Tara Vining, SLP showed incredible promise as a travel therapist that helped her secure her first school contract. Her private practice benefited from her wide variety of experiences in different speech pathology settings, in-person and teletherapy. Currently her practice is mostly centered on contracting with public schools and a small but growing faction of outpatient clients. She is a strong proponent of pursuing continuing education to bolster business savvy and community impact.

Here's What We Discuss:

• Her high praise of school contracts and their advantages
• Her financial advice for starting your private practice
• How her mentors have influenced her to adopt effective business practices and her positive outlook
• Jena’s perspective on starting and growing your business

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Alexandria Zachos launched her private practice while on maternity leave with fortune on her side. She sees both child and adult clients in coordination with her staff. Her practice currently focuses on social language, delayed echolalia, and adult stuttering. She is placing a stronger emphasis on delegation in the upcoming year and looking forward to furthering her impact on her community and beyond.

Here's What We Discuss:

• Her favorite aspect of private practice that allows her to achieve a strong work-life balance
• Her proven approach to grouping children in pragmatic language groups
• Her journey to specializing in one of her niches, from reading an educational book to presenting at ASHA
• Her heartfelt advice for new practitioners

Alexandria is a licensed speech-language pathologist in the state of Illinois and has been practicing since 2003.  Over the past seventeen years, she has provided therapy for all ages in a variety of clinical settings, including public schools, home therapy, acute care and rehabilitation hospitals and outpatient clinics. She received her Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, MA in 2003 and her Bachelors Degree in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2001.

Alexandria holds a certificate of clinical competence (CCC) and is accredited by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). She holds a Type 73 Public School Service Personnel Certificate in the state of Illinois. She has attended several professional seminars featuring Michelle Garcia Winner's Social Thinking strategies and incorporates Winner's work into pragmatic therapy sessions and groups. Alexandria has a special interest in social communication and helping both children and adults navigate the social world.

In both November 2017 and 2018 Alexandria presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing (ASHA) Convention in Los Angeles, CA and Boston, MA on Natural Language Acquisition and delayed echolalia.  She is passionate about educating others on gestalt language processors and how to treat delayed echolalia.  

Alexandria is also a fluent Greek speaker and is available to provide therapy and evaluations in Greek.  She has completed several bilingual Greek-English evaluations for many Chicagoland school districts.
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In her free time she enjoys reading and going on adventures with her husband and two daughters.
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Alexandria's specialized training includes:

• Natural Language Acquisition In Autism: Echolalia To Self-Generated Language
• Michelle Garcia Winner's Social Thinking Program
• Visualizing and Verbalizing Program by Nancy Bell
• Greenspan Floortime approach
• Using the SCERTS to Identify Evidence-Based Practices for Children with Autism
• Person -Centered Assessment and Treatment for Adults Who Stutter

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National Presentations:
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• Language Sample Analysis: Guiding Treatment For Gestalt Language Processors With and Without Autism

       American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Boston 2018
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• Echolalia and Gestalt Language Processing in Children: It’s Not Just About Autism

       American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Los Angeles 2017
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Her practice: Social Butterfly Inc.

Hillary Cooper is taking the speech therapy world by storm! She is conducting one of the few mobile FEES-specific private practices in the country, spearheading a non-profit organization designed to support patients with dysphagia and their families, and supporting other non-profits by selling speech-therapy based merchandise. Along the way she has provided therapy to adults in skilled nursing facilities and acute care in addition to private practice. Hillary also has a strong interest in educating others which also led to her participation in the Medical SLP Collective.

Here's What We Discuss:

• Her uplifting perspective on the obstacles that arose along the way
• Her eye-opening advice surrounding yourself with support, both personally and professionally
• Her motto “Delete, delegate, or do” and how it has framed her work-life balance
• How her belief in herself and her ideas had to evolve over time to make her dreams come alive
• Jena’s encouragement for kindred spirits who embrace their passions wholeheartedly
• Her call for volunteers to help her non-profit fulfill its mission

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Medical SLP Collective
  
• Dysphagia Outreach Project
  
• SLPStuff.com
  

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What we discuss:

• Jena’s recommendation for new practitioners to help establish a strong client base
• How Roshonda’s family shaped her private practice as it exists today
• How her business savvy has helped her concentrate on the most important aspects of her professional career
• Her recommendation to join Grow Your Private Practice in order to accomplish your goals effectively and efficiently

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What we discuss

• Her unique introduction to the field and how she continues to mentor and employ SLP-As
• Her perspective on her successful collaboration with her business partners
• Her advice to pursue alternative avenues of clientele when private pay is difficult to come by
• Jena’s perspective on business principles that have improved her life
• Her heartfelt appreciation for her SLP-D program that has helped her evolve as a professional

This episode was brought to you by my premium program The Start Your Private Practice System.

​If you’ve been thinking starting a private practice full-time or "on the side" I encourage you to sign up for my FREE TRAINING. I’ll make sure you know everything more in a free 60 minute presentation than you ever learned in grad school!

Visit startyourprivatepractice.com/webinar