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Why use AI in your speech pathology practice?
Administrative work can take substantial time in a speech pathology practice. AI may help with drafting, session preparation and finding information, but the time saved depends on the task and the checking required.
Here are some ways Speech Pathologists & Allied Health Professionals can use AI to save time on admin and lighten the load.
Client Communications
You finish a session, write your notes and then realise you need to send a message or email to the family to help with carryover. You've almost used all of your billed note time just writing your clinical SOAP note and don't have much time to squeeze this in.
AI Tip:
Give ChatGPT your bulleted session points and ask:
“Turn these into a concise parent-friendly email encouraging home practice using XYZ.”
Result: an email draft to review for accuracy, tone and relevance before sending. Improving client correspondence and engagement
Repetitive Therapy Planning
Every week you rewrite similar activity ideas for articulation, language, or fluency goals. Putting time and energy into tailoring session activities to each clients interests can be exhausting.
AI Tip:
Create a session planning project
Turn on Web Search
Prompt ChatGPT with:
“Create 5 play-based /l/ articulation tasks for a 5 year old using clinic toy items”
You’ll get fresh, targeted activities you can use and save for your sessions in seconds.
Ethical & Inclusive AI Use
Worried about bias or neurodiversity-affirming language when you lean on AI? Wondering which AI platforms are ok to use in your work as a speech pathologist?
AI Tip:
Add custom instructions for your AI to consider the framework and approaches you use:
“I am a speech pathologist working with young people and neurodivergent adults helping them build social relationships. Ensure the language used is neuro-affirming and trauma informed”
It’s a built-in setting that aligns AI with your own clinical focus and values.
Time-Consuming Research
Keeping on top of new studies, NDIS changes, or professional guidelines can feel overwhelming.
AI Tip:
Use “Deep Research” tool or the built-in web-browse feature:
“Summarize the latest NDIS price guide updates in bullet points.”
"Find journal articles published in Australia in the last 5 years in the area of X"
Use “Uploads” tool to ask Chat GPT questions about any doc/pdf.
Stay informed without clicking through 20 tabs. Shaving hours off this task.
Manual Admin Reminders
You’ve missed deadlines, billing runs, or team check-ins because they slipped your mind.
AI Tip: Ask ChatGPT to schedule a reminder where scheduled tasks are available in your account. Check the confirmation, time zone and notification settings. See current scheduled-task guidance.
“Remind me every Monday at 9 AM to review Xero reconciliations.”
"Generate 5 team building exercises for me to consider for my upcoming team meeting, send them on Friday at 9am"
Check that reminders arrive as expected, and keep important deadlines in your usual practice systems too.
Under-Leveraged AI Potential
You use ChatGPT occasionally—but you know there’s more it could do.
AI Tip:
Grab my free 10 Ways to Use ChatGPT for Speech Pathologists handout to spark ideas you might not have tried yet.
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