I am an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist and have provided speech-language therapy services through my private practice, Jill Shook Therapy, since 2015. In 2017, I decided that I was tired of having to reinvent the wheel whenever I had a question about my practice, because I couldn’t afford to spend hundreds of dollars on a course, and nothing I found seemed to have the information listed out in steps. I sat down to write out a “quick checklist” for other SLPs… and 10 months later had created my own 4-hour course that I called Private Practice Prep School. I posted it to Teachable. It spread quickly by word of mouth, and by the time I closed the doors in 2019, hundreds of SLPs had benefited from it. I re-recorded the course and launched it via Northern Speech Services in 2019, so it could reach as many SLPs as possible. It’s now called Private Practice Essentials and offers 3.5 ASHA CEU’s. I still see private speech therapy clients part time in addition to consulting and presenting, because I am so passionate about supporting other SLPs. I love to spend time with my family, and on the rare occasion that I have a spare minute, I love to run, read trashy romance novels and nonfiction history (my record is 146 books in 2021), and indulge in Handel's Ice Cream (my favorite flavor is Banana Cream Pie. Have you tried it?)