Dreamy SLP

#SLPeeps #Speechie #SLPprobs #SLPAdventures

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SLP: Which sticker do you want?
Kid: ~points
SLP: Which one?
Kid: Uggghhh ~points
SLP: Use your words to tell me which one you want.
Kid:

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Supervisor: We're going to add another school to your caseload.
Me: Um.....

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Parent: she's been saying so many new words with her OTHER speech therapist.
Me: That's great! What words are they working on?
Parent: like...lots of words with the OTHER speech therapist.
Kid: ~vocalizes and crawls under table~

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After working in a teacher's workroom for the entire school year, the SLP requests a different school for next year. Two weeks later the SLP is offered a legit therapy room at the school she's now leaving. #Dead #SchoolSLP #SpaceStruggles

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The SLP warily sips her morning coffee on the first day of school. "And so it begins," she whispers. #SchoolSLP #BackToSchoolStruggle

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The SLP breaks a sweat while making a new speech schedule. "I could schedule 23 students for Tuesdays, right? That'll be fine, right?" #Help

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Principal: "I found you a new space for this year" - Shows me a closet in the auditorium that barely fits a broom and two boxes.
SLP: "...."

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June SLP: Carefree summer bliss.
July SLP: Occasional sense of impending doom.
August SLP: "The end is nigh! The children are coming!"

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End of spring semester: "If I start planning now, I think I can really turn things around for next year."
Night before fall semester: "Crap"

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The seasoned SLP shuts down high maintenance parents with precise language, a calm smile, and the patience of a saint. #SLPProbs

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Trying to eat lunch in the teacher's lounge without getting asked to screen all the new Kindergarten students #AintNobodyGotTimeForThat

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"I'll make it through the year if I buy and laminate all of TPT" thinks the SLP as she laminates on a Sunday evening. #SurvivalOfTheCrafty

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The SLP stares into the night sky holding a glass of wine. "The school year is coming," she whispers. #SLPHarbinger #ImpendingSpeechStress

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The weary school SLP dreams of having her very own office to hide in. #WhereDoYouSLP #ClosetLife #TheCurseOfTheSchoolSLP #BigDreamsTinySpace

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At speech: "The rabbit ran rapidly through the rain"
In the classroom: "dah wascally wabbit waced awound dah wozes" #HoustonWeHaveAProblem

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Kid: licks GFTA-3 book
Me: "Please don't lick my book"
Kid: "I eat books for breakfast! Bwahahahaha!" #Whaaat #SanitizeAllTheThings

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Beginning of the day: "Please catch your cough"
End of the day: "For the love of God, cover your mouth!"
#AllTheHandSanitizer #KidsAreGross

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The inevitable moment when a preschooler coughs directly into your mouth #Doomed #Haaaaalp #CatchThatCough #SmallFriendsWithManyGerms

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Running to the restroom when you're finally dismissed from a never ending IEP #IGotNeeds #PleaseLetMePee #HydratedSLP

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When you try to negotiate by offering an extra 30 minutes a week and then they ask for another 60 on top of that. #No #JustNo