Happy New Year! 2019 is full of possibilities if you're willing to take the risk to try something new. Failure isn't a measure of who we are, but an opportunity to start over. So, don't let failure stand in the way of doing something truly magnificent this year! What new thing are you going to try this year? #wordlesswednesday #wisewords #science #life #professional #slps #learning #appalong #parents

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) kicks off its 2018 Convention in Boston this week, with more than 18,000 SLPs and Audiologists in attendance. As we jump into this year's convention, I offer a little reminder of what it's all about, from the 2013 convention in Chicago. ASHA Convention is a melting pot, in which professionals from across the country and world come together to share research and ideas, to not only better our profession, but the individual

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. It's an opportunity to increase public awareness about the profession of speech-language pathology, the roles and responsibilities of speech-language pathologists (SLPs), communication development and health, and more. It's also an opportunity to highlight how communication difficulties impact individuals. BHSM brings public attention to how we can support those with a disability, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity and access ne

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"The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done - men who are creative, inventive, and discoverers. The second goal of education is to form minds, which can be critical and cannot accept everything they are offered. The great danger today is of slogans, collective opinions, ready-made trends of thought. We have to be able to resist individually, to criticize, to distinguish between