Can AI Write Our Communication Goals?

SIGN UP FOR GOALS WEEK, OUR LIVE BOOTCAMP HERE! A lot of SLPs are using AI to help write goals. Some of us chose it, some of us had a district choose for us, and some of us just opened our documentation software one day and there it was. So let's say it out loud and talk about what actually matters. Nicole recorded this one with 20 minutes before her next meeting (spoiler alert: she went two minutes over). She shares where she stands on AI and why she ended up in the middle, the three big reasons so many of us reach for it at goal writing time, and a question from a special education professor's blog post that she thinks we should all be asking about every sentence we write about a child. WHAT YOU'LL HEAR INSIDE THIS EPISODE Why this episode is not about whether AI is good or bad Nicole's stance: not an AI purist, not fully anti-AI either What it's like for an all-or-nothing brain to live in the middle A business mastermind full of goat milk soap makers (it's relevant, promise) The three reasons so many of us use AI for goal writing The hours she used to spend staring at a blinking cursor for one goal Why AI goals can sound perfect and still miss the point, or miss IDEA The question underneath David Bateman's list: can I stand behind this sentence about this child? Why Aligned Practice doesn't require AI at all Here's the blog post mentioned in this episode: https://spedlawblog.com/2026/06/23/using-artificial-intelligence-ai-to-assist-in-writing-iep-goals/