Speech-Language & Special Education Consulting
Most staffing shortages
aren't staffing shortages. They're efficiency problems in disguise.
Dr. Brandi Breaux spent twenty years as a speech-language pathologist and special education leader learning the difference. Monarch consults across the full continuum of special education — with a specialist's eye on speech-language services that few generalist consultants bring.
The Real Problem
Districts don't just need more staff. They need the practices underneath the shortage to actually work.
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Eligibility drifts toward a medical model
Students get qualified for speech services under a medical framework rather than the educational-impact standard the law actually requires — inflating caseloads with students who don't need direct SLP time.
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Blanket goals absorb SLP capacity
Broad, generic goals get written and delivered as speech services when a special education teacher could address them just as effectively — work that never needed to sit on an SLP's caseload.
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Schedules go unmanaged
Caseloads and calendars evolve informally over years, campus by campus, until nobody can say how a day is actually spent — or how much true capacity a team really has.
What Monarch Does
Six ways into the same problem
Every engagement draws on two decades as a practicing speech-language pathologist — the lens that sets Monarch apart, applied across the full continuum of special education.
Speech-Language Program Review
A specialist's audit of speech-language eligibility, service delivery, and caseload practices — the area where Monarch's expertise runs deepest.
SLP Workload & Staffing Studies
Caseload and workload analysis that right-sizes SLP staffing and separates true FTE need from assumed need.
Instructional Coaching
Hands-on coaching for SLPs, SLP Assistants, and special education teams on service delivery, scheduling, and documentation practices.
Leadership Development
Coaching and support for special education directors and coordinators navigating staffing, compliance, and team management.
Special Education Programming
Consulting on eligibility practices, service delivery models, and compliance alignment across the continuum of services.
Professional Development
Full-day and half-day PD sessions for SLP teams and special education staff, built around each district's real caseload data.
Track Record
Twenty years of this exact work
Program evaluations, staffing studies, and coaching partnerships delivered for school districts across Texas — the projects Monarch's approach was built on.
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Staffing & Workload
Led district-wide speech-language staffing and workload reviews for large & small school districts, identifying the true FTE gap and driving measurable improvements in staffing budget, scheduling, retention, and service efficiency.
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Program Evaluation
Conducted multi-phase program evaluations with coordination of improvement initiatives at the state, district & school level including delivery of full findings, recommendations, & progress reporting to district leadership/school boards.
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Ongoing Coaching
Delivery direct coaching partnership with district SLP Coordinators on staffing efficiency, team goals, and caseload practices into the current school year.
About Monarch
Dr. Brandi Breaux, CCC-SLP
Brandi began her career as a speech-language pathologist and later Coordinator of Speech and Related Services at Clear Creek ISD, then spent several years leading program evaluations and staffing studies for school districts across the United States as a consultant and VP of Client Development.
She consults across the full range of special education — but her clinical background as a practicing SLP is what sets her apart. She sees what a generalist consultant misses in speech-language eligibility, caseloads, and service delivery, because she's done the work herself.
In 2025 she founded Monarch Educational Services to bring that expertise directly to districts under her own name — helping special education leaders solve staffing shortages, budget constraints, compliance shortfalls, & district alignment issues by fixing the practices that create them.
- DoctorateEd.D., Educational Leadership — Texas Tech University
- Graduate & UndergraduateMA & BA, Communication Disorders — Louisiana State University
- CertificationCCC-SLP, ASHA
- Based inLeague City, TX - works nationally
“A strong report is the starting point for us. The real value is everything after — working alongside district leaders and educators on the actionable steps toward improvement, together.”
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