42. Research Your Practice: The #1 Advice That Transforms SLP Outcomes

If I could go back 20 years and give myself just one piece of advice as a brand-new speech-language pathologist, it would be this: research your practice. In this episode, I unpack what it truly means to research your own intervention, why simple A/B testing can make you a more powerful therapist, and how to identify the “active ingredients” that change children’s lives. From split-testing clusters in speech sound disorders to evaluating language measures, you’ll learn practical ways to test your own methods—without waiting for a journal article to tell you what works. The message is clear: stop blindly following canned approaches. Instead, become an agent of change by keeping what works, discarding what doesn’t, and creating therapy that is both effective and individualized. ✨ Want empirically based, ready-to-go therapy materials that you can adapt and research in your own practice? Join the SIS Membership, where you’ll get literacy, speech, language, AAC, and movement-based weekly theme activities—plus large group, parent, and teletherapy Google Slides decks. Get started today: https://www.kellyvess.com/sis