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One thing we love reading in course feedback isn’t “great course”, but hearing how clinicians are thinking differently after they learn something new.

For this course, we saw themes like:

✨ Making stronger differential diagnosis decisions

✨ Better understanding the relationship between OMDs and SSDs

✨ Connecting current research to treatment planning

✨ Being more intentional during assessments

That’s the kind of learning that transitions with you into the therapy room.

💬 Comment COURSE and we’ll send you the course link so you can take a look yourself, plus a secret code.

Do you feel undertrained in dyslexia even though you’re expected to evaluate and support students with it?

This conversation is for the SLP who’s ever wondered:

➡️ Where do I fit in dyslexia support?
➡️ What should I actually be looking for?
➡️ How can I better support these students?

Our goal is to help you feel clearer about your role, understand how language and literacy connect, and walk away with practical ways to support students with dyslexia.

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What’s been your biggest challenge when supporting students with dyslexia?

Most AAC courses are built around the same standards.

Same objectives, same core content, even the same textbook in many programs.

So why do so many SLPs leave feeling unprepared?

This study made me think about that disconnect. If we’re learning similar things, then the difference probably isn’t just what is being taught.

It’s how it’s applied, practiced, and what happens after.

Because learning something in a class and actually using it in a session are two very different things.

What helped you go from learning about AAC to actually feeling confident using it?

Did you have any AAC clients during your clinic rotations in grad school?

Research says “AAC training is effective”…okay, so what’s the problem?

A lot of training focuses on how to implement a strategy, but not always on how to make clinical decisions.

We’re being taught what to do, but not always how to decide what to do.

And that’s where things start to feel harder in real practice.

What kind of AAC training has actually helped you feel more confident in your clinical decisions?

New courses coming to Tassel in June! you can listen for free on the Speechie Side Up podcast or watch for free on our YouTube channel. Want to earn ASHA CEU? Head over to our website.

How do you take your CEUs?

AAC is a huge part of what we do as SLPs,
but for a lot of us, it didn’t feel that way in grad school.

This review pulled from 31 studies on AAC training, and the pattern is pretty clear:
training exists, but it doesn’t always translate into real-world readiness.

So clinicians end up figuring it out in real time through workshops, CEUs, on-the-job experience, and basic trial and error.

Because the training didn’t fully prepare us for what our caseloads actually look like.

And that gap is something a lot of SLPs have felt. Do you feel like your AAC training actually prepared you for your caseload today?

Happy National Speech-Language-Hearing Month 💛

To every SLP showing up for clients, families, teams, and students every single day… thank you.

The work you do matters more than you know, even on the hard days. You are constantly problem-solving, adapting, learning, and helping people communicate in ways that change lives.

You’re a rockstar SLP, and this month we wanted to give something back to you ✨

Use code SLPLOVE for 20% off the Clinician Connect membership.