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The Aligned SLP

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by Sarah Dowling

11 episodes
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<p>Supporting overwhelmed school-based SLPs to use an educational model of service delivery, including inclusion, neurodiversity, a workload approach, multi-tiered systems of support, and true collaboration with teachers and other education colleagues - to increase a sense of belonging, creativity and to reduce stress and burnout.</p><p><br></p><p>https://sarahdowlingschoolslpcoaching.com</p>

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Publishing Since

3/8/2026

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July 13, 2026

Lesley Sylvan on her book and sabbatical

We explore how school-based SLPs can stop working in isolation and start building real MTSS change through shared responsibility for language across the school day. We unpack what makes innovation possible and what makes it sustainable so we are not relying on sheer determination to survive. β€’ celebrating the second edition of a practical MTSS book grounded in real-world SLP stories β€’ building Tier 1 language supports through school routines like drop-off and pick-up β€’ using...

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June 29, 2026

Medical versus Educational Language

We challenge the medical-style language that keeps school-based SLPs stuck in isolation and overload, and we replace it with an educational, MTSS-aligned way of thinking. We lay out concrete language swaps and service design choices that help us build teacher capacity, reduce overwhelm, and create clear, doable work. β€’ medical terms that shape unrealistic expectations, including client, wait list, referral, therapy, discharged β€’ why medical-style prioritisation happens in isolatio...

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June 15, 2026

Moving from the Outside to the Inside

We rethink what it means to belong as a school-based SLP and why the pull-out, referral-driven cycle keeps us feeling like outsiders. We connect curriculum, embedded systems like MTSS, and day-to-day collaboration to bring back purpose, equity, and joy in our work. β€’ reframing curriculum as an inclusive map for where to show up β€’ using classroom texts, routines, and activities as shared therapy resources β€’ partnering with teachers through questions about their goals and plan...

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What is The Aligned SLP?
<p>Supporting overwhelmed school-based SLPs to use an educational model of service delivery, including inclusion, neurodiversity, a workload approach, multi-tiered systems of support, and true collaboration with teachers and other education colleagues - to increase a sense of belonging, creativity and to reduce stress and burnout.</p><p><br></p><p>https://sarahdowlingschoolslpcoaching.com</p>
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