As Speech-Language Pathologists, we wear many hats
Not fiction but facts
Our skillset is not just a knack
Pragmatics guiding our tact
It’s the SLP in me
Frankly speaking, you see
Bubbly personalities as can be
We are some dynamic SLPs
Is it Speech-Language Pathologist or
Social Life Professional?
One of many names
Just in case you were skeptical
We chatter and smile
Folders ready to file
To-do list exceeding its pile
You know that parent on speed dial?
We SLPs just love to please
Toting around more than just our CCCs
Nicknamed Speechies
Wagon full of materials and IEP’s
Expressive language, receptive language
Articulation, social skills
Oral motor, apraxia, fluency
Commonly used terms in our speech field
Dysphagia, AAC
And let’s not forget voice
Becoming a part of the Speak Louder Please choir
As we drown out the noise
CELF, OWLS, CASL
GFTA so many tests
Let's not forget SSI, TOAL,
Peabody and the PLS
Soap note, data collection, progress monitoring
Present as one in the same
Hoping one day the universe will send waves
That “Speech Teacher” isn’t our name
We stand firm in schools,
Follow all the rules
Alarm rarely on snooze
We constantly have work to do
Can we be the Simple Loyal Perfectionist? or
The Systematic Logical Passionate therapist?
Are we always the SLP?
The one Solving Life’s Problems
Starting with one issue at a time
As we continue to solve them
We walk into a room and command attention
Trying to get CEUs at the ASHA convention
Where the who’s who are all mentioned
The board makes future decisions
A new president soon will take the position
We choose to be pioneers on that communication train
No Child Left Behind is the name of the game
Awaiting Better Hearing and Speech Month
A true therapist’s walk of fame
So it’s the SLP in me
Spoken ever so plainly
Communication gurus you see
We are the real MVPs
Author: Je’Mia Jones, MS, CCC-SLP
