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Comments on: The Best Thing I Learned This Summer https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer Sharing Speech & Language Therapy Ideas! Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:42:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Nicola Johnson https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-162 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:42:31 +0000 https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-162 I'm a bit behind on this post but am finally catching up on some fave blogs now. I learned a long time ago not to work in the summer, because it felt like break was getting 'eaten into' and I'd be resentful once school started. Summers are for pleasure reading, podcast listening, good food eating, and friends/family. I didn't do online CEUs this summer, shop secondhand stores, or read much email. It's good to step back completely. I feel you on the intensity of April/May with transition meetings and early intervention evals. I have literally not left my couch for the first week of summer break before I've been so fried. Our state does not have a caseload cap, and like you mentioned, budgets are such that districts aren't staffing as much as they should. It also helps me to keep other areas of life full- church, friends, hobbies, exercise, puttering. Posts like these are great. Good stuff.

]]> By: Mary https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-163 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 01:07:46 +0000 https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-163 Like you said, being an SLP is a huge part of who we are and it's very difficult to find that balance. Some years/summers I do better than others; some…not so much! It's so important for us to get away and be ourselves…the "non-SLP" self!
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]]> By: Twin Speech, Language & Literacy LLC https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-164 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 22:33:26 +0000 https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-164 Perfect advice on balance! Thank you Kari for a wonderful read!

]]> By: Sparklle SLP https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-165 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 22:15:52 +0000 https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-165 Despite the initial reason why you had to achieve balance, it is always good to reflect on areas that need some re-organizing! Love your ideas on how to achieve a less is more approach and be you!

]]> By: miamcd https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-166 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:01:31 +0000 https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-166 Boyyy I can relate. I have never had the kind of workload you mentioned (God Bless you) but I have had the days/weeks/months of feeling like I was failing, too. Failing myself, failing my students, failing my family. Everyone feels the burnOUT sometime. Don't believe everything you see on social media 🙂 A break usually brings things back into perspective. I took some time this summer to find balance, also. Your other projects sound like fun!! Please blog about those sometime. Being an SLP is only a tiny part of who we are 🙂 I like that you reminded us of that!

]]> By: Kari https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-167 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:35:36 +0000 https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-167 Thanks, Tracy! It's tricky, for sure! 58 in 60 days is in-sane! Since I have a preschool caseload, we have all the 0-3 service kiddos that turn 3 before the end of the year/over the summer that we have to have IEPs in place for (should they qualify), and have several new referrals every month from our monthly preschool screenings.. on top of the IEPs for our regular caseload! I love preschool, but the evaluation side of it can be killer!!

]]> By: Kari https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-168 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:31:33 +0000 https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-168 It can be SO hard! I always have high hopes for summer TpT-ing, but I rarely get more than 1-2 things done because I don't feel inspired. Family is always more important, though, and it's important to take care of them and yourself! I'm so glad my post was helpful for you– seriously, don't feel guilty about taking some time away from it!! You'll create better things when you're motivated and inspired– I never end up being happy with what I've come up with if I force it!

]]> By: Kari https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-169 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:16:53 +0000 https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-169 Thanks, Jen!

]]> By: Kari https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-170 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:16:15 +0000 https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-170 I feel like I did pretty well for a good chunk of the year… I was actually took my 30 minute lunch away from my desk, and not bringing work home. I just got to a point in the year, probably starting in March where I just couldn't do that anymore– Even writing reports at home, I was only getting them done a day or 2 before the meetings because there were so many! It was nuts. Preschool can be extra tough because of the Infant/Toddler evals that have to get done before the end of the school year for all those summer babies that turn 3 before school begins, and the evaluation referrals we get every month from our preschool screenings (typically about 3-5 evals come out of those).

As far as approaching administration for assistance… The SLPs in my district put some numbers and figures together regarding our caseloads, but unfortunately nothing came of it. The state of Kansas has been undergoing major funding cuts to education, so I assume that's at least part of it. Frustrating, for sure! I just have to try my best to go into the new year starting out positive, and keep advocating for myself and my kiddos when necessary!

Sounds like you have a good balance for yourself, though– Hopefully I will be successful at it like you, Annie! 🙂

]]> By: Kari https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-171 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:15:55 +0000 https://www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com/2015/07/27/the-best-thing-i-learned-this-summer/#comment-171 It is definitely a challenge! Thanks for reading, Ashley!

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