By: Sarah Guigneaux, MS, CCC-SLP, 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

Many speech pathologists have wondered why reading is so challenging for our clients as they learn early literacy skills and grow into the stage of using reading to learn new material. Have you heard of the Scarborough’s Reading Rope? It explains all the skills necessary for fluency and comprehension of written content.
 

Tech Bytes

Do you use SALT or SUGAR language sample analysis? Michaela Hoyman, a rising speech-language pathologist, compared the two tools to identify strengths and areas of growth of the two tools in identifying developmental language disorders and comparing findings with the Structured Phonographic Expressive Language Test–Third Edition (SPELT-3) and Test of Expressive Language (TEXL).

Student Swap

Are you working on planning summer speech therapy sessions? Stacy Crouse shares some fun themes and speech therapy ideas as you are starting practicums or preparing to begin your internships. Summer is a great time to share “communication, connection, and of course, ice cream.”
 

Wellness Corner

Self-care does not have to take a lot of time or energy, but it is so important for us to ensure that we are taking time to care for ourselves. We wear many hats and have such a huge impact on the community each day. Here are 15 summer self-care ideas to make the most of this warmer weather.
 

Levity Lounge

“Knock knock”
“Who’s there?”
“HIPAA”
“HIPAA who?”
“Sorry, I can’t tell you that.”