Lessons from a CFY Week 19 and 20 Happy almost 2022, folks! It’s hard to believe we made it this far. This edition of lessons from a CFY rounds out my fifth month as a CF- four to go. Lesson 19.1: Self-Doubt This lesson is inspired by a comment from a fellow SLP-CF on Tiktok. …
Lessons from a CFY Week 17 and 18 This edition of Lessons from a CFY focuses on organization. With the new year comes a desire to get organized. Additionally, the midway point of my CFY also makes for a good time to place that emphasis. Lessons from a CFY Week 17.1: Organizing Data In graduate school, I …
Read Across America 2022 What is Read Across America? Launched in 1998 by the National Education Association (NEA) and guided by a committee of educators, NEA’s Read Across America is the nation’s largest celebration of reading. This year-round program focuses on motivating children and teens to read through events, partnerships, and reading resources that are about everyone, for …
Lessons from a CFY Week 15 and 16 Lessons from a CFY Series is going strong at weeks 15 and 16! This wraps up the first four months of my CF! Hard to believe. I hope you all enjoy my lessons from a CFY. Lesson 15.1: Take a Break. Seriously. As the holidays came around, …
Women’s History Month Education Guide Women’s history month is March 1st to 31st. I have created this women’s history month education guide to help educators, parents and more bring cultural sensitive and accurate knowledge of women’s history month. How Women’s History Month Came to Be The first Women’s History Month occurred in 1978 in Santa …
I Stand With Ianessa Humbert The following quotes and images come from Jordyn R. Carroll, M.S. CCC-SLP. She shared on her Instagram @jrc_theslp, that Dr. Ianessa Humbert, “a prominent black SLP, is under investigation for doing nothing that white SLPs aren’t doing”. The attention to this issue through support and contacting of ASHA by …
Lessons from a CFY Week 13 and 14 Lessons from a CFY talk about how you can get your voice heard as a CF. This is so important because we do have a good perspective and can make great changes wher we work. Lessons from a CFY 13.1: Getting Your Voice Heard As CFs, we …
CFY Lessons: Week 11 and 12 CFY Lessons from Week 11 and 12 come from my third month as a CF. This is around the time I started really catching my stride as a CF, but it really does ebb and flow. CFY Lesson 11.1: Confidence At work, there are some days and some sessions …
Lessons from a CFY: Mental Health (Week 11) Lesson 10.1: Getting Through a Bad Week In any job, it’s inevitable that there will be really bad mental health weeks. We have our good weeks, and we have our bad weeks. That is totally acceptable and expected. Negative thoughts can be rampant. They can bring down …
Lessons from a CFY Week 9 This week, I just have one lesson, but it might be one of the most important ones I’ve covered: accepting when you’re lost. CFY Lesson 9.1: Accepting When You’re Lost In a recent staff meeting with my supervisor, I was really struggling on how to help one of my …
