By Erin Kelly, M.A., CCC-SLP

Teletherapy setup for SLPs including screens, headphones, AAC tools, standing desk, and must-have equipment to run smooth, effective virtual speech sessions. 🖤 My Real Teletherapy Setup (Not the Pinterest Version) Teletherapy looks simple from the outside. Laptop. Headset. Maybe a worksheet. Done. …except no. If you’ve ever tried to run a session while pulling up materials, taking data, fixing audio, and pretending everything is fine—you already know that’s not reality. If you want your...

Teaching conversation turn taking in speech therapy can be challenging for many students who are developing social communication skills. Conversations require a balance of listening, sharing ideas, and recognizing when it is someone else’s turn to speak. Many speech therapy students benefit from visual supports and structured practice to help them understand turn taking in conversations and how conversations should flow. Rather than presenting turn taking conversation as a list of strict...

Teaching perspective taking in speech therapy can be challenging, especially for students who struggle to understand others’ thoughts, feelings, and reactions in social situations. Many speech-language pathologists use social skills activities and video shorts to help students observe real-life scenarios and practice identifying emotions, perspectives, and appropriate responses. For speech-language pathologists, teaching perspective taking can feel overwhelming. Social situations are complex,...