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If You're a Speech Therapist in Private Practice, You Need to Know About AAPPSPA with Leanne Shouten and Lauren Hughes

2026-07-3122:36

Running a private practice can feel like you're on your own even when you're surrounded by clients and staff all day. In this episode, I sit down with Leanne Shouten and Lauren Hughes, the president and vice president of AAPPSPA, an organization built specifically for private practice speech therapists and audiologists. Here's what we're getting into: What AAPPSPA is and how it's different from ASHA, built around one thing: private practice owners helping each otherHow the community listserv ...

Why Consistency Beats a Big Following with Rose Griffin

2026-07-2126:29

If you have ever wondered whether you need a bigger following or a flawless plan to build something meaningful, this episode will change how you think about that. I'm talking with Rosemarie Griffin, known to most as Rose, an ASHA certified speech therapist and board certified behavior analyst with over 20 years of experience in both public and private settings. Rose is the founder of ABA Speech, which offers therapy services, courses, consultations, and a membership called the ABA Speech Conn...

AI Tools Every Private Practice & Business Owner Needs to Know with Alisa Kay - Part 2

2026-07-1430:10

Have you ever sat down to create a social media post and felt like you had absolutely nothing to say, even though you have years of expertise sitting right there in your head? That is exactly the problem Alisa Kay and I dig into in part two of our conversation. In part two of my conversation with Alisa, we dive into her exact process for training AI to create content that actually sounds like you, not the average of everything already on the internet. Here is some of what we get into: Why wha...

AI Tools Every Private Practice & Business Owner Needs to Know with Alisa Kay - Part 1

2026-07-0733:07

Did you know it's more than a chatbot or mediocre content creator? If I'm being honest, I didn't really understand the true capabilities of AI within my business until I sat down with Alisa Kay for this week's episode of the ScaleSmart Podcast. Alisa Kay is a storytelling and AI strategist who has built multiple six-figure businesses using her marketing genius, and now she teaches business owners how to do the same… but with AI. In this conversation, she breaks down exactly what the different...

What's Actually Working in Private Practice Hiring with Meredith Harold

2026-06-3038:40

Hiring is one of the hardest parts of growing a private practice, and most of the advice floating around in Facebook threads isn't cutting it. If you've posted a job and gotten crickets, or gotten someone in the door and lost them to a bigger practice, this episode is going to give you a much clearer picture of why. I'm sitting down with Meredith Harold, founder of The Informed SLP and Informed Jobs, to talk honestly about what's happening in the SLP job market right now. Meredith brings real...

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