Five SLP Instagram Accounts You Should Be Following

Being an SLP in the days of social media can be a lifesaver. You can get therapy ideas, follow accounts in a certain area (for example AAC) where you’d like to grow, build relationships with other SLPs and find resources (everything from books to read to classes to take) to build your skills.

There are so many SLP accounts out there, that it can be difficult to find just the right accounts to follow. Here are five accounts I follow and enjoy to get you started. To choose my top 5 accounts I focused on accounts with consistently good feeds where I’m both entertained and learn something new – the best of both worlds.

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How I Plan, Organize and Batch Blog Posts

I’ve been blogging regularly for almost 3 years for my clinic, and one year for the podcast. Blogging hasn’t always been easy. I remember staring at the computer screen, trying to come up with something to write. I remember when it would take me more than two hours to write one simple blog post.

There were also times where I had posts written, but didn’t know where to find them. I had half written posts in a state of disorder in a word document.

Since that time, I write more than two dozen blog posts a year for my own two blogs (plus guest posts), and I’ve banished blogging overwhelm. I’ve come up with a six-step process to get my blogging done without tears or procrastination. This system has worked for me in the past year, and I’m sharing it here in case it could work for you, too.

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10 (Non SLP) Podcasts I Love

As an SLP and a podcaster, I absolutely love listening to podcasts. In fact, I tend to get a bit caught up in the SLP podcast world. However, most of the podcasts I listen to aren’t SLP podcasts.

Why not?

I love SLP podcasts.

However, sometimes I find myself wanting to listen to something that isn’t work related at all. There are so many good podcasts out there, so I don’t exclusively listen to SLP shows.

If you are looking for a new podcast to listen to, here are my top 10 suggestions.

I hope to do another blog post in the future with SLP-themed recommendations, but here are my top ten favorite podcasts that I find myself listening to again and again.

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