Did you know May is Better Hearing and Speech Month? For a clinic that works in the speech and occupational therapy domain, it’s the perfect follow up to April’s OT month. Although not quite as catchy and accessible for kids as Joke Month. Since I am not a speech-language pathologist, I feel like a bit… (read more)
I’m the CEO here at Hello, but I’m also a speech therapist. Due to specialist staffing shortages, I’m getting to help cover a leave internally this Spring. This means I’m once again elbow-deep in classroom assignments, kid homework, and some teachers’ obsessions with kids filling in right answers. I am also reminded that I have… (read more)
This is the story of a student, a mom, and a clinician and her aide. It’s about how change can be scary, even if you accept that it is a part of life, and especially if you’ve been given a lifetime of reasons to be skeptical. It’s also about building relationships, the long, slow road… (read more)
April is everything month: including OT, National Humor (aka Joke) and Autism Acceptance Month. Talk about things that tick all our boxes at the clinic! Jokes Let’s start with the humor. We kicked of Joke Month on April Fools’ Day, of course, and it’s a major hit. We have big joke posters hanging in our… (read more)
Look at you. You’re committed to culture-building on your team. You’ve been working hard all year to do little, everyday things that make a big difference in how your team feels about the work they do and where they do it. You know that happy employees are 12% more productive than those who are unhappy and… (read more)
Judging from what we’ve been hearing from clinic families lately, spring can’t get here soon enough. Here’s a sample of the comments I heard when the sky was bright blue the other day, and the sun was shining: I LOVE the sun! It’s so beautiful, I’m not wearing a jacket! We’re going on a scavenger… (read more)