Bright Ideas Media

Future you is watching. 👀
Before you dismiss your last student and bolt, give your therapy room one hour: keep what you used, retire what you didn't, restock, relabel, reset.
It's not glamorous — but walking into a ready room in August/ September is the best gift you can give yourself.

Beginning-of-the-year you will be SO grateful. 💛

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Last night's Office Hour with Cara Falade did not disappoint!!

Cara showed up, went deep, and answered questions live pulling straight from the chat and turning every question into an action item you can actually use.

If you are an SLP trying to get more confident with AAC, this hour was built for you.

If you missed it live - no worries. The recording is available for paid Ghost subscribers.

This is what paid membership looks like — monthly live Zoom sessions with experts who meet you where you are, answer your real questions, and send you away with next steps, not just inspiration.

Free is a good place to start, but when you upgrade to paid membership the learning goes deeper.

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✨ Join us tonight at 7 PM ET for Bright Conversations Office Hours with Cara Falade on Zoom!

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“If it’s between the wrong AAC and no AAC… go with the wrong AAC.”

That perspective from Rachel Madel stopped us in our tracks.

So many SLPs hesitate to introduce AAC because they don’t feel fully trained, fully confident, or fully ready yet. Meanwhile, students continue without access to communication.

This article explores how Rachel’s approach reframed the conversation around AAC readiness, why waiting for perfection can actually delay progress, and what getting started can realistically look like for school-based SLPs.

Sometimes the most important thing isn’t getting it perfect. It’s making sure a student has access to communication.

👉 Read the free article on Ghost:
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Week 4’s Bright Impact winner is Meghan Haney!

Meghan was nominated for her work as a school-based SLP for many years and for being an incredible source of support for middle and high school students. She works hard to make sure older students don’t slip through the cracks by advocating for appropriate assessments and meaningful interventions.

Even with a HUGE caseload, Meghan always finds time to support her colleagues and fellow SLPs. As a child study team member and union representative, she also helps ensure SLPs have strong representation and that the unique needs of our profession are heard.

She is making an impact on students, colleagues, and the field every single day.

Congratulations, Meghan, and thank you for making such a Bright Impact!

The countdown is on. ⏳ Office Hours is less than a week away.
This is your chance to ask Cara — Self-Care + AAC SLP — anything, live. Bring the question that's been rattling around your brain all year: AAC implementation, building routines that actually stick, dodging burnout, that one tricky caseload puzzle. You'll get real, on-the-spot answers. No DM left on read, no waiting weeks for a reply. Just you, Cara, and a room of therapists working it out together.

Office Hours is exclusive to our Ghost paid subscribers. Not in yet? There's still time to upgrade to the paid tier before the session and pull up a seat.

Start a list of your questions now (you'll thank yourself). Tap the link in our bio to join. 💛

Most communication partners aren’t resistant to AAC.

They’re overwhelmed, undertrained, and afraid of doing it wrong.

This article breaks down how to run a practical 20-minute AAC training that actually helps teachers and paras feel confident enough to start.

No PD day required.
No hour-long presentation.
Just real-world support they can use tomorrow.

👉 Read the full article on Ghost:
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Our May Office Hour happens next week with Cara Falade *5/27 7pm ET*
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