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Meet Katie Brown, a speech-language pathologist and certified brain injury specialist who started her own private practice after just three years of being in the medical SLP field. In the latest episode of The Missing Link, Katie walks listeners through her journey to opening her private practice, discusses some of her favorite resources, offers advice to students and clinical fellows just starting out, and much more.

Discussion & Reflection Questions 1. Can you tell us a little bit about why you became a speech-language pathologist? What's your story? 2. Where do you work now and what does a typical day look like for you? Do you have a brick-and-mortar building, or are you all virtual? 3. How long after your clinical fellow did you branch off into your private practice? And how many years have you been practicing? 4. You are a mentor in the Start Your Private Practice program. How did you get into that? 5. What are some of your favorite SLP resources? 6. How do you find time to balance all of the responsibilities and passions you have? 7. What can you tell the new speech pathologist about ethical settings? 8. Any words of advice for the graduate student or clinical fellow who may want to follow in your footsteps?

Quote of the Conversation **“I think my words of wisdom would be to bet on yourself. Put the work in. Do what you want to do. That's what I did with my private practice. I bet on myself, and it was one of the scariest things that I've ever done. And I'm feeling more fulfilled personally and professionally than I ever have.”****

Katie Brown, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS

*Katie Brown, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS Speech-Language Pathologist and Owner of Neuro Speech Solutions*

Katie Brown, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS is a speech-language pathologist and certified brain injury specialist practicing in Buffalo, NY. She owns a private practice called Neuro Speech Solutions which specializes in therapy for adults with neurogenic communication and cognitive disorders. Katie is passionate about providing meaningful, functional therapy to those with aphasia and cognitive impairments related to stroke and TBI.

Outside of her private practice, Katie is active in the SLP community. She is an advocate for person-centered care and creates digital materials aiming to help other medical SLPs feel more confident in providing personally relevant therapy. Katie is a mentor for the Start Your Private Practice Program and an SLP consultant for the aphasia app company, Tactus Therapy. She volunteers for several non-profits and provides a monthly workshop for brain injury survivors.

In her free time, Katie enjoys spending time with her husband, two sons, and dog. She is an amateur baker, lover of local coffee, and outdoor enthusiast.

Keep the Conversation Going Katie Brown, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS

Contact Katie Brown

Email: kbrown@neurospeechsolutions.com

Website: www.neurospeechsolutions.com

Instagram: @neurospeechsolutions

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Focus This SLP shares what it was like transitioning from teaching and working as an SLPA to getting her Master’s in speech-language pathology and opening her own private practice. She delves into some of the challenges she faced while pursuing her degree, and she shares what helped her scale her practice so quickly. She also explains how she helps SLPs land contracts with schools and governments to consistently generate more revenue.

Discussion & Reflection Questions 1. Tell us about who you are, your background, and why you decided to go into the field of speech-language pathology. 2. Tell us about your private practice. 3. Why did you decide to transition from being an SLPA to an SLP? What was that change like? 4. What do you think was the key to scaling your private practice so quickly? 5. What does an average day at your private practice look like? What are some of the regular challenges you face? 6. What was the journey of being an African American SLP like for you? 7. If you were to do all of it over again, is there anything that you would do differently? 8. What advice do you have for SLPAs, or even SLPs just starting their careers, who are interested in going into private practice?

Quote Of The Conversation “I encourage any SLPA, or SLP even, who's new in the field to have a good mentor. You need someone that's going to help you navigate where you want to go in your career. And you need someone that's going to be honest with you, and who's going to be invested in your success.”

Ebony Green, M.S., CCC-SLP

Owner & Speech-Language Pathologist, CASA Speech Therapy

Ebony Green, M.S., CCC-SLP is a bilingual SLP and private practice owner in Gilbert, AZ. Ebony began her private practice after seven years working in the school setting and in home health. Currently, Ebony's practice, CASA Speech Therapy, serves over 200 speech and occupational therapy patients per week and contracts with several public and private schools in Arizona.

In addition to managing her team of speech and occupational therapists, Ebony enjoys mentoring other SLPs on how to scale their practices with school contracts. When not working on her businesses, Ebony enjoys creating resources on Teachers Pay Teachers, hiking, reading and hanging out with her husband and two children.

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Keep the Conversation Going Guest Speaker Information Ebony Green, M.S., CCC-SLPOwner and Speech-Language Pathologist, CASA Speech Therapy, LLC

Phone - +1 (480) 296-2363

Email - info@casaspeechaz.com

Website - www.casaspeechaz.com

Facebook - Casa Speech Therapy

Instagram -@casaspeech_ot_az

Upcoming SLP Spotlight Guests * Kristen Winter, Landing Your Dream Job

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Focus This SLP details her journey working as a clinician and the realization that her preferred clientele is actually other SLPs. She discusses the mentorship she received when beginning her own private practice and how that led her to open The Independent Clinician, which helps other SLPs achieve their dreams of starting their own businesses. She also delves into some of the mindset roadblocks standing in the way and how she believes SLPs can overcome them.

Discussion & Reflection Questions 1. Tell us about who you are, your background, and why you decided to go into the field of speech pathology. 2. Tell us about how you got into private practice. 3. How has COVID-19 changed the private practice playing field? 4. How did The Independent Clinician come to be? What are your plans for the business? 5. Why do you feel it’s so important to cover the legal components of private practice? 6. What are some of the top programs or resources you offer through The Independent Clinician? 7. What’s the best advice you’ve received building your career, or advice that has helped give you perspective? 8. What words of wisdom do you have for the SLPs who are starting out or transitioning in their careers?

Quote Of The Conversation Confidence comes with time and confidence comes with experience. And so you can't say, "I'm going to wait until I start my private practice until I'm confident. What you have to do first is to be brave. And the confidence piece will come later on. So, I arm people with knowledge and information, so that they can know what to do, but they do have to decide first, "I'm going to be brave enough to try this and see if this works.

- Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP

Owner & Speech-Language Pathologist, The Independent Clinician

Jena Castro-Casbon is a private-practice consultant who has helped thousands of speech-language pathologists start and grow their own private practices through her company, The Independent Clinician. She has written articles for The ASHA Leader and Presented at ASHA Connect (2017). You'll find her online in the SLP Private Practice Beginners Facebook Group and in her premium programs, The Start Your Private Practice System and the Grow Your Private Practice Community. There, she lays out the path to becoming a private practice owner through both freebies and paid content.

On a personal note, Jena lives in Boston, MA and is a wife and mother to two young boys.

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Keep the Conversation Going Guest Speaker Information Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP Owner and Speech-Language Pathologist, The Independent Clinician

Website - www.independentclinician.com/

Free Download “Five-Steps to Start a Private Practice Successfully” www.independentclinician.com/freebie

Facebook - SLP Private Practice Beginners

Instagram - @indepdendentclinician

Upcoming SLP Spotlight Guests * Kelli Slemp, Speedy SLP

Upcoming SLP Spotlight Guests * Jena Castro-Casbon, The Independent Clinician * Kelli Slemp, Speedy SLP

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Focus This SLP shares what it was like transitioning from working in corporate America to practicing speech pathology in schools and finally opening her own private practice. She details the benefits of coming to the field later in her career, shares her favorite resources, and highlights the importance of finding and following your passion, whatever that may be.

Discussion & Reflection Questions 1. Tell us about who you are, your background, and why you decided to go into the field of speech pathology. 2. Tell us about your private practice. 3. Why did you decide to transition from a school setting to private practice? What was that like? 4. What were some of the biggest challenges you had to overcome? 5. If you could do things over again, is there anything you would approach differently? 6. What are some of the resources you’d recommend to speech-language pathologists working during COVID-19? 7. What’s the best advice you’ve received building your career, or advice that has helped give you perspective? 8. What words of wisdom do you have for the SLPs who are starting out or transitioning in their careers?

Quote Of The Conversation “Be open to the journey and open to the idea that there's so much that we can offer and so much we can do. You can really think outside the box and get creative with how to offer your services, and make it feel really authentic for you, who you are and what you want. And that can change as you grow and as you learn more things.”

- Kate Jurevicius, M.A. CCC-SLP

Owner & Speech-Language Pathologist, Communicate With Kate

Kate Jurevicius, M.A. CCC-SLP

Kate is a pediatric speech-language pathologist in private practice, working with children of all ages with a wide variety of communication challenges. Her passion lies in helping children realize their true potential with their communication while also supporting, educating, and teaming with family/caregivers on this growth journey.

Kate’s areas of specialty vary but include speech sound/phonological disorders, language disorders, early language development (think 0-3 late talkers!) and social language for high functioning autism or other diagnoses that impact social communication. Kate has certifications/training in the Hanen methodology (Hanen.org), Social Thinking methodology, Oral Placement Therapy (Talktools) and Lively Letters (for early literacy).

On a personal note, Kate lives in Ann Arbor, MI with her husband and 2 teenage boys who keep her on my toes. She loves to travel, see live music and be outside as much as possible!

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Keep the Conversation Going Guest Speaker Information Kate Jurevicius, M.A. CCC-SLP Owner and Speech-Language Pathologist, Communicate With Kate

Phone - +1 (734) 531-8551

Email - kate@communicatewithkate.com

Website - www.communicatewithkate.com

Facebook - @communicatewithkate

Instagram - @communicatewithkate

Upcoming SLP Spotlight Guests * Jena Castro-Casbon, The Independent Clinician * Kelli Slemp, Speedy SLP

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Focus As a first generation American, this SLP and private practice owner shares her background and why she decided to transition to private practice after working in a hospital setting. Listen to her wisdom as she talks about teamwork, support, and what it takes to be a successful SLP.

Discussion & Reflection Questions 1. Tell us about who you are, your background, and why you decided to go into the field of speech pathology. 2. Tell us about your private practice. 3. Why did you decide to transition from a hospital setting to private practice? What was that like? 4. Where can SLPs who may not have a support team find one? 5. What are some things private practice owners want employees to know, from your perspective? 6. How is your decision-making influenced when it comes to hiring and working with employees? 7. What advice would you give newer speech pathologists looking to branch out and start their own private practices? 8. What words of wisdom do you have for the SLPs who are starting out or transitioning in their careers?

Quote Of The Conversation “ ...I knew that the education piece was going to keep me dynamic, marketable, and capable of doing my craft and of doing what I set out to do. So don't be scared to invest in yourself...Talk to someone that has vision, and can use their expertise to push your vision along.”

Michele C. Linares, MS CCC-SLP

Owner & Speech-Language Pathologist, The Learning Grove

Michele C. Linares, MS CCC-SLP

Michele Linares previously worked as an SLP and clinical supervisor at CSUN for graduate students. She now runs her own private practice, The Learning Grove, where she treats a broad scope of speech, language, and swallowing issues.

The Learning Grove serves as a training site for seven different SLP and SLPA programs, offers 12 different languages, and provides both face-to-face services and teletherapy. In addition to running The Learning Grove, Linares has won the CSU, Northridge Volunteer Service Award and CSU, Northridge CDS Distinguished Alumni award; employed and trained countless SLP/SLPA students and SLPS during a recessions and pandemic without missing a beat; successfully adding SLPA to Title 17 as part of the CSHA Early Intervention Committee; wrote a CSHA position letter on natural environment and did the translation in Spanish; and was part of the CSHA 200 by Two video.

Michele is also the current Chair of the Advocacy Committee and Chair-elect for the California Speech-Language Hearing Association.

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Keep the Conversation Going Guest Speaker Information Michele C. Linares, MS CCC-SLP Owner and Speech-Language Pathologist, The Learning Grove

Phone - +1 (818) 758-9180

Email - mlinares@thelearninggrove.org

Website - www.thelearninggrove.org

Facebook - @TLGSpeechLanguagePathology

Instagram - @thelearninggrove

Upcoming SLP Spotlight Guests * Jena Castro-Casbon, The Independent Clinician * Kelli Slemp, Speedy SLP

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Focus This SLP and private practice owner shares how she decided to enter the field of speech-language pathology, as well as how she determined which path to take with her education and career. She explains the philanthropic side of her private practice and highlights the importance of educating a diverse range of high school and college students about working in the field.

Discussion & Reflection Questions 1. Tell us about who you are, your background, and why you decided to go into the field of speech pathology. 2. Tell us about your private practice. 3. Why did you decide to transition from schools to private practice? What was that like? 4. Tell us about the philanthropic component of your business. 5. What are some ways you believe we can increase diversity in this field? 6. What are some of the reasons you decided to go back to school for a Doctorate? 7. What advice would you give other speech pathologists looking to branch out and start their own private practices? 8. What words of wisdom do you have for the SLPs who are unsure what path they should take?

Quote Of The Conversation “...there may be a character, a protagonist that has a disability, but a lot of times, they have a physical disability. They may have broken their leg and they're in a wheelchair for six months, or they may have cerebral palsy and they walk with a walker, but you don't frequently hear about or see the invisible disability, like dyslexia, which is so common in the sense that one in five children have dyslexia, but it is invisible.

Courtney Overton, MS, CCC-SLP

Owner & Speech-Language Pathologist, Speech of Cake

Courtney Overton is a doctoral student, researcher, business owner, and speech-language pathologist. Courtney founded her private practice, Speech of Cake, Inc., in 2016. Each week, she meets with children to help them learn to effectively communicate, read, and write in Alexandria, VA. In addition, Courtney developed a philanthropic branch within her business to mentor (high school through graduate school) students as they pursue careers in speech-language pathology and education. She presents at high schools in the DC area with a high enrollment of underrepresented communities, where she speaks to students about the need for more SLPs of color and her own journey to becoming an SLP.

Courtney is also a doctoral student at Indiana University with a primary focus in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education and a secondary focus in Educational Leadership. Finally, Courtney is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland in which she is conducting research on African-American English.

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Keep the Conversation Going Guest Speaker Information Courtney Overton, MS, CCC-SLP Owner and Speech-Language Pathologist, Speech of Cake

Phone - +1 (703) 982-0438

Email - courtney@speechofcakeinc.com

Website - www.speechofcakeinc.com

Facebook - @speechofcakeinc

Instagram - @speechofcakeinc

Upcoming SLP Spotlight Guests * Jena Castro-Casbon, The Independent Clinician * Kelli Slemp, Speedy SLP

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Focus This SLP and private practice owner shares how forging connections with the clients she worked with in charter schools and pediatric hospitals helped shape her career, and how she’s leveraging that experience to start her own pediatric practice. Listen to her tips for optimizing your educational experience and clinical fellowship, as well as utilizing your early career experience to pursue your goals down the line — particularly if your goals include starting your own practice!

Discussion & Reflection Questions 1. Tell us about who you are, your background, and why you decided to go into the field of speech pathology. 2. Tell us about your private practice. 3. Was the transition from working in charter schools and pediatric hospitals to running a private practice challenging? 4. What was it like starting your practice right as COVID-19 hit? How did you adjust? 5. How did your early internships and positions help prepare you to run your own practice? 6. What do you think of taking a holistic approach to treatment? 7. What advice would you give other speech pathologists looking to branch out and start their own private practices? 8. What words of wisdom do you have for the SLP just beginning her clinical fellowship?

Quote Of The Conversation “Don’t be afraid if maybe your first job isn’t your forever job. That’s completely fine. And most of the students in my class ended up kind of transitioning, even right after their CF. Right after my CF, I transitioned to another job, and then the grip funding got cut for that, and then I moved on and I got my dream job, and I got to work in a pediatric hospital for a little while and that was amazing.”

-Hillary Guest, M.S., CCC-SLP

*Hillary Guest, M.S., CCC-SLP*

Hillary Guest, M.S. CCC-SLP Owner and Speech-Language Pathologist, Bellflower Speech, Language & Literacy.

Hillary Guest is a young owner of a newly established private speech therapy practice in Austin, Texas. She began her practice in January 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic. She previously worked in schools, pediatric hospitals, and for other private clinics in Michigan and Texas. She graduated from Florida State University in 2015 with specialized knowledge in working with children with severe disabilities as well as culturally-linguistically diverse populations.

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Keep the Conversation Going Guest Speaker Information Hillary Guest, MS, CCC-SLP Owner and Speech-Language Pathologist, Bellflower Speech, Language & Literacy

Phone - +1 (512) 761-6657

Email - hillary@bellflowerspeech.com

Website - www.bellflowerspeech.com

Facebook - @bellflowerspeech

Instagram - @bellflowerspeech

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Focus This private practice SLP business owner focused on learning how to operate a lean and agile business during her doctoral program and is now successfully transitioning out of her full-time position into her dreams! Listen to her top strategies for being successful as both an SLP and as a business owner.

Discussion & Reflection Questions 1. Tell us who you are, about your background, and why you became an SLP? 2. Tell us about your private practice. 3. Was it scary moving from a regular setting position to private practice? 4. What was the hardest risk for you transitioning? 5. What we were most worried about? 6. What has been one thing since you've started your private practice that you've been surprised at or that you didn't expect to have happened? 7. What words of wisdom then do you have for the speech pathologist who is going to be launching her own private practice and dreams about it one day? 8. What are some of the top resources that you use? 9. Tell us what you know about LEAN and Sigma Six. 10. What has been one of your biggest challenges?

Quote Of The Conversation The transition is uncomfortable. But, I mean, that's one of the things I love about our field is that if you find yourself in a position where you're not happy with what you're doing, there are lots of options and it might mean that you need more training or more experience in a certain area, but you can make the transition. You just have to be constantly seeking learning opportunities and take the risks.”

Katherine McKernan, SLPD, CCC-SLP

Dr. Katherine McKernan, SLPD, CCC-SLP

Katherine McKernan, SLPD, CCC-SLP is a pediatric speech-language pathologist in San Diego, CA. She has an MA in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Doctor of Speech-Language Pathology from Northwestern University.

Dr. McKernan recently started a pediatric private practice that focuses on parent coaching for various speech-language disorders. She specializes in autism, early intervention, and speech sound disorders.

Dr. McKernan is an avid yoga practitioner and enjoys various other hobbies including playing the ukulele, making soap, and teaching her cat to do tricks.

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Keep the Conversation Going Guest Speaker Information Dr. Katherine McKernan, SLPD, CCC-SLP

Phone: (619) 436-1187

Email: hello@northstarslpc.com

Website: www.northstarslpc.com

Instagram: @northstarslpc

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Focus Ever heard of a private SLP practice that is totally about augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)? This is Dr. Kristy Davies’ jam! She is all about developing her business to meet the needs of her clients and her business has skyrocketed. Listen to a very passionate SLP talk about her world that is filled with AACs, ASL and big talkers!

Discussion & Reflection Questions 1. Tell us about your story and why you became a speech pathologist and what you do. 2. Share with us your educational path and how you became Dr. Kristy Davies. 3. How has COVID changed your work with AAC? 4. What words of advice do you have for someone who wants to specialize in AAC? 5. Are there online resources that support people who are interested in AAC work? 6. What does your day as a private practice look like? How does it roll out? 7. Share with us a story where things did not go so well in your AAC world. 8. Tell us a story where something went really well.

Quote Of The Conversation “Take the nine months. Do your CF. Do not go right into your doctorate.”- Kristy Davies, CCC-SLP.D

*Kristy Davies, CCC-SLP.D*

Kristy is a certified and licensed Speech Language Pathologist with over 10 years of experience in schools, early intervention, and assisting clients privately. She obtained a Master’s degree in Speech Language Hearing Science from LaSalle University and her doctorate in Speech Language Pathology from Nova Southeastern University. She is a Masters level Signing Time instructor and has adjunct taught American Sign Language classes at Rowan College of Burlington County.

Kristy has a strong enthusiasm for sharing her knowledge with others and has presented at venues such as the Pennsylvania Speech-Language and Hearing Convention, Pittsburgh AAC Language Seminar Series 2015 & 2017, ATIA 2016 and Closing the Gap 2017. She continues to this day to present at various local and national conferences/conventions and workshops.

Kristy is also Hanen certified and a LAMP professional and continues to seek out various professional development opportunities gaining a large knowledge base in Deafness, Cortical Vision Impairment, autism, and alternative access using AAC.

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Keep the Conversation Going Guest Speaker Information Kristy Davies, Founder / Speech Language Pathologist / AAC Consultant, Speech Language Associates

Email kristy@speechlanguageassociates.com

Website www.speechlanguageassociates.com

Instagram @SpeechLanguageAssociates

Facebook @SpeechLanguageAssociates

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Focus This episode started off focusing on a successful SLP who is the director of a mobile MBS company. BONUS: Several spot-on interviewing strategies for the SLP wanting to move into being a medical SLP.

Discussion & Reflection Questions 1. Tell us who you are and how you got started doing mobile modified swallowing studies. 2. What was it like transitioning from the hospital setting to the mobile MBS setting? 3. How did you build your confidence in that setting? 4. Words of advice for someone wanting to move up in their careers or shift into the medical setting? 5. What do you look for in the SLPs that you interview? 6. What are some things that an interviewee should not do? 7. What do you look for in resumes? 8. Tell us about your company and what a typical day looks like for you. 9. Words of advice for the new SLP?

Quote Of The Conversation “I'm looking to see that they’ve done everything that they can do to get that experience, whether it's through volunteering, PRN work, getting the education ahead of time, finding a mentor... just not being afraid to reach out and ask for help to gain experience.”- Caroline Brindo,MA/CCC-SLP, BCS-S

*Caroline Brindo,MA/CCC-SLP, BCS-S Director, Clinical Services & Education at MBS Envision, LLC*

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Keep the Conversation Going Guest Speaker Information Caroline Brindo, MA/CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Email - cbrindo@mbsenvision.com

Website - www.mbsenvision.com

LinkedIn - Caroline Brindo

Twitter- @cbrindoslp

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