Please suggest careers I can transition to

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why aren't you paid for no-shows or late cancellations? Every appointment-based professional we've worked with for our kids charges us unless we reschedule at least 24 hours in advance (or more). It sounds like you didn't set up your contracts correctly.

Either way, I'm sure it's a frustrating job, but it sounds like you're lacking empathy for both the kids and the parents. Think about it. You're 6 to 10 years old. You're told you need to spend 45 minutes twice a week with some random person practicing how to pronounce your Rs. You'd rather be building legos or watching a show or playing with friends. Are you going to be happy making that tradeoff for a future abstract benefit that you may not even understand that you need?

Parents should be pleasant, agreed, but they too are probably exhausted and kid schedules are hard to manage on top of just general life, especially if both parents are working, let alone if you're dealing with a single parent or another life complication.

Either way, your "that's why I put mentioned my credentials" line - as if CCC-SLP is explains more to a layperson than SLP - indicates to me that you struggle to see or anticipate the perspective of others. If you want to continue in this field, I'd recommend working on that aspect of yourself.

You are so full of shit.
I've been yelled at and degraded by parents. Random person? I am a highly educated professional who has helped hundreds of kids. I'm not a random person. I am very engaging and have bent over backwards for my clients.
Fail to see the perspectives of others? You are such a loser for thinking you know that much from a post. Seriously. You're a gross human being. Go work on not making blanket assumptions about people based off of the little information you have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you do internships along the way? You don't sound like you like kids, but how did you not know this before? Why only remote at schools? You sound chaotic/manic.

Fear of school shootings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you do internships along the way? You don't sound like you like kids, but how did you not know this before? Why only remote at schools? You sound chaotic/manic.

Fear of school shootings

Wow. Maybe one also ought avoid a 1 block radius around any US Post Office.

Even in the US, deaths or injuries from school shootings are a lower risk than death or injury from a car accident. Locally, all of the public schools have safety measures in place. Several counties still have on site SROs also.

[Anonymous]

What about taking on some private clients for accent reduction or tutoring or executive function coaching? Teaching English to adults. Nannying (I love just playing being a good language model for kids without having to take data!) Look up the SLP who does “Sprinkle of Speech” which is a push in language and literacy program in preschools - it’s an interesting model.

Or it’s time to start over. Get an office job in a field that interests you. Get some temp work. SLP requires strong communication or organizational skills - that will serve you well in other roles!

[Anonymous]

My friend is an SLP for a very rural school district in Alaska, she lives in the lower 48. Her sessions are done via zoom and she travels there in person once a quarter for a week or 2. She loves it and will never go back to private practice. Maybe something to look into!

[Anonymous]

Whoa. Is op having a breakdown right before our eyes?

[Anonymous]

Why don't you get paid when people don't show? Any doctor I've seen has cancellation policies and still charges. Could it be the practice that you're in? I'm surprised they could text you too. Do you have an admin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some kids are fine, others are terrible brats. They get too much screen time and this impacts their behaviors, concentration, and so much more. I have to manage behaviors a lot more than I would like or just try so hard to get them to focus and pay attention for 2-3 minutes during a task. It is exhausting. I also have to bribe them to do what I need them to do... which is annoying and exhausting. I worked so hard for this degree and the clinical fellowship and it feels completely thankless. I have had a few really great experiences. I'd say 20% good and 80% bad. I have not worked for a school system yet. I'd probably only take a remote school position for various reasons. The problem with those is they try to pay less for the SAME work just because it is remote.

You sound burnt out.

It also sounds like you followed this career path because you thought it would be a good career and are upset because it is a hard career. You are a healthcare professional seeing children to help them to function better. If you do not want to work with kids who have challenges and parents who have challenges, you need to work in an area of practice that doesn't involve children. I would say that sounds like a good idea for you anyway, given that you are describing your child clients as "terrible brats" and are completely melting down above when someone suggests that you maybe have an empathy deficit right now.

[Anonymous]

My 3 kids had speech issues. My youngest has CAS. I loved our SLPs. I spent so many years observing sessions that I actually considered going back to school. It seemed so rewarding. I’m sorry it’s so unpleasant. I think the issue is you need to set clear boundaries with scheduling. In every medical and allied profession there are cancellation fees for no shows and last minute cancellations. Be crystal clear about your policy and parents will learn to behave properly. Don’t listen to whining about how they can’t be reimbursed by insurance. It’s not your problem. They’d be charged for missing the pediatrician, psychotherapist, dentist, OT, etc. It never occurred to to me to no show over all the years. I only canceled if my child was contagious. I understood I might be charged. Our SLP came to the house and I valued her time and commitment. She changed my son’s life!

[Anonymous]

If the practice isn't charging for cancellations etc that's a problem with its leadership and policies. Why are blaming parents and the whole field?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some kids are fine, others are terrible brats. They get too much screen time and this impacts their behaviors, concentration, and so much more. I have to manage behaviors a lot more than I would like or just try so hard to get them to focus and pay attention for 2-3 minutes during a task. It is exhausting. I also have to bribe them to do what I need them to do... which is annoying and exhausting. I worked so hard for this degree and the clinical fellowship and it feels completely thankless. I have had a few really great experiences. I'd say 20% good and 80% bad. I have not worked for a school system yet. I'd probably only take a remote school position for various reasons. The problem with those is they try to pay less for the SAME work just because it is remote.

Remote jobs often pay less because a lot of applicants prefer them. It's a perk. And frankly for this field it sounds a lot less effective.

You sound extremely entitled. I've worked with 3 different SLPs for my kids who were all great. Like other PPs we did have to pay if we cancelled on short notice. It feels like you are just railing against everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some kids are fine, others are terrible brats. They get too much screen time and this impacts their behaviors, concentration, and so much more. I have to manage behaviors a lot more than I would like or just try so hard to get them to focus and pay attention for 2-3 minutes during a task. It is exhausting. I also have to bribe them to do what I need them to do... which is annoying and exhausting. I worked so hard for this degree and the clinical fellowship and it feels completely thankless. I have had a few really great experiences. I'd say 20% good and 80% bad. I have not worked for a school system yet. I'd probably only take a remote school position for various reasons. The problem with those is they try to pay less for the SAME work just because it is remote.

Remote jobs often pay less because a lot of applicants prefer them. It's a perk. And frankly for this field it sounds a lot less effective.

You sound extremely entitled. I've worked with 3 different SLPs for my kids who were all great. Like other PPs we did have to pay if we cancelled on short notice. It feels like you are just railing against everything.

It is not less effective at all and there have been studies proving this. There are some clients who are not good candidates for telehealth, but those are specific situations. Don't speak on what you don't know about.

Entitled? I don't think that the OP sounds entitled. They sound burnt out. It's a helping profession. Parents sound entitled for no showing and cancelling and not getting charged for it.

[Anonymous]

Remote speech therapy for children is a joke.

It sounds like OP works for a private company that contracts with a county or medicaid based early intervention program. They don't get paid if they don't actually do the therapy session, and the pay is low because the agency/employer takes a cut out of the already low medicaid reimbursements.

[Anonymous]

The SLPs I know of do early intervention with preschoolers onsite at their preschools and also in elementary schools. They are employed by our local school district which is on a nice area that is solidly middle class with 2/6 elementary schools being Title 1.

They like their jobs. I agree with trying an onsite school job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The SLPs I know of do early intervention with preschoolers onsite at their preschools and also in elementary schools. They are employed by our local school district which is on a nice area that is solidly middle class with 2/6 elementary schools being Title 1.

They like their jobs. I agree with trying an onsite school job.

Preschool children are not EI age. EI is birth to three. They age out right when the hit 3. So no, do not do early intervention.