The first-ever SLP Toolkit Community Webinar, Thrive in 2025, was a huge success! This exclusive, invite-only event held on February 25th, 2025, brought together passionate school-based SLPs and SLPAs looking for ways to streamline their workload, optimize efficiency, and finish the school year strong—rather than simply crawling to the finish line. With expert speakers, hands-on demos, and real-time Q&A, this webinar was packed with practical strategies and tech-based solutions to help school-based SLPs thrive. Whether you missed it or want a quick refresher, here’s a recap of the highlights!

Key Takeaways from the Webinar

1️⃣ AI-Powered Tools for SLPs (with Patricia Johnson, SLP & Tech Enthusiast)

Patricia kicked things off by showcasing how AI can revolutionize SLP workflows. She demonstrated how ChatGPT (including a new custom-built AI assistant for SLP Toolkit users!) can help with:

✅ Writing Present Levels of Performance (PLOPs) – Use AI to generate well-worded, data-driven summaries based on SLP Toolkit reports.

✅ Progress Monitoring Reports – Get AI to analyze therapy data and generate concise progress updates in seconds.

✅ Lesson Planning – Create targeted, engaging, and scaffolded lesson plans in minutes.

✅ AI Best Practices – Learn how to write clear, specific prompts to get the best AI-generated content.

💡 Bonus: SLP Toolkit created a custom ChatGPT assistant specifically for SLPs! This tool helps with lesson planning, progress monitoring, and more—all tailored for school-based speech therapy.

2️⃣ Scheduling & Lesson Planning Hacks (with Risa Fly, Customer Happiness Specialist & Former SLPA)

Risa shared game-changing scheduling and lesson planning tips to help SLPs stay organized and efficient: 🗓 Scheduling Tips:

✔ Handling Unique Schedules – How to schedule students with rotating or bi-weekly sessions.

✔ Quickly Updating Your Schedule – Move multiple sessions at once for last-minute schedule changes (hello, snow days!). 📚 Lesson Planning Tips:

✔ Creating Running Lists – Keep track of lesson plans and past activities for each student/group.

✔ Ready-to-Go Literacy-Based Lesson Plans – Use SLP Toolkit’s built-in templates to save time.

✔ Attaching Plans to Sessions – Easily connect plans to specific students and sessions for seamless lesson delivery.

💡 Fun fact: You can print and share SLP Toolkit lesson plans with assistants or supervisors!

3️⃣ Progress Monitoring Like a Pro (with Ashley Foreman, SLP & Customer Happiness Manager)

Ashley wrapped up the webinar with a deep dive into progress monitoring strategies to make data collection easier and more effective:

📊 Four Ways to Complete Progress Reports:

1️⃣ Traditional Data Reports – Automatically calculate averages and generate visual graphs.

2️⃣ Criterion-Referenced Tests (CRTs) – Measure student progress using standardized probes over time.

3️⃣ Rubrics – Ideal for fluency, AAC, and social communication goals that don’t fit plus/minus data collection.

4️⃣ Custom Assessments – Build and share your own progress monitoring tools within SLP Toolkit.

💡 Pro tip: Attach rubrics and CRTs to IEPs for easy reference!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us live! Here’s to finishing the school year strong and thriving in 2025! 🚀🎉

Did you miss this event? Email hello@slptoolkit.com to get on the list for future community webinars.