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Posted by holly on 10/9/2008, 9:12 pm, in reply to "Re: what makes a good slp??"
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Being a great therapist does not just happen. It develops. You have to study each disorder and student and see what intervention you believe, thru your knowledge or studying, will best improve his defict/deficits. If it is a long term disorder, you need to know where in the process your work falls.Are you developing his first words, eaching him to use sentences, or encouraging him to use his metacognitive skills to hink about what he is saying, etc.
When you start out you can develop some terrible habits, so try to avoid those. One of these habits is being satisfied with another SLP's evaluation, goals, or recommendations. Do your own thinking and recheck the work done before you. We all see information in an individual way so just remain interested and involved with each student until you have come up with a plan you believe will help and then implement it. When you sit in a meeing and feel insecure and maybe unprepared, then remember we all have had to go thru that. It gets better. If you want to be good in this field, then continue to develop your knowledge and skills
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