Are You Ready to Grow Your Private Practice but Unsure How to Hire the Right Team?
Expanding your private practice is exciting, but hiring the right employees or contractors can feel overwhelming. Making the wrong decision can lead to financial setbacks, compliance issues, and even impact the quality of services you provide. But with the right guidance, hiring doesn’t have to be stressful!
This live online workshop will walk you through every step of the hiring process—helping you confidently decide whether to bring on employees or contractors, stay legally compliant, and build a team that aligns with your practice’s goals.
If you're ready to grow your team and streamline the hiring process, this workshop is for you!
📅 When: March 29th, 2025
💻 Where: Online
⏰ Time: 9 AM – 10:30AM PST/12 PM – 1:30PM EST
💰 Investment: $149
What You'll Learn:
✅Understanding Your Business Needs – Assess when and why you should hire.
✅ Employee vs. Contractor – Know the legal and financial differences.
✅ The Hiring Process – From writing a job description to finding and interviewing top candidates.
✅ Setting a Budget for Recruitment – Plan for hiring costs without breaking the bank.
✅ Onboarding & Retention Strategies – Train, manage, and retain a productive team.
Who Should Attend?
✔️ SLP Private Practice Owners looking to grow their team
✔️ SLPs unsure whether to hire employees or contractors
✔️ Practice owners who want to streamline hiring & onboarding
✔️ Those who want to avoid costly hiring mistakes
Hiring the right team is one of the most important decisions you’ll make for your business. With the right strategy, you can build a team that supports your growth, improves client outcomes, and keeps you legally compliant. Don't let uncertainty hold you back—join this live workshop and gain the clarity and confidence you need to hire successfully.
Register now and take the next step toward growing your practice with the right team in place!
MEET YOUR PRESENTERS
Melissa Jakubowitz, MS, CCC-SLP
Melissa started her career in public schools, then opened a successful brick and mortar private practice that she owned for 20+ years before moving to telepractice. She then worked for a start-up telepractice company, where she was the 2nd hire and developed and ran the clinical department as well as developed the clinician training, policies and procedures as well as training for the marketing and sales staff. Melissa worked and managed well over 500 clinicians (SLPs, OTs, Mental/Behavioral Health Professionals). She left to start eLiveNow.
Melissa is an ASHA fellow and has been actively involved in both her state (CSHA) and national (ASHA) association by serving on numerous boards and committees. She served on the CSHA Board of Directors for 15 years culminating in a successful two year term as CSHA President. Melissa has also served on many ASHA Boards and Committees including serving as the Chair of the Convention Telepractice Committee and Co-Chair of the 2018 ASHA Convention.
Adrienne Wallace, MBA, MS, CCC-SLP
Adrienne started her SLP career in public and charter schools before working as a telepractice SLP. She ultimately became a senior manager of over 80 telepractice SLPs. As a manager, she was responsible for hiring, training, organizing professional development programs, establishing best practices in issues related to telepractice, and ensuring compliance with licensing regulations. Adrienne left the company and started Online Speech Services.
Adrienne decided to go back to school to earn her MBA in Business Administration. In addition to providing direct services to clients in her telepractice business, Adrienne also offers consulting, webinars, and online courses to help others add telepractice to their service delivery offerings. She has trained over a thousand speech-language pathologists in appropriate telepractice service delivery. She has presented at the annual American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention and served on the ASHA Convention Telepractice Topic Committee.
