Group Therapy Gold: Tiny Talkers Classes and Curriculum with Meghan Samuels
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What is the overall focus of this Private Practice Success Stories episode?
Starting a private practice isn't what it used to be. Today's clinicians are starting private practices much quicker, easier, and cheaper than before. And they aren't guessing their way through it or getting stuck in analysis paralysis, they're following a tried-and-trude roadmap in order to save time, money, and frustration. There is no reason to reinvent the wheel or struggle to figure out how to start a private practice on your own. We've helped thousands of SLPs and OTs through this process and now we want to help you too. For a limited time, I'm offering a free copy of our private practice roadmap, specifically for SLPs and OTs who are curious about private practice and want to see what the journey looks like.
To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode! Megan Samuels is a pediatric speech language pathologist with a private practice in Nashville, Tennessee, called Tiny Talkers.
How did Meghan Samuels decide to leave traditional employment and start Tiny Talkers?
She started her private practice in order to have more flexibility, work life balance, and time to spend with her family. In this episode, she talks about how she started offering language enrichment groups to toddlers of preschoolers in her area and then expanded this idea and began selling the curriculum to other S. Yeah. If you're interested in learning more about different private practice models, this is a must-listen episode, so stay tuned. I'm Jenna Castro-Kasbon, speech language pathologist, business coach, and creator of the Start Your Private Practice System. And I'm on a mission to turn stuck SLPs into successful private practitioners. If you're tired of dealing with high productivity requirements, high caseload sizes, and low pay, it's time to take control of your professional, personal, and financial life and finally get the freedom, flexibility, and financial abundance that you deserve by working with private clients in your own practice.
Join me here each week as I share tips, best practices, and inspirational interviews on the Private Practice Success Stories podcast. If you're a private practitioner or one in the making, you're in the right place, so let's get started. Yeah. All right, so before we dive in, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice? I'm
Megan Samuel. I am in Nashville, Tennessee, and my practice is Tiny Talkers PLLC.
So I'm so excited to talk to you today because you are offering something pretty cool through your private practice. And we're gonna talk about that when we get there. Talk about what your private practice looks like right now. Can you please share a little bit about your journey to private practice? Maybe either how you got into the field or at what point did you start thinking about private practice?
Yeah. So I I have been an SLP for 10 years and in grad school I knew I picked the right field. I loved everything about it.
What inspired Meghan to create language‑enrichment small groups for toddlers and preschoolers?
I loved working with children and I really felt like it was the perfect mix for me. But then I started here at Nashville, my my first job was in the school system. I worked for three years in the school system. And the first part, it was fun and exciting. I had a lot to learn. And I just really took advantage of that, learning the IUT process, all of that. But then by the second year, I was already feeling like, okay, can I do this? Can I continue this? But I actually got switched to an early childhood center within our district. They were trialing Early voluntary pre kindergarten here in Natcheville. And they were working closely with Vanderbilt. And this was a model location that they were trying out. And I was chosen to be the SLP on site.
And I love that. I worked there for two years. Got to work really closely with an OT. And I just fell in love with doing co traits, working in roots and really just pushing into the classroom. Loved everything about it. I did some phonological awareness groups within the general education classrooms and it was really wonderful. Then I got married and needed a change. I was working on ITs late at night.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the overall focus of this Private Practice Success Stories episode?
0:00–1:00
2
How did Meghan Samuels decide to leave traditional employment and start Tiny Talkers?
1:00–3:10
3
What inspired Meghan to create language‑enrichment small groups for toddlers and preschoolers?
3:10–5:33
4
How did she develop and launch the Tiny Talkers Group Curriculum for other SLPs?
5:33–7:58
5
What time‑saving planning strategies does Meghan use for her group sessions?
7:58–11:55
6
How does she structure her practice with contractors and manage client locations?
11:55–13:53
7
What marketing and referral tactics does Tiny Talkers use to grow its reach?
13:53–17:44
8
What are Meghan’s next steps and future goals for Tiny Talkers?
17:44–37:02
Speakers
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