Sunny Days
Ahhh….speech sessions have ended at the schools I’m at and my paperwork is typed and sent out. Yipee! Summer vacation! I will be seeing a
Category: Musings
I Live in My Own Mind
Have you ever taken one of those Myers-Briggs personality scales? I fall on the introverted side. And not like “just a little,” but in a
Pollyanna
I’ve given a lot of thought to Pollyanna and optimism in the last few months. I’m pretty sick and tired of all the snarky cynicism
A Regional Specialty
I had a glorious weekend in NYC celebrating my sister’s…um, milestone birthday. The weather was ideal and we had a ball shopping and
Shhh…..Don’t tell (but I like working on R)
(This post appears in the April 2012 ASHA Leader, First Person on the Last Page) I have a secret. I like /r/. And I think
Celebrating Small Gestures
The admiration that kids have for celebrities fills me with trepidation. Obviously looking up to athletes and performers is nothing new, but the scandals that
Happy Valentine’s Day, Donna!
My last semester of graduate school was an externship at a rural elementary school. I loved it. The kids and staff were great, but,
Practice Makes Imperfect
We are surrounded by communication. As SLPs, we know this instinctively. From the report you write, to the blog you read, to the greeting in
It’s Not You, It’s Me (Staying motivated in January)
Here we are in the middle of January, middle of winter with spring break a very distant light at the end of the tunnel. As
Mindset
I contract with one of those delightfully liberal private schools—no sweets in the lower school, child signed contracts lay out the terms of large projects,
The Evolution of Empathy
Even when I entered graduate school, I knew pediatrics would be the place for me. And over the years, while I have done some work
The Energy of ASHA 2011
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor was exiting the hotel elevator I got on this morning and I did a double take. It took only a moment
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