Back to School & Year End

What Progress Actually Looks Like: A Cleaner Way to Measure What Matters

Percent accuracy can tell you whether a student performed a skill in therapy, but it doesn’t always tell you whether their communication is changing in real life. This four-layer progress monitoring framework helps SLPs capture acquisition, generalization, maintenance, and functional impact without drowning in data.

When Is It OK to Stop? An SLP's Guide to Dismissing from Therapy

How do you know when a student is truly ready to graduate from speech therapy? This practical framework helps SLPs think through dismissal using eligibility, data, generalization, functional communication, and the student’s ability to move forward without skilled support.

How Can We Create Summer Homework Families Will Actually Use?

Summer home programs don’t need to be long to be effective. By building practice into routines families already have, SLPs can create simple, realistic home programs that make carryover more manageable all summer long.

The Burnout Talk: How to Spot It in Yourself and Your Students Before Summer Hits

End-of-year burnout doesn’t disappear when the final bell rings. Explore what burnout can look like in SLPs and students, how depletion affects the work we do together, and what a meaningful summer reset can actually look like.

What's in my school bag?

From data clipboards to fidget tools and flair pens, what you carry into the school year matters. But being prepared isn’t just about what’s in your bag—it’s about having the strategies, support, and CEUs to feel confident all year long. Check out our top back-to-school picks and browse our curated list of must-have Bright Ideas Media courses—all part of our Back-to-School Sale happening through August 31, 2025!

What Progress Actually Looks Like: A Cleaner Way to Measure What Matters

When Is It OK to Stop? An SLP's Guide to Dismissing from Therapy

How Can We Create Summer Homework Families Will Actually Use?

The Burnout Talk: How to Spot It in Yourself and Your Students Before Summer Hits

What's in my school bag?

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