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Finding the Right Market for Your Private Practice, Part 1
Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series. Look for part two: “Growing Your Client Base,” in February. Private practice is a consistently growing area for communication sciences and disorders (CSD) professionals. Whether making the transition from employee to employer, or changing their current road map for an established business, private practitioners are searching for new ways to compete in today’s market. Three key ways CSD professionals can make their private practice stand out include finding a niche, diversifying offerings and becoming business savvy. Creating a competitive edge One way to create ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 16, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yvette McCoy Tags: Audiology Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs

Futures for Young Adults With Autism
Caleb is a 20-year-old  with a passion for University of Tennessee (UT) football who happens to have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). When his older brother began attending college at UT, he naturally wanted to follow in his footsteps. Thanks to the FUTURE program at UT—a post-secondary education program for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities resulting in a vocational certificate—Caleb’s dream became a reality. The FUTURE program provides academic, social and vocational development after high school. For Caleb—and students like him—the FUTURE program helps them make a suc...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 14, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Emily Clark Noss Tags: Academia & Research Slider Speech-Language Pathology autism Autism Spectrum Disorder Source Type: blogs

Children ’ s Books Written by SLPs
Do you have a passion for speech, language and children’s literature? When I was a child, one of my favorite activities was reading children’s books and writing stories. I also dreamed of publishing my own children’s book. As an adult—and speech-language pathologist—I still love children’s books and review them on my blog. I also achieved my dream and published three children’s books so far! There’s a natural connection for SLPs to write children’s books, and I’m excited to highlight some of these fun stories—many of which are often full of useful activities for children needing help wi...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 9, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Academia & Research Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Health Care Language Disorders Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs

Cowboy Aphasia Camp Helps Campers Talk and Student Clinicians Learn
For seven years—soon to be eight—during the heat of the Oklahoma summer, graduate students in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Oklahoma State University have teamed up with people who have aphasia for a week of activities designed to get everyone talking. Plans for last year’s camp started in the usual way, and then, through a twist of good fortune, two speech-language pathologists from Perth, Australia, crossed 13 time zones to join the event. OSU’s Cowboy Aphasia Camp will never be the same. (Named for the school’s mascot–the OSU Cowboys.) Historically, funds for our camp are ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 7, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Karen Copeland Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Aphasia graduate school Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs

Hearing Loss Linked to Dementia, Other Health Issues
The New York Times recently reported on several studies indicating a relationship between untreated hearing loss and other heath issues. The article also questions why most health insurance companies—including Medicare—do not typically cover hearing aids when studies show that health care costs are much higher when hearing loss goes uncorrected. Related health care risks found in these and other studies include dementia, depression, injuries resulting from balance issues, and cardiovascular diseases. The two studies showed increased risk for medical comorbidities and higher health care cost data for people with ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 4, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care News Private Practice Slider audiologist Hearing Aids Hearing Assistive Technology hearing health care hearing loss Source Type: blogs

What Does It Mean if a Child Doesn ’ t Respond to Their Name?
Speech-language pathologists working in early intervention often consider a young child’s lack of response to their name as a potential sign of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It can also be an indicator of issues with receptive language skills. Sometimes, the parent reports their child does respond to their name, but you notice otherwise. So we need to dig beyond just asking the parent whether they feel like their child responds to their name. Here’s the thing—kids might respond at some times, but not at others. One of the challenges experienced by young kids, especially those with ASD, is generalization of skills. ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 2, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jasna Cowan Tags: Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology autism Autism Spectrum Disorder Early Intervention Source Type: blogs

What You Clicked, Read and Shared This Year
Leader Live launched its new look this past spring. The goal involved creating a better display for all the online-exclusive content created to help audiologists and speech-language pathologists find out what’s happening now in the world of communication sciences and disorders (CSD). You seem to like the new look and speed with which we can deliver the latest, because this year you read more posts from CSD pros, news stories about the professions, advocacy updates from ASHA, and other online-only articles than ever before.  Here are the hot topics most viewed, shared and commented on from 2018. ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Advocacy audiologist Autism Spectrum Disorder Source Type: blogs

Top 10 Articles in the ASHA Leader for 2018
Who doesn’t love a top-10 list? With this list, you can peruse popular articles while honing your professional skills over the holidays. Enjoy re-reading or discovering for the first time some of the most-read articles printed in The ASHA Leader this past year. Top audiology articles Chomp. Slurp. Smack. SNAP! Hypersensitivity to certain trigger sounds—known as misophonia—can be socially and emotionally crippling for some people. Audiology Unbundled Wake Forest Baptist Health restructured its audiology clinic to establish an unbundled services model. Here’s how they did it. Ear Care for All, On and Off the Job ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 26, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology autism Source Type: blogs

Fight to Protect Access to Habilitation Under the ACA
A federal judge’s Dec.14 ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional and its provisions(such as essential health benefits and pre-existing condition protections) are invalid, complicates a regulatory scenario that already threatens consumers’access to habilitation and rehabilitation services. The judge did not,however, enjoin the law—meaning that the ACA is still the law. Whether this decision is ultimately upheld depends on the outcome of what is likely to be a lengthy appeals process that could end up at the U.S. Supreme Court. But habilitation and rehabilitation coverage is already threate...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 19, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Daneen Sekoni Tags: Advocacy Audiology News Slider Speech-Language Pathology ACA affordable care act health care coverage public policy Source Type: blogs

ASHA Publication Websites Are All New
Did you notice? ASHAWire—home to The ASHA Leader newsmagazine, ASHA journals and Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups—is all new as of December 18. Our goal is to offer you a fresh, appealing and accessible online experience. The new platform gives us greater flexibility in provide content in easier-to-find formats. The new design puts more articles front and center. For example, on the Leader home page, look for the tabbed presentation where you can choose to peruse Features, Columns, News or Member Stories. Scroll further down to view Most Read and Most Recent articles. Near the bottom of our new homepa...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 18, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Audiology News Slider Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: blogs

8 Strategies for Working with Your Remote Clinical Fellowship Supervisor
Congratulations! Master’s degree in hand, you embark on the next chapter in your career—your clinical fellowship. You’ve been assigned a “remote” supervisor. Don’t worry! Working with a remote supervisor is similar to working with one onsite. Taking these steps, however, will help you get the most from your remote supervisor. Share your goals. Share information about yourself. As a remote supervisor, I appreciate when clinical fellows send an email telling me where they’re from, a bit about their families and their hobbies. This virtual introduction provides the ideal place to include your professional go...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 14, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Tracy Sippl Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Uncategorized clinical fellowship graduate school Source Type: blogs

Tips for Talking to Parents About Speech and Language Concerns
As the new year approaches—potentially along with a new round of referrals—it’s a good time to prepare for new students who have yet to be identified for speech and language issues. Maybe it’s a new transfer student or a student receiving multi-tiered systems of support or one on a “watch” list. Handling new referrals involves one particularly sensitive task—planning those conversations with parents about their child. We must strike a careful balance of stating facts, giving our clinical opinion and remaining empathetic to the parent and their perspective. Explaining Language Skill Development to Parents...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 12, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Katie Suggs Tags: Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Language Disorders Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs

Lessons Learned From the Outcomes of Children With Hearing Loss Study
In this online chat, two presenters discuss implications of the study findings for aural rehabilitation. The event was sponsored by SIG 9, Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood. Meredith Spratford: Our research has shown that when we use probe microphone verification, we get a closer match to prescriptive targets compared to other methods of verification. Specifically, probe microphone measures provided better fittings (better audibility, too) compared to functional gain (soundfield thresholds). I would also ensure that the child’s aided audibility falls within the confidence interval of expected audibility for ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 10, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Meredith Spratford Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider audiologist Hearing Aids hearing health care hearing loss Source Type: blogs

Getting Back to Basics: 5 Reasons to Use Fingerplays in Sessions
I have fond memories of sitting on my mother’s lap just a few inches from her face, imitating her hand movements, and softly singing, “Where is thumbkin? Where is thumbkin? Here I am. Here I am.” Does this bring back memories for you as well? Unfortunately, from what I’ve observed, fewer parents are using this technique of  fingerplays—hand and finger movements combined with sung or spoken words. And that means kids are missing out on the impact of fingerplays on early language and literacy development. They may seem old-fashioned, boring and nonsensical, but I’ve experienced great success using them in my...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 7, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lisa Erwin Tags: Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Early Intervention Source Type: blogs