how students with severe disabilities and impairments can benefit from teletherapy. During our interview, Kristin explains student candidacy and adaptive approaches to serving students with more severe impairments. What are some common misconceptions about […]
Avoid SLP Burnout by Practicing these 10 Necessary Self-Care Tips
Unfortunately, it is no longer a secret that some online speech therapists are struggling with severe burnout. These folks juggle seemingly endless paperwork, helping children with a variety of complex needs, and growing caseloads. Add to that a possible lack of appreciation of the value of their work, and you have the perfect recipe for […]
Is an Excellent Therapeutic Alliance the Secret to Effective Therapy?
Defining the Therapeutic Alliance Sometimes called the “therapeutic alliance,” and other times, the “therapeutic relationship,” this term describes how the child and therapist, be it face to face or via teletherapy, engage and connect. There are those who say very simply that this intangible but genuine connection is the “bond” that develops in the therapy […]
Transform Your Therapy Sessions by Mastering These 6 Listening Skills
How Most People Define Good Listening Most people think good listening boils down to doing three things: Refraining from speaking when the client is talking Assuring him that you are listening through sounds and facial expressions Repeating what the client said, as close to word-for-word as possible While this may be sufficient for you as […]
5 Tips for Organizing Your Home Office for Teletherapy
Working from home as a teletherapy provider provides a multitude of conveniences by allowing a flexible work schedule. However, there is an ongoing challenge faced by individuals who choose a work-from-home lifestyle. Balancing your professional life with your personal life continues to be an ongoing stressor for many. This obstacle can be easily overcome with […]
Online Therapy Jobs: Difficult Interview Questions (and Answers)
Photo courtesy of http://www.blueskyinterviews.co.uk What is the interview, anyway? You want the job. You’ve perfected the resume. And you’re all set for the interview to land an online therapy job. Or are you? What if the interviewer throws you some tough questions and you don’t have the answers. You may not realize that some believe […]
Why are SLP Services so Undervalued and Underappreciated?
When an accomplished Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) was once asked why she loves the SLP services she provides for children day in and day out; she responded, “knowing that my interventions are helping children communicate and that those skills will help them their whole life…is the very reason I do what I do.” Why then […]