Filling the Void: Realizing Your Worth to Open the Practice of Your Dreams

Educator

Admin

SLP

Parent

SLP: private practice/business

Business Tools

Have you ever felt the desire to open a private practice that you know will immediately fill a void and increase access to therapy for underserved populations in your community? Realizing your worth as a clinician is the first step. Voz Speech Therapy opened its doors in 2018 in Washington, DC to serve culturally and linguistically diverse populations due to only 8.5% of ASHA constituents self-identifying as multilingual service providers. This course will discuss Dr. Jaramillo's entrepreneurial journey and how she successfully transitioned from employee to business owner by understanding her niche, marketing her services, hiring an incredible team, and overcoming challenges to build a thriving business. Voz Speech Therapy remains the only fully bilingual speech therapy practice in the DMV with plans to expand in the next few months.

Presenters

Ana-Maria Jaramillo
SLPD, CCC-SLP
Ana-Maria Jaramillo (pronouns: she/her/ella) is a bilingual pediatric SLP and the owner/founder of Voz Speech Therapy, the only fully bilingual private practice in the DMV. When she isn’t treating patients or teaching, Dr. Jaramillo is actively speaking at local high schools and offering webinars on ways to diversify and combat racism in the field of SLP with her organization, DiverCity SLP.

Learning Objectives

Identify their niche, as well as 4-5 key steps to launch their private practice.
List several effective marketing strategies to increase patient volume and overall presence in the community.
Discuss how to scale their practice by expanding services, hiring staff, and maintaining quality while managing growth.

Agenda

5 minutes	Welcome and introduction
5 minutes	Why take the leap?
10 minutes	Identifying your niche
10 minutes	Establishing your business
10 minutes	Marketing your practice
10 minutes	Scaling your practice
5 minutes	Exploring other business ventures
5 minutes	Conclusion

Disclosures

Financial Disclosures:	Ana-Maria Jaramillo is the owner/founder of Voz Speech Therapy and co-creator of DiverCity SLP. She is receiving an honorarium as compensation for presenting in this BIZCon Series.
Non-Financial Disclosures:	Ana-Maria Jaramillo has no non-financial relationships to disclose.
Content Disclosures:	Ana-Maria Jaramillo has no additional content information to disclose.

ASHA

This course is offered for .1 ASHA CEUs, Introductory Level, Professional Area