The dreaded parent teacher conference. Man, I had NO idea before I had Ashlynn how emotional school meetings are for parents. I’m pretty sure that is across the board regardless of a child having additional challenges or not, but it is SO brutal for us who have children with additional challenges. I think I was clueless for a couple reasons. 1.) As a child, I loved parent teacher conference. They
The #knockoutapraxia movement: I want to thank everyone who participated in the #knockoutapraxia hashtag campaign on November 14th. I along with many others watched Ronda lose to Holly Holm. Our group was disappointed no doubt, but we all rebounded quickly. Why? We experience knockdowns everyday. Our children do too. If we didn’t rebound we’d never be able to keep moving forward. Though our hashtag campaign is over (for now,
Wow! I just completed a whirlwind three day national speech conference called the ASHA convention. ASHA stands for the American Speech/Language Hearing Association, and it is the association that certifies SLP’s. That CCC behind our name (i.e. Laura Smith MA. CCC-SLP) is from ASHA in case you have ever wondered. I’ve never been to ASHA before because it’s usually extremely expensive and somewhere to which I would have to fly.
I remember being an undergrad, and the professors were encouraging us to attend the ASHA convention. ASHA stands for the American Speech/Language Hearing Association, and the convention is huge as it covers the scope of our entire field from babies to the geriatric population. ASHA has never been in Denver, so when you add up the price to fly, stay, and then pay for the conference, you start thinking your
I was filling out Ashlynn’s Small Steps in Speech Grant Application tonight sparing myself plenty of time since it is due tomorrow! It’s always surreal to play the part of parent like this: stressing out, frantically collecting documents, invoices, cost verifications, reports, insurance denials and more only to turn around and provide therapy for parents who are doing the same thing. It’s always an awkward position to be a sounding
A couple days ago I received frantic text messages, emails, and private messages to all my social media accounts. My heart started racing so fast as I read them: “Hi, I know you don’t know me, but my name is Jaime Hunt and your husband has been having an affair with me. Please call me back. If you don’t believe me, check your phone records. I’m so sorry, I didn’t