2024 S.T.E.P. Connect! Learn! Empower! Seminar Series
Watch the 2023 and 2022 Connect! Learn! Empower! seminar videos.
Recent Seminars
Disability and Inclusive Spaces
October 21, 7:30 p.m. ET
We do this for the populations that we serve, but are we creating inclusive environments for our colleagues? Hear what it means to be a disabled SLP and how inclusivity influences workspace.
Presenter:
- LaTavia Sturdivant, MS, CCC-SLP
Cultivate Your Leadership Journey
September 25, 7:30 p.m. ET
You can gain leadership skills in ASHA, NSSLHA, state associations, universities, at your work setting and in your community.
How can you leverage your leadership experience to your advantage? What are the micro-opportunities that you can engage in to boost your leadership resume? Attend this session and learn steps you can take to cultivate your leadership journey.
Presenters:
- Brittani Cobb, MS, CCC-SLP
- Jason H. Thomas AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA, F-ADA
The SLP Entrepreneur: The Speech-Language Pathologist’s Guide to Private Practice and Other Business Ventures (Part 2)
September 16, 7:30 p.m. ET
Considering starting a private practice or other SLP/Audiology-related business, but not sure where to get started? Join our presenters as they share part two of this series based on their book, The SLP Entrepreneur: The Speech-Language Pathologist’s Guide to Private Practice and Other Business Ventures. The presenters will discuss critical elements of a foundational framework for establishing and growing a successful business, along with examples of how audiologists and slps can apply these to reach their own business goals. The presenters will provide an easy-to-follow guide that will equip you with the tools you’ll need to set the foundation for your journey into entrepreneurship.
Presenters:
- Sonia Sethi-Kohli, MS, CCC, SLP
- Adrienne Wallace, MBA, MS, CCC-SLP
Exploring the "u" in Multilingual Service Delivery
August 28, 7:30 p.m. ET
As U.S. demographics continue to shift, there are so many opportunities in the CSD discipline to serve your community and improve access to speech-language and hearing services for multilingual persons. During this seminar, you will learn more about your roles and responsibilities in multilingual service delivery, including when you and your patient are not a linguistic match. Join us to learn more about why the CSD discipline needs more multilingual audiologists and speech-language pathologists—and what you can do to help meet that need.
Presenter:
- Andrea Pluskota, MS, CCC-SLP
The SLP Entrepreneur: The Speech-Language Pathologist’s Guide to Private Practice and Other Business Ventures (Part 1)
June 20, 7:30 p.m. ET
Considering starting a private practice, but not sure if it’s right for you? Join our presenters as they share a two-part series based on their book titled The SLP Entrepreneur: The Speech-Language Pathologist’s Guide to Private Practice and Other Business Ventures. In part one, the presenters will discuss important considerations to help audiologists and speech-language pathologists determine whether private practice is right for them. Attendees will walk away with functional resources and self-guided exercises to equip them with the tools to make an informed decision and set SMART goals to kickstart their business idea.
Presenters:
- Sonia Sethi-Kohli, MS, CCC, SLP
- Adrienne Wallace, MBA, MS, CCC-SLP
