For day 15 of BHSM, I am sharing culturally responsive SLP groups. One way to take action and be more culturally sensitive and response is to join SLP groups that focus on discussion related to being a culturally sensitive SLP and person. Not all these groups will be specifically SLP groups, but include important topics …
International work as an SLP? Sounds amazing, right? Well, it can be. On the surface, it appears that we we are helping people around the country receive services they can’t get otherwise. However, sometimes these trips abroad can be more harmful than hurtful. Today, I am going to explain why not all international work is …
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For day 13 of Better Speech and Hearing Month, I am discussing culturally sensitive SLP assessment tools. We will all have diverse identities on our caseloads, and our assessment tools need to reflect that. The tools I share will be as non-biased as possible, and test non-english based skills in the instance of linguistically diverse …
For day 12 of Better Speech and Hearing Month, I am discussing microaggressions and macroaggressions in SLP. Microaggressions describe comments or actions that can be discriminatory and hurtful to certain identities, regardless of the intent. If we can be aware of these, we can be more supportive and practice actual allyship for identities different than …
For day 11 of Better Speech and Hearing Month, I will be outlining state legislation that connects to cultural competence. Yesterday, I discussed federal legislation that connects to cultural competence. Today’s article is a broader extension of that topic. Please note that not all of these laws were passed. However, I view them as good …
For day 10 of Better Speech and Hearing Month, I will be outlining federal legislation that connects to cultural competence. Yesterday, I discussed the ASHA Code of Ethics and Cultural Competence. Today’s article is a broader extension of that topic. Federal Legislation Here are the pieces of federal legislation I am outlining: Title VI of …
For day 9 of Better Speech Language and Hearing Month, I am talking about ASHA’s information on the intersection of ethics and cultural competence. First, I will discuss the most relevant principles and rules from the Code of Ethics. Then, we will talk about ethics issues related to cultural and linguistic competence. Principle of Ethics I …
For day 8 of Better Speech and Hearing month, I am going to share what makes TikTok a great place to learn about Cultural Sensitivity. You’re probably reading this headline and thinking I’m totally wrong, but hear me out! TikTok’s mission is to spread joy with shortform videos. Many users on TikTok are becoming creative …
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Cultural differences are very present in our clinical practice. As a result, we need to understand cultural differences. To do that, can educate ourselves on what they are. We can also communicate with our patients, students and families on how that relates to their goals in therapy. Today, I am sharing 10 resources you can …
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My last two posts talked about normalizing gender pronouns in healthcare and how to use pronouns appropriately. For day four of Better Speech and Hearing Month (and Star Wars Day… May the Fourth Be With You.), I am talking about identifying and owning internal biases as an SLP. Likely, many of us have gender bias …
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