Present Notes:
On this episode of SLP Espresso Speak, Hallie dives into supporting highschool speech and language college students as they transition from college to the workforce. As SLPs, we play an important function in getting ready our college students for real-world communication calls for—from interviewing expertise {and professional} etiquette to problem-solving and self-advocacy. Hallie shares actionable methods to combine job-readiness expertise into remedy classes, making studying related and impactful. Tune in to find role-playing actions, useful assets, and instruments to empower your college students for fulfillment past the classroom. Good for SLPs working with older college students keen to organize for the longer term!
Here is what we realized:
- IEP integration and the function of SLPs in workforce readiness.
- Personalizing expressive/receptive language and social pragmatics to incorporate job-specific situations.
- Creating self-advocacy and problem-solving expertise by simulated job situations.
- Serving to college students craft resumes, job purposes, and emails.
- Educating e mail etiquette and formal language in skilled contexts.
- Concepts for bringing remedy out of the “speech closet” and into real-world settings.
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00:01:58 Hallie: Welcome to SLP Espresso Speak, the podcast designed solely for speech language pathologists who work with older college students, grades 4 by 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 will provide you with 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 for even throughout a well-deserved leisure time. I’m right here for you each week. Let’s do that SLPs.
00:02:38 Hallie: Hey. Hey. And welcome to a different episode of SLP Espresso Speak. On this episode, we’re gonna be speaking all about supporting our highschool speech and language college students in transitioning from college to the workforce. As SLPs, we now have a novel function in serving to our college students develop communication and language expertise crucial for fulfillment in actual world conditions. We would like our classes to be related to our college students’ world.
00:03:08 Hallie: And we will do that by serving to, and we additionally need to assist them outdoors of the speech room. We would like expertise to be carried over outdoors of our speech closets. And for these working with excessive schoolers, it is a approach to take action. Not each pupil on our caseload goes to school. They may be leaving highschool, going into the workforce. Can be necessary for us to organize our college students not just for tutorial success, however for fulfillment past the classroom.
00:03:36 Hallie: Plus, there’s a rising concentrate on transition planning in IEPs and as a part of the IEP course of, and we, as speech language pathologists who is part of the IEP course of, can contribute. There are numerous language and communication expertise required within the workforce, similar to interviewing expertise, lively listening, skilled e mail and cellphone etiquette, requesting lodging, expressing wants and setting boundaries.
00:04:06 Hallie: Our function as SLPs is that we may help our college students construct these expertise inside the context of their present remedy targets. We play a essential function in serving to our highschool college students develop these expertise and for office readiness. Typically the main target of remedy classes is enhancing tutorial or simply social communication. However for college students approaching the transition from highschool to the workforce, we as SLPs, can strategically adapt our targets and classes and remedy actions to incorporate these workplace-specific expertise. Okay, so how can we do that? We are able to do that through the use of the context of current remedy targets to help transition planning.
00:04:54 Hallie: For instance, primary, personalizing remedy targets to align with office expertise. Many communication and language expertise required for fulfillment within the office overlap with our conventional speech remedy targets. For instance, a pupil engaged on expressive language or pragmatic communication or receptive language can develop these expertise in context of job-related situations. By reframing current targets to incorporate office context, we as SLPs could make remedy extra useful and instantly related to the scholar’s future. So for instance, the aim that we now have made me on the IEP, enhancing verbal group, or enhancing the flexibility to reply questions.
00:05:40 Hallie: If we had been making our actions office context, like office related, we will make our session targets to follow this aim by participating in mock interviews the place our college students study to arrange their ideas or present concise, clear solutions to reply widespread interview questions, or using advanced sentence buildings and conjunctions to reply interview questions.
00:06:04 Hallie: We are able to alter our remedy actions to simulate, these, these actual world communication calls for, similar to responding to interview questions or explaining duties clearly to a supervisor, okay? Do you even wanted change the targets? Is the way you adapting that aim to fulfill the necessity within the remedy session. Okay, quantity two, we will combine social pragmatics into office situations. Many highschool college students receiving speech have social communication targets, similar to the flexibility to provoke conversations, or to reply appropriately in social interactions, or navigate group discussions. We are able to work on these similar expertise. These expertise are essential for skilled settings, and we will work on them in these office situations. So, for instance, if the aim is to enhance pragmatic language by initiating with friends, or to keep up a dialog with friends, we will.
00:07:01 Hallie: Use role-playing office situations like introducing oneself to a colleague, collaborating in group conferences, or resolving a minor battle with a coworker. Okay? We are able to use role-playing actions that simulate work-related interactions to assist our college students follow initiating dialog, studying non-verbal cues, utilizing acceptable language in formal settings, figuring out the way to adapt our language for a peer versus a boss.
00:07:29 Hallie: Okay, quantity three. We are able to work on enhancing drawback fixing and self-advocacy expertise. Self-advocacy and drawback fixing are key expertise in any job setting, significantly for college students with communication challenges. Us, SSSLP’s may help our college students develop the arrogance to ask for assist, categorical their wants, and resolve conflicts. These expertise are important in each interviews and office situations. So, for instance, an current aim, to enhance the flexibility to precise clearly, full sentences, let’s simply say that.
00:08:03 Hallie: A office situation may be, we will follow situations the place a pupil would possibly must request lodging or ask a supervisor for clarification on a process utilizing a whole sentence, okay? That is simply an instance. So we will design role-playing workouts the place our college students are working towards advocating for themselves, similar to asking for lodging or a job interview or clarifying directions with a supervisor, okay? We are able to educate technique.
00:08:29 Hallie: Drawback fixing methods within the second through the use of these function enjoying actions, similar to dealing with misunderstandings or navigating conflicts at work. Okay? Quantity 4, we will construct written communication expertise. Efficient written communication is simply as necessary as verbal communication in lots of workplaces. SLPs, we will now combine written language targets, by specializing in sensible duties similar to finishing job purposes, crafting emails, or creating a easy resume. So let’s simply say our pupil has a aim to arrange their writing or categorical concepts clearly in writing or no matter it’s. We are able to have college students write knowledgeable e mail to inquire a few job opening or create a resume that highlights their strengths.
00:09:22 Hallie: We are able to work on these expertise filling out mock job purposes and working towards concise and clear writing expertise. We are able to educate e mail etiquette and the way to construction an e mail and use acceptable language. We are able to do all of this inside our speech and language classes and classes. All proper, quantity 5, generalizing expertise throughout contexts. One in all our greatest challenges as SLPs is that we need to generalize our expertise that we’re engaged on in our speech closets, into the world outdoors of our rooms.
00:09:53 Hallie: And we would like it to be within the classroom, however we additionally need them to do it of their world, which might embrace the office. And to help this, we will concentrate on creating alternatives for college students to follow these expertise outdoors of remedy. So for instance, if we wanna generalize social communication, we will encourage college students to follow interview expertise at house with relations or actual life situations, exit and get a job interview and tell us the way it goes.
00:10:20 Hallie: We are able to coordinate with lecturers, job coaches, and households to make sure that our college students are utilizing these expertise that we’re engaged on within the speech room throughout completely different environments. We are able to incorporate community-based instruction wherever attainable, and we will permit our college students to follow expertise in precise work environments. You probably have the chance, in case your college students go to job websites, like and go on subject journeys, see when you may be part of these conditions. Perhaps not on a regular basis, however each every now and then, or possibly function play what they could expertise earlier than they do these various things, okay? So these are simply completely different choices that you are able to do to include work situations and the advantages of it. Okay?
00:11:05 Hallie: So now let’s talk about some assets and instruments that you are able to do to work on a few of these expertise. There are a number of sensible assets and instruments on the market, which are free or low value that SLPs can use to reinforce the scholars communication and language expertise for office readiness. These web sites and instruments can streamline your efforts by offering structured job readiness actions, interview simulations, and vocational coaching supplies which are already aligned with actual world situations. I am gonna be sharing a bunch right here. Be sure to try the present notes. I’ll have the hyperlinks to all of these items there, so to not fear.
00:11:42 Hallie: Primary, job interview follow instruments. Mock interviews are an efficient solution to put together our college students for the workforce. And utilizing digital instruments could make workouts much more interactive and interesting. Under are examples of platforms that we will use to offer digital interview follow and permit our college students to follow independently or with steering. Myinterviewpractice.com is a web site that enables college students to simulate actual interviews questions and file their solutions.
00:12:17 Hallie: This platform presents suggestions on college students’ responses and permitting for self-reflection and enchancment. SLPs can evaluate these recordings with college students and supply extra steering on their verbal responses, physique language, and tone. Massive Interview or biginterview.com is a platform that gives complete interview preparation program, together with a follow instrument with industry-specific mock interviews. It additionally has classes on how to reply to behavioral questions similar to inform me a time when. Which are sometimes troublesome for our college students to reply. We are able to use a instrument like this one to focus on particular expertise, similar to organizing our ideas or offering concise responses.
00:12:57 Hallie: All proper, quantity two, there’s job software and resume constructing instruments. By filling out job purposes and creating resumes, this may be difficult for our college students. We are able to use instruments to assist them simplify the method by educating them the way to do it and use their expertise in knowledgeable method. So, a method to do that is utilizing Canva resume builder, canva.com. And you’ll have a free account and it’s also possible to get an educator account. I do know many SLPs that do not work instantly for districts have submitted requests for an educator account on Canva, as properly. However Canva presents a straightforward to make use of resume builder with quite a lot of templates that permit college students to customise their resumes visually. For college kids who wrestle with writing, Canva has structured templates to interrupt down the completely different sections.
00:13:45 Hallie: And, it will get into slightly bit extra manageable elements. SLPs, we will information our college students by the method of choosing the language and organizing info that highlights their strengths and achievements. There’s additionally job-applications.com and this web site presents free downloadable job software templates for quite a lot of industries. And it helps college students follow filling out each paper and on-line purposes.
00:14:13 Hallie: We are able to use this instrument to simulate real-world job purposes, present step-by-step directions and steering on the way to reply these completely different questions clearly and appropriately, and once more, work on the vocabulary of job readiness and expertise. Quantity three, engaged on communications expertise and self-advocacy assets. Lots of our college students want extra help relating to studying, how advocate for themselves, and particularly, within the office. Particularly for these with speech and language problems. Listed below are some assets that college students can use to follow these expertise in order that they’ll thrive. So, oh, here is only one, understood.org, understood presents a wealth of assets designed to assist college students with studying and communication challenges. They’ve a piece on job expertise routines, which incorporates articles and guides on office readiness, self-advocacy, and requesting lodging on the, at work.
00:15:13 Hallie: We are able to share these supplies with our college students and households and lecturers to bolster the significance of communication and language within the office and supply sensible ideas for asking for assist and different issues as soon as they get there. Alright, quantity 4, different office readiness packages and apps on the market. We’re at all times in search of ready-made packages and assets on the market, so listed below are a bunch that you should use that would work on quite a lot of targets.
00:15:42 Hallie: Abilities to Pay the Payments, or youth.gov. This program was created by the US Division of Labor, and it is a free curriculum designed to show office readiness expertise. The modules embrace role-playing actions, video classes, and group dialogue prompts, all specializing in delicate expertise, together with teamwork, professionalism, and extra. We are able to incorporate these actions into our remedy classes to assist college students construct sensible communication expertise which are instantly relevant to the office. Job readiness life expertise at everydayspeech.com, On a regular basis Speech is an internet platform that could be a paid platform that gives social expertise and communication classes for college students with social and communication challenges. They’ve job readiness and life expertise sections that embrace video modeling, interactive video games, and real-world situations designed to assist college students follow their expertise in office settings.
00:16:42 Hallie: This useful resource may be helpful as a result of it may well work on asking questions, making well mannered requests, and interacting with coworkers. It is a visible instrument, however once more, it comes with a price. And final however not least, SpeechTime Funds Job Readiness Pack on Academics Pay Academics, however additionally it is accessible inside the highschool hub of SLP Elevate. If you need one thing that’s print and simple to make use of, to work on job readiness, vocabulary, function enjoying, follow purposes, and extra, I’ve you coated. I’ll embrace a hyperlink within the present notes when you wanna seize it off of Academics Pay Academics, however simply be aware, it’s included within the SLP Elevate membership. So, you understand, when you already are a member, simply head to the Excessive Faculty Hub and you may click on the Life Abilities Job Readiness Pack and print and go, and you’re performed, to, you might have able to go. Okay?
00:17:40 Hallie: And when you’re not a member of SLP Elevate, what are you ready for? Okay, we now have tons of assets like this one which you should use in a pinch to work on a ton of various targets. Okay, so by using these assets and instruments that I’ve shared right here as we speak, we will supply our college students extra structured, participating alternatives to follow important expertise crucial for the office. By incorporating digital instruments, video modeling and interactive workouts into remedy not solely helps put together our college students for actual world situations, however it can additionally construct their confidence as they transition to the workforce. We would like our classes to be related to our college students. And our highschool college students, once more, they could want one thing extra than simply tutorial success. They could want readiness for the office. And that, after we’re questioning what’s our function with highschool college students, that is our function.
00:18:40 Hallie: That is our function. How can we assist put together them, take their language challenges, take their social expertise problem, take no matter challenges they’re having and adapt it to fulfill the wants and present them how that you should use these expertise, advocating for the self compensatory methods, all of the issues in a office situation? And it would not should be fancy to be efficient. You do not want one million assets to be efficient. It actually might be simply function enjoying.
00:19:08 Hallie: It actually might be you getting your self included on the sphere journey. It actually might be simply speaking with the households and studying extra about what they’re doing to organize their little one for the office, what jobs they’re all for and incorporating that into your classes. Okay? By incorporating the curriculum of ELA and social research may not be related anymore. We have to put together them for all times outdoors of faculty. All proper.
00:19:38 Hallie: I hope you discovered this beneficial. If that’s the case, let a good friend know, share with a peer, and go try all of the tons of of different episodes I’ve in SLP Espresso Speak for you when you want extra inspiration. You’ll be able to rely on me. I’ve not missed a Monday. I’ve launched a model new episode each single Monday for like years. So you’ll be able to assure a brand new episode is popping out each single Monday with a jolt of inspiration that you simply want. I am gonna finish with a joke as a result of I at all times do, as a result of jokes are enjoyable.
00:20:08 Hallie: Why did the little woman hit her birthday cake with a hammer? It was a pound cake. Ba dum ching. All proper everybody, till subsequent week.
00:20:23 Hallie: Thanks a lot for tuning in to a different episode of SLP Espresso Speak. 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. Remember to comply with the present so you do not miss any future episodes. And whilst you’re there, It could imply the world to me when you would take just a few seconds and depart me an sincere evaluate. See you subsequent week with one other episode stuffed with enjoyable and inspiration from one SLP to a different. Have enjoyable guys.
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