Why use AI in your speech pathology practice?

Speech pathologists spend 30–50% of their week on unbilled admin tasks. AI can help you with reports, session prep, resource generation, keeping up with regulations, business management and EBP/ research—so you spend more time with clients and less time buried in paperwork.

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: polished emails in seconds, not hours. 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:
➡️ Automate follow-ups with ChatGPT’s Task Scheduler (04 mini high): 

“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" 

Now AI pings you—and your practice stays on track.

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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Ready to Dive Deeper?

These quick wins are just the start. In ChatGPT Essentials for Speech Pathologists you’ll get  10 step-by-step Lessons, prompt guides and worksheets—designed to save you hours per week.

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Spend less time on admin. Spend more time changing lives.