I gave in....

and started another blog. I already have a mommy blog that I keep up for our family but I have had several people suggest starting a SLP blog to document the happenings in public school speech therapy. So...here it goes! Anyone who works in special education will attest to the fact that we are in the trenches...hence the name.

I have been an SLP for 5 years and it's been a wild ride. My background is in the medical aspect of our field but after having my first child I had the opportunity to go to work in the public school setting. I couldn't turn down the school hours and calendar so I ended up the one place I swore I'd never go and I've never looked back.

I have 45 students on my caseload with varying degrees of ability and quite a few complex situations so it keeps life interesting. I prefer working with the more severe students so I spend a lot of my day in the self-contained classrooms. I also do PRN work at an outpatient clinic and in a small town PRN work is always available so I stay busy.

So, kickback, relax, and enjoy my tales from the trenches!