Workplace safety for Australian Speech Pathologists in private practice: 8 things you can do this week to make your clinics safer for everyone
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Workplace safety for Australian Speech Pathologists in private practice: 8 things you can do this week to make your clinics safer for everyone

We all want our staff to be safe at work. And most practice owners I know do a lot of work to ensure staff are safe, including employees, contractors and sub-contractors, labour hire employees, students and other volunteers. But we can always do better! Workplace safety laws are numerous and complex, and it’s not surprising…

How can we make speech pathology private practice more ‘hospitable’ for our staff and ourselves?
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How can we make speech pathology private practice more ‘hospitable’ for our staff and ourselves?

Workplace stress! 1. Most private practice owners feel it In a typical month, we might experience cash flow issues caused by late payments and unexpected bills, fake and anonymous online reviews, unexplained spikes in ‘failures to attend’, data privacy challenges, client complaints, social media ‘run-ins’, the odd family law-related subpoena, glitches in clinic and business…

For struggling school kids, what's the difference between seeing a speech pathologist and a tutor?
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For struggling school kids, what’s the difference between seeing a speech pathologist and a tutor?

Over the years, parents have asked me this a few times. I’ve also been asked why speech pathologists are allied health workers; whereas most tutors come from teaching or education backgrounds. Clients and their families should be fully informed about this stuff. So here’s my attempt to answer these tricky questions, recognising others may have different views:…

Australian SLPs: do you store progress notes in a cloud-based practice management system?
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Australian SLPs: do you store progress notes in a cloud-based practice management system?

Reputable cloud-based practice management systems, like Cliniko and HealthKit, are becoming more sophisticated. Many Australian SLPs in private practice are using them to store client progress notes. I’m all for using systems to save time and money. And it’s hard to ignore the (as yet, unrealised) dream of a paperless clinic. But if you are using or planning to…

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