by Mattie Murrey | Dec 27, 2022 | Ask the Expert
How Should You Be Asking for Better Compensation as an SLP? Being a speech-language pathologist provides a range of benefits, from improved outcomes for patient care to ongoing career development. However, it also comes with its own challenges; occupational demands in...
by Mattie Murrey | Apr 21, 2021 | Ask the Expert
Whether you’re referring to an undergraduate or graduate program, there’s little doubt aspiring speech-language pathologists will learn theory during their time in academia. While many programs prepare these future SLPs to apply that theory to real-life situations,...
by Mattie Murrey | Mar 31, 2021 | Ask the Expert, SLP, Student Journeys
When discussing the career trajectory of speech-language pathologists, so many of us begin talking about graduate-level preparation. Whether its advice about applying to grad programs, discussing clinical fellowships, or something else entirely, the focus is typically...
by Mattie Murrey | Mar 9, 2021 | Ask the Expert, SLP
Kristie Knickerbocker The beautiful thing about becoming a speech-language pathologist is that you can take your career in so many different directions. Some SLPs choose to specialize in voice, a path our most recent guest on The Missing Link for SLPs podcast has...
by Mattie Murrey | Feb 24, 2021 | Ask the Expert, SLP
Discrimination can take a number of different forms, but linguistic discrimination is one type of prejudice not often talked about outside of speech circles. That doesn’t mean it isn’t prevalent, however — or that it doesn’t need to be addressed. And speech-language...
by Mattie Murrey | Feb 10, 2021 | Ask the Expert, SLP
Becoming a speech-language pathologist requires degrees and certifications, but an SLP’s education should go beyond both of those things. In fact, there are benefits to becoming a lifelong learner, and they can help your approach to therapy. Dan Sherwood, MS, CCC-SLP,...