By: Sarah Guigneaux, MS, CCC-SLP, QOM, Publications Committee Member

Cafe TSHA is an initiative of the TSHA Publications Board. Levity Lounge is a walk on the lighter side. Tips for Tx offers clever hacks to up your therapy game. Tech Bytes covers new and noteworthy technology finds. Student Swap provides student-focused ideas and inspiration. Wellness Corner emphasizes self-care for service providers. We encourage you to submit your ideas to publications@txsha.org for consideration for publication in future issues. 

Tips for Tx

“We are the experts in speech and language development. Parents, however, are the experts on their child. (Suarez, 2017).” Jonathan Suarez created a powerful reminder for us on how parents can partner with us to support a child’s communication goals. How will you empower your clients’ parents in your next session?

 

Tech Bytes

Technology is a powerful tool that offers a great opportunity for speech-language pathologists and clients. Kids First posts an excellent summary of how recent technological advances are transforming therapy.
 

Student Swap

Being a student is a time of growth, reflection, and hard work. SpeechEase gives great advice for speech therapy students on how to maximize your time in school and also to take some time for yourself. You are doing a great job, and you are going to accomplish amazing things.
 

Wellness Corner

We live in a fast-paced world and work in a time-crunched field. Melissa James wrote a beautiful article on nine ways speech therapists can practice self-care with their crazy schedules.

 

Levity Lounge

“Empower individuals to speak their truth and the world will listen.” —Alice Jordan