by Ishwari Samarakoon | May 27, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog
What’s your professional circle like? Do you only hang out with other Speechies or with other allied health? Is it only the Speechies you went to Uni with or those in your current workplace? Often we can get stuck in a rut, having the same conversations with the same...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | May 20, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog
Have you ever had a session where you froze? It may have started well but all of a sudden, you become stuck, unable to get out of your head and you don’t know what to do? Maybe the session hasn’t gone to plan. Or you were asked a question you weren’t expecting. Or the...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | May 13, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog
Do you over-prepare for your sessions? Do you spend hours scouring the internet, reading journal articles or going down TikTok rabbit holes? Or do you spend hours scrolling Pinterest, TpT or Twinkl trying to find that ideal resource? Do you feel like you are letting...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | May 6, 2024 | Career, Hard conversations, The Speechie Life Blog
Equity. It’s such an important concept. It’s not about being equal but rather getting what you need to be able to do what everyone else can do. I am sure we have all seen the image of the people standing on the boxes to look over the fence. Equality is us all having...