Episode 61: How To Make a Career Leap & Choosing Your CEUs

In this episode of the SLP Happy Hour podcast, you'll learn how to make a job transition leap and what to consider, as well as all the ways to earn CEUs and what we recommend. #slpeeps

How to Choose CEU Courses

  • Consider an area you feel week in, that you have a significant number of learners in (for example if you are weak in stuttering but don’t have any students who stutter, that wouldn’t be your best choice)

  • Consider your population (for example, if you see a lot of a certain area, focus on where your learner’s needs are and choose a few of those)

  • The cohosts discussed the pros and cons of different ways to get your CEUs: free online CEU conferences, online CEU memberships, and in-person conferences

  • Are you a “CEU completer”? What does that mean? How can CEU Completers not feel FOMO and the pressure to take all the courses?

  • Sarah talks about what it’s like to get audited for your CEUs and what she does now to avoid this happening again

  • How we budget for CEUs and how much money we spend

Self Care Challenge

Create a nourishing list and a draining list of your daily activities

Take the Maslach Burnout Inventory (you can find it online and it’s a quick quiz); and if you want more on burnout listen to Episode 39 and Episode 47.

Work Setting Transitions

In this segment we discuss:

  • How do you know when it’s time to make an SLP job transition?

  • What is it like to switch from schools to telepractice?

  • What is it like to switch from schools to private practice?

  • What can SLPs do to ease the transition when there is a setting change?

Lazy Lesson

Sarie shares an easy lesson using the Audiojack app.

In this episode, the co-hosts share considerations for choosing CEUS, and ways to navigate an SLP job change or setting change. #slpeeps