12 Days of Tips for Speech Pathologists in Private Practice: Day 4 – Proper Supervision

On the whole, we speech pathologists are a social bunch.

To stay healthy and to help our clients, we need people we can talk with and learn from, including: 

• clients; 
• peers;
• supervisors; and
• mentors.

For employed speech pathologists, proper supervision is key. A lack of professional support:

⬆️ stress

⬆️ job dissatisfaction

⬆️ staff turnover

⬆️ staff burnout risk

⬇️ client service quality

⬆️ client complaints.

Proper professional support:

⬇️ stress

⬆️ job satisfaction

⬆️ staff retention 

⬇️ staff burnout risk

⬆️ client service quality

⬆️ client satisfaction.

Proper supervision is good for clients and your practice. More importantly, it’s the right thing to do for staff and workplace happiness!

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