Being in private practice can be lonely. We spend most of our working hours on bookings, reports, planning, parent correspondence and calls, and, of course, assessments and therapy. In 2016, whole weeks went by where I didn’t speak to anyone other than my clients, their families and my admin staff. Quite ironic, really, given that…
Over the break, while couch-potato gazing at the cricket, I gave some thought to long-term, sustainable business models for private speech pathology practices. Specifically, mine! When you start out, almost anything you read about launching a small business will at some point hit you with a frightening stat or two, e.g., that 80% of small…
Have you ever found yourself saying yes to an important business contract or buying an expensive resource and later regretted it? Most speech pathologists I know are pretty smart. We also tend to think the best of people. Optimism and trust are great qualities when working with clients and their families. But they can leave…
Don’t you hate those pesky interdental lisps? You know, the ones that won’t stay fixed? To fix an interdental lisp – those lisps where your tongue sticks out between your teeth when you try to say /s/ – we, as speech pathologists, used to start with simple tasks, like saying an /s/ on its own….
As we’ve noted elsewhere, travelling even short distances to the clinic can be hard for some families. Speech pathology by telehealth is convenient and the evidence-base supporting its use is growing, especially in areas of practice like stuttering (e.g. Bridgman, 2014). But telehealth has its disadvantages, too. Compared to face-to-face therapy: families are more likely…
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