The SLP Now Podcast

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Billing, progress notes, IEPs, and evaluations. A lot of us finish them at night, on weekends, and over school breaks. It's become normal. It doesn't have to be.
This episode kicks off our paperwork series. I share the two types of paperwork overwhelm, volume and process. Then I walk through a simple schedule audit that shows your heavy months before they hit.
You'll also learn how to set up a 15-minute monthly review. It keeps you ahead, and it gives you real data to bring to your admin when you need more support.
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Planning gets so much easier when your materials have a home.
In this episode, I share how I sort my therapy materials into two groups: core materials and unit materials.
Core materials are the tools you use every session. That means goal cards, probes, and visuals. Set them up once, and most of your planning for the year is done. Unit materials are the activities tied to the book, article, or video you're using that month.
I also share how I use student folders to tie it all together, plus my page number trick for the probe binder.
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You can plan a whole month of therapy in just a few clicks.
In this episode, I walk you through what my monthly planning routine looks like inside SLP Now.
You'll hear how the Therapy Plan Assistant suggests caseload segments and the top three units for each one. Every unit is already analyzed for common targets, with activities linked to each step of the literacy-based therapy framework.
I also share why the best planning happens inside your sessions, and how one quick note helps your future self pick up right where you left off.
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Planning for every student or every group can eat up your whole week. In this episode, I walk through the caseload segmentation strategy. You split your caseload into a few segments, and each segment gets one unit. You plan it once and use it with every group in that segment for the whole month.
I share what this looks like for a preschool through 5th grade caseload and for a 6th through 12th grade caseload. We also talk about how to keep your segments flexible and why using the same text across groups makes your clinical thinking sharper.

Show Notes: slpnow.com/273
Therapy planning can take over nights and weekends when every session starts from scratch. In this episode, Marisha explains how large caseloads, session by session planning, and missing systems can lead to inconsistent sessions, decision fatigue, and reactive therapy.
She shares a better approach: plan by units that cover a full month. For most SLPs, three to four units can cover an entire caseload, while a streamlined data system and the right teaching tools make it easier to individualize instruction and bring your clinical magic into the mix.
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