What Will You Do Differently at Work Monday?

As ASHA’s 2017 Convention wrapped up on a typically bright and sunny LA Saturday, the Convention Center was abuzz with new ideas for clients’ treatment We joined the conversation. We asked audiologists and speech-language pathologists what they plan to change up at work, based on convention sessions and conversation. Their inspirations were as varied as the conference subject matter, ranging from rebranding themselves to connecting clients to the community to using a new evidence-based tool for autism treatment. Here’s a sampling of what they plan to do differently this week. Reframe my branding: Because of the personal branding I went through in the Empowerment Zone, I’m going to reframe the way I describe my services—to reframe my brag—by explaining that my career has been filled with helping Title I schools and providing therapy to underserved populations. So, as I work on starting my own telepractice company, the focus is more on my ability to help others and less on me and my doctoral training.” —Pamela Storey, private practitioner, Jamestown, Rhode Island, and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Buy a dental mirror: I am going to go home and immediately buy a dental mirror for my cleft palate patients, so I can look at their hard palate. I have one little girl in mind that this will really help with.  —Ann Lehn, Flagstaff Northland Rural Therapy Association, clinical supervisor for North Arizona University Teach mindfulness:  I’m going to do min...
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