In a previous article, I defined “patient reported outcome measures" (also known as “PROMs”). CLICK HERE for full blog post. PROMs can be valuable tools used to capture patient’s experiences (before, during, after treatment). They can help patie...

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can fill an important gap by asking patients how their communication and cognitive challenges affect their everyday lives. Rather than focusing solely on impairment, PROMs capture what matters most to the in...

Two quick questions: 1.)   How often are you assessing and targeting discourse skills with patients? 2.)   How comfortable/confident do you feel targeting discourse skills in speech therapy? Research indicates that disc...

I've used them before. You've likely used them before. Let's talk about the use of generic workbooks in Speech Therapy--- specifically, Speech Therapy in neurorehab settings. Maybe when we had our clinical externships in grad school, a workbook was ...

Click HERE to download the 25-page, comprehensive "Neuro SLP Goal Guide" It’s easy to think a patient is not making progress because they haven't reached our beloved "80% accuracy" therapy goal. However, I encourage you not to sabotage the patient'...

“What do you call this? --- Ball What’s this ?-- Dog What do you use these (scissors) for? ---- To cut” Boooorrrrrring! Your therapy session, especially if with a patient with mild or mild-moderate word finding deficits, does NOT have to go like thi...

>>> CLICK HERE to download 10-page "Music & Cognition: Functional & Affordable Speech Therapy Guide" to get started including music in your neurorehabilitation today. As Speech-Language Pathologists, many of us are constantly ...

One of the most popular questions that I have been seeing lately from either new Speech Language Pathologists or Speech Language Pathologists who have recently changed settings is “What assessments are everyone using?” Such a simple, yet very valid ...

Some people think I’m kidding when I say I use items from my "Neuro SLP Memory Bundle" everyday at work. "EVERYDAY?", they say. Yes, EVERY workday, I see patients in my outpatient brain injury clinic who have mild to moderate memory challenges, and ...

“But What If My Patient Has Poor Insight?”   It isn’t uncommon for individuals with neurological changes to have reduced insight into their deficits. By this, I mean 1.) trouble identifying their weaker areas, 2.) not being able to tell when they ar...

Every year, there’s a lot of buzz about the annual ASHA Convention. However, there are so many other conferences/symposiums (virtual and in-person) that are great for Speech Language Pathologists… all of which you can get SLP Continuing Education cr...

Whenever I ask Speech Language Pathologists what the worst part of their job is, they usually reply “documentation”. They say there’s too much documentation and that the documentation takes too long to complete. SOAP Notes, specifically. The majorit...

Dating after a brain injury is not a topic often discussed in healthcare or neurorehabilitation (Exell et. al, 2020). Yet, it is one of the most meaningful and motivating aspects of life for some of our patients. For these patients, being in neurore...

Once I learned that workbooks don’t work (see references below) and committed to delivering FUNctional and person centered care to my patients, I knew that I needed therapy materials that were a lot different than what I had. I had flashcards. I had...

Almost 6 years ago, I left Nashville, TN and moved to Alexandria, VA. I packed up my 2005 Honda Accord and shipped it ahead of me, while I stayed behind and finished my job duties  at a prestigious Pediatric Outpatient Clinic. I then took a one...