Schools & district teams
School SLP Report Writing: The Workflow That Survives a 60-Student Caseload
Eligibility language, present levels, and goals that hold up at the IEP table — plus the four-pass workflow that keeps evaluations off your weekend.
AliAugust 7, 20267 min read
Clinics & private practice
Private Practice SLP Documentation: Notes That Survive an Insurance Review
What a payer reviewer is actually reading for, and how evaluation, plan of care, and progress notes stay tied to the same numbers.
AliAugust 7, 20267 min read
Early intervention
Early Intervention Paperwork: Writing IFSP Outcomes Families Recognize
Routines-based outcomes in the family's own words, and a four-line home-visit note you can finish before you pull out of the driveway.
AliAugust 7, 20266 min read
Medical & hospital
Medical SLP Documentation: EMR-Ready Notes for Inpatient and Outpatient Caseloads
Skilled-service language, objective functional status, and dysphagia or cognitive-linguistic notes that paste cleanly into the chart.
AliAugust 7, 20267 min read
Guides
Speech Therapy IEP Goals: Examples I Actually Write
Five worked speech therapy IEP goal examples — articulation, expressive language, receptive language, pragmatics, fluency — each one tied to the present-levels data it came from.
AliJune 19, 20268 min read
Guides
Present Levels Examples I Actually Use
Five worked PLOP/PLAAFP examples across articulation, expressive and receptive language, pragmatics, and fluency — plus the four questions every present levels statement has to answer.
AliJune 16, 20269 min read
Clinical Craft
How to Calculate MLU Without Losing Your Mind
Brown's morpheme-counting rules in plain English, the edge cases that trip up even experienced clinicians, and why I'll never let an AI calculate MLU for me.
AliJune 16, 20267 min read
Clinical Craft
The Language Sample That Actually Holds Up at the IEP Table
How I collect, transcribe, and analyze a language sample — MLU, TTR, syntax, narrative, pragmatics — and how to write it up so it actually carries weight at the IEP table.
AliJune 16, 20268 min read
Guides
SLP Report Templates That Don't Make You Do It Twice
Why a good SLP report template saves hours and protects clinical accuracy — and why pasting your intake notes into a generic AI chatbot is a liability waiting to happen.
AliJune 14, 20266 min readShort notes
Quick thoughts I share on LinkedIn and Facebook, collected here.
- October 18, 2026Evaluating bilingual students can be complex, and one common pitfall is comparing their…
Evaluating bilingual students can be complex, and one common pitfall is comparing their language performance to monolingual norms. This can lead to misdiagnosis and inappropriate i
- October 15, 2026When evaluating preschool-aged children who aren't yet producing many words, focusing o…
When evaluating preschool-aged children who aren't yet producing many words, focusing on pre-speech skills is crucial. Joint attention, play skills, and gesture use provide invalua
- October 12, 2026Writing evaluation reports can be incredibly time-consuming, and a significant portion…
Writing evaluation reports can be incredibly time-consuming, and a significant portion of that time often goes into formatting and ensuring all required sections are present. A rob
- October 9, 2026Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) is a vital measure of language development, offering ins…
Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) is a vital measure of language development, offering insights into a child's grammatical complexity. It's simply the average number of morphemes per
- October 7, 2026Crafting measurable IEP goals is key to tracking student progress effectively.
Crafting measurable IEP goals is key to tracking student progress effectively. It ensures we can clearly see if our interventions are making a difference. A strong goal includes ob
- October 3, 2026Oral mechanism exams are a crucial part of our evaluations, but they can feel tedious.
Oral mechanism exams are a crucial part of our evaluations, but they can feel tedious. One shortcut many SLPs discover later is to streamline your note-taking during the exam itsel
- October 1, 2026Crafting strong Present Levels statements is crucial for effective IEPs.
Crafting strong Present Levels statements is crucial for effective IEPs. Instead of vague descriptions, aim for specific, measurable details that truly reflect a student's current
- September 28, 2026If your Sunday nights often involve a laptop, a cup of coffee, and a pile of reports, y…
If your Sunday nights often involve a laptop, a cup of coffee, and a pile of reports, you're definitely not alone. That feeling of sacrificing personal time just to catch up on pap
- September 6, 2026Eligibility decisions can get messy fast when data is scattered across multiple documents.
Eligibility decisions can get messy fast when data is scattered across multiple documents. Trying to piece together scores, observations, and recommendations from different places
- September 2, 2026Oral mech exams are a crucial part of our evaluations, but they can feel time-consuming…
Oral mech exams are a crucial part of our evaluations, but they can feel time-consuming to document. One common shortcut SLPs discover is using a standardized form or tool that gui
- August 15, 2026When evaluating preschoolers who aren't yet using many words, it's easy to focus solely…
When evaluating preschoolers who aren't yet using many words, it's easy to focus solely on their expressive vocabulary. However, pre-speech skills like joint attention, play, and g
- August 13, 2026Evaluating bilingual students can be complex, and a common pitfall is inadvertently com…
Evaluating bilingual students can be complex, and a common pitfall is inadvertently comparing their language skills to monolingual norms. This can lead to misdiagnosis or overlooki