AI for Speech Therapists
Cut your SLP paperwork in half with ChatGPT — without risking student privacy. 8 hands-on lessons, a privacy-first spine, and a certificate.
You did not become a speech-language pathologist to write progress reports until 9 p.m. Yet ASHA’s own 2024 Schools Survey puts the average school-based SLP at six hours a week on documentation, carrying a median caseload of 50 against the 40 most call manageable — and names paperwork the single greatest challenge in every facility type. More than a quarter of SLPs say they’re considering leaving the profession.
This course gives those hours back — without ever putting a student at risk. It is the beginner, free-ChatGPT, privacy-first paperwork workflow the field has been missing. The spine of every lesson is one rule: de-identify first, and the clinician owns every decision. You will never paste a real student’s information into a prompt, and you’ll know exactly when a task crosses the line that requires a HIPAA-compliant tool instead.
Across eight short lessons you’ll build a repeatable system: strip identifiers safely, turn session notes into a parent-ready summary in about five minutes, draft measurable IEP goals you modify and own, generate leveled therapy materials with no student data, and handle parent and teacher messages in your own voice. You finish with a capstone that runs the whole pipeline on a de-identified case and a six-point self-audit you can reuse on Monday.
What You'll Learn
- Explain why consumer ChatGPT is not HIPAA-compliant and what de-identification actually requires
- Apply the 18-identifier Safe-Harbor strip to a session note before any AI use
- Use ChatGPT to turn de-identified session notes into a parent-ready progress summary
- Apply the condition/behavior/criterion structure to draft measurable, IDEA-aligned IEP goals
- Use AI to produce leveled therapy materials and parent messages with zero student data
- Evaluate when free ChatGPT is enough versus when a BAA-backed tool is required
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What You'll Build
Course Syllabus
Who Is This For?
- School-based SLPs drowning in documentation, IEPs, and progress reports
- Private-practice SLPs, SLPAs, and clinical fellows new to AI
- Clinicians who want AI's time savings but refuse to gamble with student privacy
- SLP supervisors evaluating whether and how their team should adopt AI
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need any AI experience to take this course?
No. It's built for SLPs who have never pasted a prompt into ChatGPT. Every step is spelled out, and Lesson 1 gets you set up in minutes.
Is it safe to use ChatGPT with student information?
Only de-identified information. The entire course is built on one rule — de-identify first — and Lesson 2 teaches you exactly how, including when a HIPAA-compliant, BAA-backed tool is required instead.
Which AI tool does this use?
Free ChatGPT for the workflows, with an explicit lesson on when free is enough versus when you must pay for a BAA-backed clinical tool.
Will I get a certificate?
Yes. Complete all 8 lessons and pass the capstone self-audit for a verifiable certificate you can add to your CV or CEU record.
