Overheard at Convention: See Parents ’ Stress, Avoid Joint Tenancy, Embrace Chatbots

So many sessions at the ASHA Convention—2,500 at least. And all of them occurring over only three days. All you can do is get to as many of them as you can, absorbing the knowledge and new learning like it’s an all-nighter study session back in college. Along the way, there are those nuggets you hear. Those things presenters and people in the audience say that all-of-a-sudden shift your thinking, make you want to tweak your practice, start a new program, or open a whole different research inquiry. Here’s a sampling of some of those brain bites heard by this reporter. On why it’s key to incorporate speech-language teaching seamlessly into the family routine when coaching parents on carry-over.  “One thing I know is if you give parents therapy tasks to do with their kids that aren’t part of the family’s general routine, they just won’t do it. You have to incorporate them into the regular family routine. Even if it’s an artic goal, it’s got to be part of what they do on the way home from school or around the dinner table. It’s never going to be part of regular time the family sets aside for speech. That’s just not gonna happen.” –Sylvia Diehl, president, Knowledge Counts, and professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders., University of South Florida, in the session “Including Families of Children with Autism” On the importance of protecting your assets by avoiding joint tenancy in management of your private practice. “Join...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Tags: Audiology Speech-Language Pathology Uncategorized ASHA Convention Practice Management Source Type: blogs