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Monthly "Evidence You Can Use" reviews for Speech–Language Pathologists. Sample and join at theinform Join at www.theinformedslp.com

12/19/2025

It’s that time of year… Spotify Wrapped is everywhere, so we’re sharing our own stats!

Haven’t *wrapped* up your required continuing ed yet? Explore our database, find answers to your clinical questions, and earn CE while you do it.

Start with 2 CE hours for free when you create an account at https://www.theinformedslp.com/freeceus. But judging by the numbers, you’ll probably want more!

[Visual description: Image text reads, "Our members... Read 1.51 million research reviews, Answered 268,000 CE questions, Saved over 87,000 reviews to their personal libraries, And... Their top learning topics included... autism, speech sound disorders, AAC, language disorders, feeding, professional issues, dysphagia, stuttering, literacy, and multilingual/ELL. Join the 39,000+ SLPs who learned with us this year! Finish your last-minute CE with us. Explore every topic we cover and dive into our database of over 4,000 of research reviews at our link in the caption."]

12/17/2025

Many people with acquired communication disorders experience shifts in intimacy, yet it's often the last topic addressed in rehabilitation (if it's addressed at all.) It can seem too personal, too sensitive, or outside our scope.

SLPs need concrete ways to open these conversations and adapt communication supports for intimate contexts. Resources like the BETTER model and Ex-PLISSIT model can help us start!

Check out our research review 'The s*x talk nobody's having' to learn more at https://www.theinformedslp.com/review/The-s*x-talk-nobodys-having

The research: https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70023

[Visual description: Image text reads, "Communication is connection. This includes love, intimacy, desire, and s*x."]

12/16/2025

We're hiring a fully remote, part-time Marketing Coordinator. Please apply if you have:
⭐️ Strong graphic design skills for social media, digital, and print marketing assets
⭐️ Excellent copywriting ability
⭐️ Solid understanding of social media platforms and strategies to grow engagement on each
⭐️ Comfort with learning new software

Application here: https://www.informedjobs.com/jobs/okum2owjkre75i3f2d5qnzln_published

12/15/2025

The Informed SLP isn't like other CE providers. We believe that SLPs deserve efficient, effective, and engaging education to keep our evidence-based practice up to date and easy to implement. Everything we do is tailored to meet that mission!

Visit us at https://www.theinformedslp.com/join to learn about our process and then find which membership plan is right for you!

[Visual description: Image text reads, "What makes The Informed SLP so different?" Cartoon image of two SLPs conversing. One says, "You've got to check out TISLP!" Image text reads, "When we say you can earn “CEUs on your schedule,” we really mean it. Earn CEs in as few as 5 minutes per research review by reading (or listening to) the research anytime, anywhere." Cartoon of a person wearing athletic clothes and a gym towel around their neck listening to CE on their phone. Image text reads, "We only review the science that you can apply to your practice right away, and we tell you how to do it. Plus, if we think a downloadable, printable resource would help, we make one!" Cartoon image of two people looking at a laptop that has a display of graphs. Image text reads, "Our easily searchable database quickly pinpoints topic-specific research reviews. Filter by subject matter, age group, etc. to find actionable therapy tips exactly when (and where) you need them." Cartoon image of SLPs looking at a laptop, tablet, or computer to earn CEUs. Image text reads, "Our “Start Here” series offer roadmaps of clinical evidence on any one topic. And another called “Ask TISLP” dives deep into hot topics and developing subjects." Cartoon image of two SLPs looking at a laptop. Image text reads, "Our team of experts and scientists review only the highest-quality research from hundreds of journals every month. And we don’t accept submissions." Cartoon of a quote that says, "Science, you can't make this stuff up" with a beaker as the "i" in science. Image text reads, "Our mission is to connect clinicians and scientists with each other’s work. Join us by visiting our link in the caption."]

12/12/2025

If you know anything about multilingual language development, you’ve probably heard of the silent period: the phase of second language acquisition where children go silent in both languages while they absorb information about L2.

But hang on a sec…is that even a real thing? Is there scientific evidence to back it up, or is it just a wacky idea from the 1970s that somehow got established as a fact?

Our new review “Breaking the silence on the ‘silent period’” takes a deep dive into the evidence to tell us what SLPs need to know about how emergent bilingual children really communicate in the early stages of second language acquisition, when it’s time to make a speech referral, and how we can help these kids participate, communicate, and thrive in the classroom. Read it and earn 18 minutes of DEI credit at https://theinformedslp.com/review/Breaking-the-silence-on-the-silent-period

The research:
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000924000151
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.09.001

[Visual description: Image text reads, "Silent bilingual kids or oversimplified science? Let’s separate second language acquisition fact from fiction."]

12/11/2025

Free CE Alert! Learn to be an AI-informed SLP with our practical guide covering: ✓ How LLMs actually work ✓ 8 critical issues to watch for ✓ The RED RABBIT prompting framework ✓ 30 minutes of Ethics credit. The full review is free to read and share at https://www.theinformedslp.com/review/How-to-be-an-AI-informed-SLP

[Visual description: Image text reads, "Are you fluent in AI? Grow your essential AI literacy and earn 30 minutes of Ethics CE credit—free."]

12/10/2025

We're looking for a Marketing Coordinator. This position is part-time and fully remote. Apply if you think you'd be a good fit!

Application here: https://www.informedjobs.com/jobs/okum2owjkre75i3f2d5qnzln_published

12/09/2025

Feeding SLPs know that our bottomless bags of therapy tools really are a little magical, right? Okay, maybe they can't really haul a high chair, but they're likely to carry a clinical feeding assessment (or two) to objectively measure our clients’ functional feeding skills and organize our findings.

And while there may not be one clinical feeding assessment that’s ‘practically perfect in every way’ (that’s pediatric feeding for you!), our latest review “Evaluating pediatric feeding skills with clinical assessments: How does that spoonful of sugar go down?” offers:

- 5 valid and reliable clinical assessment tools to bring to our next feeding evaluation,

-another 7 reliable assessment measures worthy of a spot in our bags,

-the other 6 components of a comprehensive feeding evaluation, and

-8 continuing education minutes.

Check it out at https://theinformedslp.com/review/How-does-that-spoonful-of-sugar-go-down-Evaluating-pediatric-feeding-skills-with-clinical-assessments and then tell us in the comments: What’s your most loved (or most unusual!) tool in your magical feeding evaluation bag?

The research: https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2025.2538617

[Visual description: Image text reads, "Pediatric feeding SLPs are magical. Our bags are packed with loads of science, lots of fun, and a spoonful of sugar." Cartoon image of a pediatric feeding SLP dressed in a Mary-Poppins–inspired outfit, smiling as they pull an entire wooden highchair out of a magically bottomless bag. Sparkles and music notes float around them, along with cheerful cartoon-like blue creatures symbolizing fun and imagination. A parent and young child sit at a table watching with amazement. The table is filled with feeding tools, cups, utensils, and an umbrella lies in the foreground.]

12/08/2025

Are you any of the following?
✔️ An SLP with a marketing background
✔️ An SLP with little or no marketing background
✔️ A non-SLP with a marketing background

Please apply to our part-time, fully remote Marketing Coordinator position! Apply here: https://www.informedjobs.com/jobs/okum2owjkre75i3f2d5qnzln_published

12/08/2025

In a world where we're all suffering from decision-fatigue—what to watch on Netflix alone!—it's awfully nice to have some head and neck cancer pros tell us exactly what to do!

In their open-access paper, Hutcheson & Martino present three PRO-ACTIVE intervention models to keep your patients eating during radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.

Learn more about them in our research review 'Eating through radiation therapy: Can someone please just tell me what to do'. Find it at https://www.theinformedslp.com/review/protocols-for-eating-through-radiation-therapy

The research: https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_persp-25-00093

[Visual description: Image text reads, "Can someone just tell me what to do!? Keeping your patients eating through radiation therapy is as easy as 1, 2, 3 with these PRO-ACTIVE interventions! 1. Pro-High: An intensive regimen of eating and exercising that patients complete throughout their course of radiation therapy. 2. Pro-Low: An intensive intervention model for patients who have already started radiation, but begin to experience dysphagia symptoms. 3. Reactive: An intensive intervention model for patients who have already started radiation, but begin to experience dysphagia symptoms. As part of these done for you protocol manuals, you’ll get: A patient education handout, A handout to help patients eat challenging foods during radiation therapy, Swallowing exercises with written descriptions and illustrations, Protocol tips and candidacy considerations. Check out our research review to learn more and grab the open-access therapy manuals! Details in caption."]

12/04/2025

Attention SLPs: If you purchase a monthly membership to earn those last-minute CEs, you should prepare yourself to fall in love and stick around! A month’s worth of high-quality and application-focused research reviews won’t feel like enough once you’ve gotten a taste of what we have to offer.

Visit us at https://www.theinformedslp.com/join to learn more, sign up for as little as $18/month, and see what all the fuss is about!

[Visual description: Image text reads, "Need to check off those last required CEUs? A monthly TISLP membership might be the right option! You'll get all you need and more..." Cartoon image of an SLP looking at a laptop with an image of a lightbulb above their head. Image text reads, "Our monthly membership offers: A searchable database of thousands of research reviews. Practical tips and printable resources to use today. General, Ethics, and DEI continuing education hours to earn by the minute. Monthly memberships begin at $18. An annual membership? Even more: New research reviews every month to keep your EBP fresh. Multiple membership options for groups and students. You can cancel anytime. But why would you? Visit us at our link in bio to get started today!" Cartoon image of a person walking with a stack of papers. Some of the papers are blowing behind the person in the wind.]

12/02/2025

December brings traveling, wrapping up end-of-the-year projects, and last-minute CE scrambling. Here at TISLP, we make a conscious effort to slow down during this last month of the year, and we hope you can, too!

Start by earning 2.5 hours of CE with this December issue, and keep on reading into our back catalog to check off those last minutes.

We've got you covered at www.TheInformedSLP.com/reviews.

[Visual description: Cartoon image of SLP reading on a laptop with mug in hand and papers at their side. Image text reads, "December’s research reviews are here! Earn CEs the worry-free way with us. We hope you can find space for self-care and stillness in this hectic time of year. These new releases are just the way to get started on that. Adult SLPs can learn on the go with reviews on: Communication-focused strategies to help adults who stutter, the s*x talk no one is having (but should be), steps to support feeding in adults undergoing radiation therapy, and all you need to advocate for the esophageal sweep in your VFSS. Pediatric SLPs can check out our reviews on: Morphology and phonology and the great SSD debate, girls with autism and the unique ways we can support them, valid clinical assessment tools to measure feeding skills, and advice from the D/HH experts on working with kids who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. And every SLP will want to read (or listen to): The latest on developing communities of practice for science implementation, our newest “Start Here” guide on shared book reading (it’s free to share!), and a cutting-edge (open access) tool that autoscores speech intelligibility. Learn in peace with The Informed SLP." Start by visiting our link in bio today!" Cartoon image of SLP typing on a laptop in front of them, wearing a peaceful smile.]

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