I would love to thank the subsequent speech-language bloggers for contributing to this article: Activity Tailor, All four My Child, Future SLPs, Play on Words, Speech Lady Liz, and Speech Room News.
The quantity of Speech-Language Pathologists running a blog and attractive in social media grew step by step in 2011. Those people who’re lively on Twitter (we name ourselves the #SLPeeps), had been sharing articles and assets on blogs, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Recently though, the brand new social media youngster at the block, Pinterest, has made it less complicated than ever for SLPs to have interaction every different and proportion thoughts. And with all of the sharing going on, it has given bloggers a brand new area to community their thoughts and discover notion for brand new ones. While I am now no longer positive precisely if there may be causality, evidently Pinterest is inspiring SLPs to leap into the running a blog world. We have counted at the least 9 ultra-modern SLP bloggers because the first of the 12 months and they all also are on Pinterest.
I turned into these days speakme with Maggie McGary, ASHAs Social Media guru, and we began out speakme approximately how tremendous it'd be to survey Speech-Language bloggers and bring together a brief-listing ofshould observe blogsfor each SLPs and their clients. Sean Sweeney has compiled a tremendous listing of blogs withinside the SLP Blog Bundle, however he doesnt have a listing of precisely who’s in there, nor does he describe them everywhere one via way of means of one. So, for the reason that we’ve relationships with a tremendous among the normal speech and language bloggers already via our weblog at PediaStaff, I mistakenly notion that I turned into properly-perfect for the activity of compiling a Best Blogs listing. I emailed our members with a straw ballot of kinds to get their votes for the exceptional speech and language blogs in every of numerous areas. I waited patiently for results, and deliberate how I might supply the findings to you on this column.
The results? Well…. The ethical of this tale is that there isnt a brief listing! There at the moment are a dizzying quantity of blogs to observe and maximum of them are actually really well worth studying. Whats greater, our respondents located it not possible to rank as “better” or “exceptional” due to the fact all of them have their personal flavors and angles.
After the exceptional laid plans, fell via, what emerged turned into a listing of the lively blogs that had been submitted as favorites, ordered from A to Z , plus a few which can be ultra-modern that deserve notice. In order to make this listing, the blogs had to meet the subsequent criteria:
written via way of means of a speech-language pathologist or contemporary graduate scholar
presently lively
writes approximately (or stocks assets on) speech language subjects at the least as soon as a week (ideally greater)
directed to both clinicians, dad and mom and caregivers
has proper ongoing continuity with out a couple of durations of state of being inactive withinside the past
expert and properly edited for spelling, grammar, etc
stocks greater preferred assets and information than it does data on their personal merchandise or services
It is essential to be aware that be aware that neither PediaStaff nor any of the members to this listing especially advise any of those bloggers, nor make any claims to the medical competence of the authors. In fact, some of those bloggers maintain their complete names to themselves to defend their privacy, so we haven’t any manner of verifying if they may be who they are saying they may be. Please make your personal knowledgeable choice as to the effectiveness/appropriateness of what those clinicians are sharing. I recognise that is via way of means of all method now no longer a conclusive listing (specially for the reason that new tremendous new blogs appear to be shooting up like daisies!) however as of March 2012, the subsequent are the speech and language blogs that PediaStaff and our colleagues advocate that still meet the above criteria:
Activity Tailor –
Kim Lewis, M.Ed, is a personal practitioner operating in faculty settings. Her cute weblog consists of easy, innovative remedy sports and personal exercise tips. I specially like her smart seasonal thoughts and coffee statement pieces.
All four My Child –
This Edublog finalist for exceptional new weblog gives ee-e book reviews, searchable via way of means of aim or subject with sports to be used to satisfy healing goals. This webweb page additionally stocks uniquely collaborative remedy thoughts, stories and musings associated with social interplay written via way of means of co-treating SLPs and OTs.
ASHASphere –
You are studying it now. Definitely a “finest hits” weblog with first rate articles for speech and language clinicians daily!
Becoming Olivia SLP –
Olivia is a graduate scholar in Canada chronicling her stories as an SLP scholar in video log (vlog) format. She is complete of strength and developing pretty a piece of chatter for herself among the SLPeeps.
Chapel Hill Snippets –
Ruth Morgan is a faculty-primarily based totally clinician who highlights her “diverse observations each in paintings and play.” Her weblog is insightful and properly-written. Ruth`s unfastened remedy stocks (frequently downloadable books) are specially famous and properly done.
Child Talk –
Becca Jarzynski, who focuses on autism, writes a high-quality speech and language remedy weblog for dad and mom/caregivers that have to now no longer be missed. Her articles provide concrete thoughts for dad and mom to assist their baby speak during “regular life.”
Cindy L. Meesters Blog –
An oldie however a goodie, Cindy Meesters weblog has been extraordinarily famous with SLPs for the reason that earlier than running a blog (and studying blogs) turned into trendy. While she blogs approximately all varieties of subjects, she turned into diagnosed via way of means of the Edublog Awards as a finalist withinside the Ed Tech category.
Early Intervention Speech Therapy
– Stephanie Bruno Dowling has a famous weblog on Advance for SLPs and Audiologists. It is specific the various blogs in this listing in that it’s miles simplest certainly considered one among some focusing on Early Intervention.
Eric Sailers` Blog –
Eric is a former faculty-primarily based totally clinician who blogs approximately technical packages for SLPs. He is likewise the author of numerous apps which includes ArticPix.
Erik X. Raj, Speech Language Pathologist –
Erik is a innovative SLP, exceptional recognised for former weblog ArticBrain which shared the way to honestly have interaction children in speech with humor and speak of boogers and
