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On this episode of SLP Espresso Discuss, Hallie sits down with Bria Gibson, SLP, non-public observe proprietor, and the inventive thoughts behind Speech Up TV. Bria shares how she stumbled into the career, rediscovered her ardour whereas working with excessive schoolers, and ultimately made the leap to a totally digital observe after changing into a brand new mother. She walks us by way of the behind-the-scenes of Speech Up TV, from inexperienced screens to enhancing marathons to creating customized movies for her purchasers, and why YouTube has grow to be such a robust device for language studying. When you’re inquisitive about non-public observe, digital remedy, or carving out your personal path as an SLP, this episode is full of honesty, inspiration, and loads of “you may completely do that” moments.
This is what we discovered:
- Burnout doesn’t imply you’re within the incorrect discipline, generally it’s the incorrect setting.
- You don’t want a clinic to begin a personal observe; begin together with your group.
- Digital remedy can work surprisingly effectively when you have already got sturdy rapport.
- YouTube can lengthen your attain far past your caseload (hiya, Australia!).
- Customized, language-focused movies can assist each children and caregivers.
- There are such a lot of methods to be an SLP: remedy, advocacy, content material creation, teaching, and extra.
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00:00:00 Hallie: Hey there SLP buddies, is Hallie right here, popping in with the perfect information ever. My new e-book, Secondary SLP Roadmap is formally obtainable. When you’ve ever wished for a transparent, sensible information for working with center and highschool college students, that is it. It’s full of actual tales, prepared to make use of methods and instruments you should utilize instantly. Seize your copy now, test the hyperlink within the present notes or search Secondary SLP Roadmap on Amazon. After which after all, please do me a favor. When you’re studying it, snap an image and tag me on Instagram @speechtimefun. I like seeing the place you are diving in. The speech room, the sofa, ready in a health care provider’s ready room, all of the locations. All proper, prepared? Go seize your copy and let’s make secondary speech really feel doable and enjoyable.
00:00:57 Hallie: Welcome to SLP Espresso Discuss, the podcast designed completely for speech language pathologists who work with older college students, grades 4 by way of 12. I’m your host, Hallie Sherman, your SLP behind Speech Time Enjoyable, the Speech Retreat Convention, and the SLP Elevate Membership. And I am thrilled to convey you conversations, methods, and insights that offers you the jolt of inspiration that you simply want. Whether or not you are tuning in throughout your morning commute, on a break in between classes, and even throughout a well-deserved leisure time. I’m right here for you each week. Let’s do that SLPs.
00:01:37 Hallie: Hey, hey, and welcome to a different episode of SLP Espresso Discuss. Do you have got a personal observe? Wanna have a personal observe? Occupied with going digital? I do know you are gonna love my dialog that we’re gonna be having right here as we speak with Bria from Speech Up TV. Welcome, Bria, to the present.
0:01:55 Bria: I’m so excited to be right here.
00:01:57 Hallie: So inform everybody listening a little bit bit about your self and your journey to what you’re doing now within the SLP world.
00:02:03 Bria: Okay, so my identify is Bria. I not too long ago simply had a child woman.
00:02:07 Hallie: Congratulations.
00:02:08 Bria: Sure, thanks. Married to my greatest pal, Keon. And so I began my speech discipline journey not desirous to be a speech therapist. I truly – sure, I truly wished to be an occupational therapist. That is what I went to school for. I went to Ole Miss in Mississippi. And , once I began taking the courses and realized I needed to take a variety of math programs, I used to be like, completely not. And my aunt was a speech therapist. I did not know something about being a speech therapist, however I did know that I like working with children.
00:02:40 Bria: And so she was telling me about her profession, her discipline, and she or he was like, there’s a lot job safety. That is what she stored saying over and over. And so I used to be like, okay, I am gonna strive it. As soon as I switched my main to speech remedy, it is like my life modified. I used to be making all A’s in all of my programs. It is similar to, it was meant to be.
00:03:02 Bria: And so I began from there. Went and I bought my grasp’s diploma from Jackson State in Mississippi. And I labored within the college beginning off. I began off in an elementary college. It was very exhausting for me. I do not know what it was about working with the littles within the college system, however I did that for 2 years. Ended up shifting to Houston, Texas. And I began working in a personal observe. It was fairly cool. Beloved it. The one factor I didn’t like is that I used to be seeing 16, 17 children a day again to again, again to again.
00:03:32 Bria: And so me and my husband moved to Dallas. And I had a pal that was like, what? It is best to strive excessive colleges. I believe you desire to it a little bit bit higher. And so I switched to excessive colleges and my love for being a speech therapist got here again. I grew to become tremendous keen about every little thing. And so that is what led me to begin my non-public observe, Speech Up. And so that is yr two in non-public observe. My first yr, I used to be a cellular speech therapist. I used to be going to daycare facilities and ABA facilities. And since I had my child this summer season, I used to be like, we have now to make a change. So I went digital. And so I solely do digital classes now. And that is after we began our YouTube channel, Speech Up TV.
00:04:18 Hallie: So fascinating. Now in your non-public observe, you, you mentioned you are seeing… I like the way you went from working with the highschool to then realizing like, okay, I am simply going to do a personal observe now. And return to the [inaudible], which is so loopy.
00:04:31 Bria: Sure, I believe it is as a result of I used to be working with the littles all day and this was proper after COVID. So the littles I used to be working with, not solely wanted speech. In addition they wanted some behavioral and a few sensory issues. And so I simply type of burned out. And through that point, so lots of my mother and father had been like, begin a personal observe, begin a personal observe. And I used to be like, if that is how I will really feel doing a personal observe, I can not do it. And so I believe going over to highschool and with the ability to work with older children the place I did not need to be so animated and I may simply speak to them, it gave me that stability of, okay, I can begin bringing a little bit bit extra of the littles that I like as a result of I’ve that stability on the opposite aspect.
00:05:13 Hallie: So whenever you began your non-public observe, had been you seeing children on the aspect whereas working in the highschool or did you go leap proper in deep down?
00:05:20 Bria: Sure. So I’ve at all times nonetheless been within the colleges. So my first yr of my non-public observe, I used to be nonetheless full time within the colleges with highschool after which my after hours seeing the littles. And now I am half time. So it is type of cut up for me, nonetheless with excessive schoolers and extra with my child at house after which nonetheless just about seeing a few of the littles.
00:05:41 Hallie: I like that. For these listening and doubtless are curious, how do you know the place to begin when it got here to love non-public observe? Like, how’d the place to search out purchasers? How’d all of the issues?
0:05:51 Bria: what? I believe Marcia Church performed a giant half. I went to a TSHA conference in Texas, that is the place we dwell. And he or she had a little bit social factor after that. And I simply discovered lots from completely different SLPs. I did not notice that personal observe was so well-liked. I at all times thought that it will be tremendous exhausting. Like it’s a must to have a constructing and all of that sort of stuff. However as I started to speak to SLPs and realized you may actually simply begin and you do not have to go away your full-time job, I used to be like, hey, let me simply strive it.
00:06:26 Bria: And so actually I simply jumped into it and I began advertising and marketing in Fb mother teams. And the humorous factor is, I’ll get a little bit pushback on this, I wasn’t a mother. I had a canine and I used to be like, I am a canine mother. It is nonetheless some sort of mother. And so I began advertising and marketing there and I bought all my purchasers from there. I might say particular demographics labored for me as a result of there’s not many black SLPs. And so a lot of the purchasers I had been getting had been these black mothers that could not discover anybody that regarded like their baby. And so it was type of like a distinct segment factor for me. So Fb mother teams actually helped me lots.
00:07:05 Hallie: And that is so good. Like you do not should be a mother to be in these Fb moments. And there was… I imply, I am in a number of ones by me and individuals are at all times tagging me and I am like, I am not seeing non-public purchasers. Discover another person, like not me. All the time trying and asking and wanting those that they know and people referrals. So simply placing your self on the market and being like, Hey, I am obtainable. You by no means know. Now the shift to digital, did it’s a must to persuade those that it was… about digital remedy? How did that shift go?
00:07:35 Bria: what? I believe it is type of like what you mentioned. When you construct a rapport together with your purchasers and their households, it is type of like they wish to stick to you. And they also’re prepared to strive. And so, , I used to be in a position to hold some purchasers and a few purchasers I did not hold. And it wasn’t as a result of I used to be going digital. It was extra so as a result of they’d made the progress they wanted to make. And even for me, I will be sincere, I needed to persuade myself that digital would work for me since you get these littles on digital and there is behaviors and there is not at all times a variety of them staying engaged.
00:08:12 Bria: And so a approach to tailor for that was for us to create YouTube movies as a result of children love YouTube. They like movies. And so if you cannot work with me one-on-one, you may go and watch one among my YouTube movies. what I imply? And for our purchasers that had been working with me in Texas, we provided them to make them their very own customized YouTube movies. So now what the general public can see, however privately, they will get a video from me in a YouTube fashion and it will be me saying their identify and all that sort of stuff all through the video. In order that was additionally an possibility.
00:08:49 Hallie: I’ve to ask, had been you… have a techie background? How did you study what to do by way of YouTube and placing your self? How’d ?
00:08:59 Bria: So me and my husband are very religion pushed. And so we really feel prefer it was a God factor as a result of I married a social media marketer. So every little thing that you simply guys see public smart is my husband. He is the editor. He is the graphic individual. He was like, babe, I may simply arrange a inexperienced display in our home. So our upstairs room is our media room now. There’s only a inexperienced display eternally there. He is in a position… like he loves AI. He is in a position to make use of ChatGPT to search out like backgrounds for us on our YouTube. And so he is like, at this level, I am working your enterprise for you.
00:09:35 Bria: And actually, oh I am like, hey, I am gonna allow you to. If it wasn’t for him, I can assure you there wouldn’t be a YouTube as a result of to maintain children engaged, it’s a must to have all these animations and sounds and he does every little thing. So yeah.
00:09:53 Hallie: So to SLPs listening that wish to perhaps use your YouTube movies with their purchasers, what recommendation would you give to them? How can they incorporate it into their remedy?
00:10:01 Bria: So a variety of my YouTube movies are very language based mostly. I am a language girlie. I do know most SLPs have an space that they love. I am a language woman. I like receptive language, expressive language and social language. So if these are any of your targets, WH questions, making an attempt to increase, , language to phrases, phrases and sentences, that is what most of my movies are on. So simply take a look at the targets you have got. I am positive you will discover a video. And the factor is we’re making movies twice per week. So we have now a mum or dad part, ? So if you wish to give, , your mother and father extra details about a sure objective, you may go to our mum or dad part and see if I’ve already talked about that.
00:10:39 Bria: Or if you happen to’re engaged on a selected factor, search for that video and simply, , play it. Say like, you may watch this at house. Or generally, even once I was working with littles, I might additionally convey YouTube movies into the session generally. And in order that could possibly be one other approach to hold the child engaged.
00:10:55 Hallie: And it is also good to mannequin to the mother and father the best way to train whereas watching and it isn’t a digital babysitter.
00:11:02 Bria: Sure, sure, that is so, so necessary. We wished to verify we had been posting movies that had been very instructional. I’m not somebody that likes to be overstimulated. So my movies should not overstimulating. It is type of like proper to the chase. That is what we will do. And the movies are, , mother and father type of should be concerned as a result of I am giving instruction. I am telling the youngsters what we will be doing. It is okay to sit down your child in entrance of it, nevertheless it works rather well as a training the child plus the caregiver.
00:11:34 Hallie: What suggestions have you ever gotten from the mother and father that you simply had been working with about these movies?
00:11:39 Bria: Oh man, I’ve gotten a lot good suggestions. A whole lot of the suggestions was truly like, , these movies are good, however I believe they’re higher for a youthful inhabitants. And so my movies actually now are good for just like the one, two, three, 4 vary. And type of after that, it is type of like they might want extra of a structured one-on-one base. A whole lot of them had been like, that is actually good, Miss Bria, ensure you add extra sound results as a result of their children love YouTube. So that they’re in a position to inform me what children truly like. So a variety of their suggestions, we have put into our movies.
00:12:13 Bria: We had been making shorter movies at first and so they had been like longer movies, please. And I believe a part of it’s maintaining the child engaged and in addition giving the mum or dad time to love, hey, I will put Miss Bria on. And if I must go do one thing else, I’ve the time to do it. what I imply? So it has been a very enjoyable journey studying YouTube.
00:12:33 Hallie: That is so cool. The place do you see the longer term holding with this channel? Like, the place do you see it going?
00:12:39 Bria: Nicely, what? , so many individuals are like, you are like one other Miss Rachel. I am probably not. Proper. Yeah.
00:12:46 Hallie: However you’re an precise SLP.
00:12:48 Bria: Yeah. , and, , at first I am like, please do not inform me that. It is not like I wish to be Miss Rachel, however I am so impressed by her. It is like, I’ve to present all of the props to Ms. Rachel, as a result of I really feel like she simply opened up this door for folks to be extra inventive. And on the identical time, it is like, I’m okay with the praise of being one other Ms. Rachel, nevertheless it’s type of like, I simply wish to be Ms. Bria. what I imply? Like, within the SLP world.
00:13:13 Bria: And so the place I see this going is, I simply have this large imaginative and prescient for it. We wish to invite so many various elements of speech to it. So I wanna invite AAC, like specialists in AAC, I wanna invite Spanish talking therapists, Vietnamese talking therapists. Like I simply need there to be a platform for any baby that has any wants. Speech-wise, they will discover movies there. We wanna usher in signal language. After which ultimately we wish to usher in bodily remedy, occupational remedy. We simply have like this imaginative and prescient for something {that a} child wants, they will discover it on our channel.
00:13:50 Hallie: I find it irresistible. I find it irresistible, as a result of I do know the one suggestions that lots of people have about Ms. Rachel is, , you are not an SLP and you are like saying that you simply’re educating children the best way to converse. Like, [overlap]
00:14:03 Bria: There’s nonetheless a distinction. Yeah.
00:14:05 Hallie: I like that. What would you have got mentioned to your self perhaps a yr in the past or two years in the past earlier than you began this channel, earlier than you began this journey? What would you have got mentioned to your self if you happen to like had any doubt?
00:14:18 Bria: what? I might simply say, simply begin. I’m somebody that naturally talks lots about concepts and plans. And I needed to be round those that had been like, you speak lots. Simply do it. And I imply, simply do it. When you fail, you may no less than say that you simply did it and that you simply tried it. And I really feel like there’s nothing incorrect with betting on your self. I simply really feel like we’re type of in that technology now the place it is like, why at all times work for different folks when you may work for your self? , even when meaning nonetheless working for different folks full time over right here, however half time for your self. I simply really feel like it’s a must to come up, pour into your self and imagine in your self and simply be prepared to develop in confidence.
00:15:04 Hallie: I like that. And I like that you’re dabbling in each… such as you’re nonetheless with the highschool continues to be working within the colleges half time. Nonetheless, , now in new mommy mode, Simply so many alternatives and so many… who is aware of what a yr from now would convey.
00:15:23 Bria: And the opposite factor that I wished to say is there’s cash to be made. Like me and my husband are at a degree with our YouTube channel the place we’re in a position to monetize. And so I really feel like if you happen to simply are like, man, I need to earn more money, however I do not know what to do. Simply strive. I imply, individuals are actually making revenue and doing issues… you’ll really feel prefer it’s the smallest factor making. , I can not even say all of it, however like, if you happen to find it irresistible, if you happen to’re keen about it, do not begin to do it only for the cash, however proceed to work in your craft and you’re going to get revenue from it.
00:16:00 Hallie: I find it irresistible. And what would you say to somebody, since you talked about that you simply had been feeling burnout whenever you’re working within the elementary college. What would you say to somebody who’s in that boat proper now?
00:16:10 Bria: what? I really feel like one great point with our discipline is that there is a wide range of settings. There’s a wide range of settings and a wide range of ages and a wide range of issues that you are able to do. When you’re burnt out with remedy, strive consulting and training. what? , if you happen to’re burnt out with doing that, strive being somebody that coaches mother and father by way of [inaudible] conferences and tells them what to ask for, being an advocate, I simply really feel like, there’s so many various avenues which you can strive. And if you happen to keep burnt out, you are going to hate being within the discipline.
00:16:45 Bria: I hated being an SLP once I was burnt out. However as soon as I discovered a unique setting and a unique age to work with, all of my ardour, all of my want, all of my confidence and being pleased with being an SLP got here again to me. And from that, I used to be in a position to start all these completely different concepts. But when I didn’t veer out and take a look at one thing completely different, I do not suppose that I might be an SLP as we speak.
00:17:12 Hallie: I do know for me once I began making my very own supplies and issues like I felt like… I grew to become a greater SLP as a result of I loved it. I bought to be inventive. And extra than simply within the day-to-day hustle and bustle, I bought this aspect factor that I used to be in a position to do this was simply mine.
00:17:29 Bria: Sure. I really feel like there is a confidence when it is yours. There’s like this sense of I am pleased with myself. I am pleased with this factor that I am placing out. And I do not know if you happen to skilled it, nevertheless it’s type of like, it does not matter the quantity of likes that I get, the variety of those that see it. I am simply proud that I put it out, ?
00:17:51 Hallie: Particularly as a result of it was so not like myself. When you ask me 15 years in the past, I might have laughed in your face. However when you have got that keenness, you see what affect you make and also you’re listening to about your purchasers and I am positive you are getting feedback about random folks within the interwebs. I wish to hear about that. Are you getting any suggestions from random folks on the interwebs about what you are doing?
00:18:17 Bria: what? So on YouTube, you may see the international locations that you simply’re reaching. Our movies are being watched within the Maldives, in South Africa, like everywhere in the nation. And I had this mother attain out to me and her quantity simply regarded so unfamiliar. And I used to be like, are you in Texas? And he or she’s like, no, I am in Australia. And so her child is in Australia watching Miss Bria movies. And he or she’s like, hey, are you able to begin incorporating this in your movies? After which I’ve had mother and father approaching our mum or dad nook movies and so they’re like, we’re studying English with you.
00:18:49 Bria: And so it is like, it is so wonderful to have the ability to attain completely different cultures, completely different states and international locations. It is like, it isn’t nearly your little bubble. You make the affect all over the place else.
00:19:05 Hallie: I find it irresistible. I find it irresistible. What recommendation would you give to somebody who’s fascinated by both beginning a personal observe or YouTube or doing one thing completely different than what they’re doing?
00:19:14 Bria: I might say actually, do a variety of analysis upfront. Take heed to folks which can be already doing it. I really feel like that is type of a part of humility, being prepared to study from folks which can be already profitable. , someone informed me earlier than about marriage, do not get marriage recommendation from folks that do not have a wedding that appears like what you need yours to appear like, proper? So go to those that have a personal observe or YouTube and hearken to what they are saying. Like hearken to this podcast. If you wish to begin a YouTube, hearken to – and take a look at your supplies and your podcast if you wish to be a secondary SLP or begin your personal factor, . Like go and discover all of the free data which you can get. After which if you happen to’re like, I want much more, then perhaps go paid, however simply be prepared to study. Don’t suppose like, I can simply exit right here and begin it and , I am so nice and it should go so effectively. I really feel like knowledge is required lots at first course of and even all through.
00:20:11 Hallie: I find it irresistible. Do you see a distinction out of your first video to love now?
00:20:14 Bria: Oh my gosh, sure. I see a giant distinction. My first video, my first video truly is the one which has been the preferred and I am type of like, I do not know why. I believe now we have added extra animation. I’ve studied Ms. Rachel’s movies and I am like, man, that goes again to working within the non-public observe earlier than. I’ve to be tremendous animated. And I additionally suppose I’ve to maintain myself challenged as a result of it takes a variety of work to make the movies.
00:20:42 Bria: And so I’ve to remain engaged all through my movies. I’ve to take these breaks from like, babe, pause the video right here, I am gonna come again after which have that vitality. And so I do see a distinction. I see maturity and I believe the most important factor that I see that I am pleased with is consistency. And so, yeah.
00:21:01 Hallie: That is superior. That is wonderful. The place can everybody study extra about you and every little thing it’s a must to supply?
00:21:07 Bria: You’ll be able to go to our web site, myspeechup.com. You may as well discover us on Instagram @speechuptv, TikTok speechupTV, and our YouTube channel is Speech Up TV.
00:21:18 Hallie: And we’ll have hyperlinks to all these within the present notes. So to not fear guys, if you happen to’re driving, don’t love – like, let me pull over. Nevertheless it’s all good. You undoubtedly wish to go test it out. Share the YouTube channel together with your purchasers and attain out if you happen to’re interested by studying extra about non-public observe, going digital, and even beginning a YouTube channel. Possibly put in some requests for future movies. Possibly they will ship some requests of various targets and issues that you’re going to want.
00;21:42 Bria: Sure, sure, sure.
00:21:43 Hallie: I at all times finish my episodes with a joke, so I attempted to search out one which was related to our matter right here. Why did the pencil publish on YouTube?
00:21:51 B; Oh, gosh, why did the pencil publish on YouTube? I don’t know. You are going to have to inform me.
00:21:58 Hallie: It wished to attract extra views.
00:22:00 Bria: Oh, my goodness. I am gonna begin utilizing that one.
00:22:05 Hallie: You’ll be able to steal it guys. I share a joke each Monday with you guys, you should utilize it together with your college students to construct that rapport. Whilst you’re ready for them to come back in and you haven’t any concept what to speak about and so they’re observing you, inform them this joke. You’ll be able to declare it as your personal. And in the event that they make enjoyable of you, then you may say it with me. It is all good. All proper. Thanks, Bria, so, a lot for sharing your experience and your expertise with us right here on the SLP [inaudible].
00:22:34 Bria: See you. Thanks.
00:22:41 Hallie: Thanks a lot for tuning in to a different episode of SLP Espresso Discuss. It means the world to me that you simply’re tuning in each week and getting the jolt of inspiration you want. Yow will discover the entire hyperlinks and knowledge talked about on this episode at my web site, speechtimefun.com. Do not forget to comply with the present so you do not miss any future episodes. And whilst you’re there, it will imply the world to me if you happen to would take a number of seconds and go away me an sincere overview. See you subsequent week with one other episode filled with enjoyable and inspiration from one SLP to a different. Have enjoyable, guys!
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