Every year, I’m approached by speech pathology grads who’ve been offered “opportunities” to work for private practices for free, e.g. to get some experience, prove their value to a prospective employer, or get some exposure to different client groups. Reality bites My views on unpaid “internships” and volunteer work for private practices are fairly well…
Working in a busy private practice can wear you down and burn you out over time if you’re not careful. On Monday mornings, my average to-do list includes: lots of sessions to plan; new client intakes and interviews; assessments; therapy; calls to parents, teachers and others to help my clients; home/school visits; reports to write;…
When people tell me about the so-called “evils” of new technologies, I tell them about one of my first jobs as a lawyer for a big law firm. I was working on a big international transaction led by one of Australia’s leading lawyers. Sounds glamorous? My job: to come in on Saturday morning and sit…
“I need a blood test”* Lots of people have never met a speech pathologist. Some have a rough idea of what we do, often along the lines of: “Oh, you work with kids with speech impediments, right?” Others have absolutely no idea. And fair enough. There are loads of professions I know little or nothing…
With the end of the financial year upon us, many of us are in the process of conducting performance appraisals for our employed speech pathologists. Unfortunately, many of us are hampered by the lack of a speech pathologist-specific template that is adaptable for all levels of experience – from new grads to senior clinicians –…
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