Calling all Seinfeld fans!! Who watched Seinfeld back in the day? I remember watching episodes every Thursday night in high school. Kramer was my fav character. There are so many nuances in the life of an SLP. What better way to describe all aspects of our jobs then through GIFS!? In no particular order, here is the life of an SLP with the best Seinfeld GIFS.
The Life Of An SLP With The Best Seinfeld GIFS
#1. Have you ever realized that half your staff thinks that you just correct /r/’s and work with students who stutter? It is in that aha moment that you realize that some professional training about your mad skillz better happen ASAP.
#2. Progress reports always come at the busiest times of the year. So, when you can actually get them done early, a giant happy dance, oh yay announcement must be made to anyone and everyone!
#3. When someone refers to you as a speech language pathologist there is a moment of shock, respect and awe that comes over the SLP. He or she is often speechless and yet curious as to how they learned that this is the proper title for SLP’s.
#4. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE a great professional development training that actually teaches me something about speech and language development. I don’t LOVE being thrown into a science common core training just because no one knows where to put the SLPs for the day.
#5. Between medi-cal billing, after school IEP’s, therapy logs, report writing and IEP’s to write, it is a treat when the SLP exits school on a Friday at the appropriate time.
#6. This is the reaction most people have when they hear that we had 13 IEP’s in one week, wrote 4 assessment reports and conducted therapy.
#7. SLP’s are the gate keepers of all the games. Do not cross us!
#8. The beginning of the school year can be very emotional for an SLP if they start the year with over 55 students.
#9. SLP’s know how to maximize their lunch break. We can eat our lunch, write an IEP, complete medi-cal billing and still make it to the bathroom before our next group.
#10. Those days when the bell has rung, therapy has been completed and you need to stay late to finish your paperwork.
#11. There isn’t an SLP out there that doesn’t do a happy dance when their speech material order comes in!
#12. When a teacher asks you about a speech referral that they gave you weeks ago. SLP’s have too many tabs open in their brains!
Hope these SLP Seinfeld GIF’s gave you a chuckle. Keep up the hard work!
by thedabblingspeechie | Mar 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
SLP humor is something that helps me get through the week. I feel comforted when other SLP’s can relate to the joys and struggles we face as school based SLP’s. I love my job, but I have those days when I stop and think “Is this really happening to me?” Creating SLP GIF’s are my new found happy place! I love finding funny gifs that I can relate to the daily life of an SLP. If you loved my SLP GIF’s blog post featuring the cast from the show Seinfeld, then I know you will have a smile reading this post.
The Life Of The SLP Told By The Cast Of Friends
I remember watching the show Friends in high school and college. It was a classic! The characters on this show embody so many great emotions. Here are some gifs I made with this fun cast of characters.
This thought has entered my brain on several occasions…..why do I have 80 kids on my caseload? (this was in the past), why do I always forget to check that ONE BOX on the IEP?, why do I have all day IEP meetings? why do I have to do medi-cal billing? The why’s just keep on comin’!
Even though it has been over 10 years since I have been in college, I will never forget all the smarties in my class monopolizing the class with all their knowledge.
If you are currently or have ever been a middle school SLP, you totally understand this gif. It’s a love/hate kind of a relationship with the BIG kids. Meet your goals or else you get ME for another year lol!
SLP’s make it well known that whosoever shall enter the speech room will obey everything that the SLP says. No exceptions. We are the QUEENS and KINGS of the speech room.
All day IEP’s are killer on the SLP! Most of my SPED colleagues have 1-2 on these days, while I am frantically trying to get ready for at least 5. One year I had 10 in one day. It was brutal.
Ever took a break from writing IEP’s at night and then woke up in sheer panic about where you were?
You know those little guys and gals that don’t want to stop what they are doing to come hang out with you. Sorry folks, your IEP says you must see the SLP 2x weekly for 30 minutes and I will uphold services with fidelity!
This happened a lot at the middle school. The elementary kids LOVE me. I get hugs, waves in the hallway, pleading looks to take them from class. Middle school students avoided me in the hallways, told me they hated my activities and that I WAS BORING!! How dare they!?
SLP’s get animated in therapy. We do whatever it takes to get those little speechies talking more!
Did I turn off the laminator before I left? Did I write Johnny’s IEP already? Did I remember to set up Susie’s IEP meeting? Did I turn off the lights before I left? Did I lock my door? Did I bring that test kit over? Did I screen that kid in kindergarten? Did I lock up my ipad? The “did I” list could go on and on. Certain months out of the year, I forget everything! It is called IEP season lol.
We only work summer school if we want a shopping spree or have student loans. I did my time with summer school.
SLP’s don’t go out on Friday nights. We are lucky if we make it past 9pm. This is therapy for SLP’s. Wine, hot bath and netflix.
It takes everything for the SLP to not come unglued when staff start diagnosing students during lunch time.
The life of an SLP can be quite exciting. Especially when unexpected behaviors enter the speech room. You can never just TELL your colleagues about these unexpected behaviors. It is so much more entertaining with re-enactments.
The life of an SLP is hard, exciting, complicated, fun, stressful and interesting. Keep up the great work! Hope this post gave ya a little chuckle. Which gif was your favorite?
by thedabblingspeechie | Jul 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Many of the skills and perspectives I have gained in my job as a speech therapist are often acquired experiencing life. I thought I would share some favorite tales from my life to make you a better SLP. Of course, most of these tales from my life are funny in nature, so you should get a good chuckle when reading my life stories.
When my son was 2 years old, we went to visit my aunt and uncle and my two cousins for the 4th of July. It was a hot day in northern California, so my aunt and uncle took us to their fitness club for cool swim during the day. Still trying to get some of my baby weight off, I refused to invest money in buying a more updated bathing suit until I was back in my prime, lol. So, I threw in this goofy floral looking bathing suit and headed to the gym with the fam. As I stepped outside to the pool area, it felt like we had just entered a music video shoot for JLo and I clearly did not read the fine print for the casting call. Please come dressed in your finest designer swim suit and make sure all body parts are nicely sculpted or enhanced. I looked down at my floral one piece and thought “Well, there’s always next year.” Needless to say, I shrugged it off and spent the afternoon hanging in the pool with the fam.
The fitness club was bbqing hot dogs and hamburgers for the guests, had fun music playing and this really amazing blow up water slide. Imagine the slide in the picture above, but bigger with a tunnel you had to climb up. It had a twisty turn halfway down the slide that winded you around until you hit the bottom where there was a small pool filled with water.
As I walked over to the slide with my son, I saw many of the kids slowly bouncing down the slide into the small pool of water with disappointing looks on their faces. So, when my little man wanted to climb up and take a whirl down the slide, I agreed. He climbed to the very top, looked down at how high up it was and started crying. Well, any nurturing mother like myself would see the fear in their little one’s eyes, and climb right up to the top of the slide to rescue them from the giant water slide. As I reached the top, I scooped Riley in my lap and headed on down. I was in for quite the ride because the minute I pushed off, I soared around the corner of the slide. I continued to pick up speed as we headed closer toward the pool of water and before I could gain control of myself, I dunked my 2 year old in the pool of water making such a splash that the crowd of kids all yelled “WHOOOAAAA.” Next, a couple of the parents in line were like “wow that was a big splash.” Meanwhile my aunt, uncle and husband were trying to hold back laughter as I clumsily stood up with my son that I had just immersed in the water. The rest of the weekend was filled with recounts of THE BIG SPLASH and each time I winced just a little bit picturing my stylish floral bathing suit plunging into the pool of water.
Let’s talk about how this tale from my life can make you a better SLP.
- Sometimes our students and clients need us to go along with them for the ride. We have to help through the process of something before they can learn to do it on our own. It was necessary for me to get on that crazy water slide with my 2 year old, so I could show him how to try new things. When we take the “plunge” with our students, most often we come out with a deeper connection.
- There is always a risk in therapy when we try something new. We always envision our therapy plans will play out like we want them to and are mortified when they fail miserably. Just like how I expected my water slide ride would end with me slowly and gracefully gliding down into the pool of water! Do I wish it would have gone differently? Well, of course! But now I know that I probably should have sent my 12 year old cousin to head on down those fun slides with my son. When we take the risk, we learn either way! If therapy went well, we know that what we executed worked. If the therapy session ended much like my water slide adventure, then you learned that you need to modify or change the lesson completely.
Hope you all have a great 4th of July! Stay tuned for more tales from my life to make you a better SLP!!
