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📢 Now Hiring: Part-Time Marketing Contractor
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Happy New Year! 🥳 I'm looking for a standout person to join the Tactus Therapy team in a rewarding part-time contract position. Since you've already expressed an interest in what we're doing, I thought you should have the first opportunity to apply for this flexible, non-clinical, work-from-home job. If you're a strong writer, have an eye for design, and have some experience in marketing, then this could be the perfect job for you! Put your medical speech therapy knowledge to work in a whole new way.
Let me know if you have any questions. Applications will be accepted through January 18, 2026. I hope we get to work together! -Megan P.S. Please forward this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. P.P.S. Want all the nitty-gritty? Informed Jobs breaks down the details for SLP job seekers, and I'm a big fan of transparency. |
Megan @ Tactus Therapy
I'm a speech-language pathologist & co-founder of Tactus. Tactus offers evidence-based apps for aphasia therapy and lots of free resources, articles, and education - like this newsletter. Sign up to get my updates 1-2 times a month.
About six years ago, I published a short e-book called Setting Goals in Aphasia Therapy. This 11-page PDF has been downloaded more than 11,500 times. 🤯 Apparently, lots of SLPs want help writing goals! 🙋♀️ One page of the e-book is a template for writing SMART goals, the kind payors want to see. Goals need to be specific, measurable, relevant, and time-bound so we know when they’ve been achieved. ✅ The template asks you helpful questions… but sometimes what you really need are ideas for what...
I saw this post recently from an SLP who described feeling so “on” all day: back-to-back patients, constant talking, cueing, thinking, modeling. By the time she got home, she couldn’t even bring herself to speak. 😩 If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. In a 2024 survey, 62% of SLPs reported symptoms of burnout. In medical settings, we can see 8, 9, 10 patients a day. There’s no built-in quiet time. No pause between sessions. Being fully “on” for hours straight takes a toll. We were...
After an acquired brain injury, subtraction often breaks down before addition. Not because it’s “harder math," but because it tends to place greater demands on working memory and executive function (Dehaene et al., 2003). Try this in your head: Most people get this quickly. 5 tens plus 7 ones = 57. Let's do another: This time, you have to hold 40 in your mind, subtract 10, then subtract 7 - mentally tracking each step to get 23. Same numbers. Different cognitive load. That extra mental...