Cozy chats about speech, language and learning
One of my favorite things to do in the summer is read on the beach. When that reading transforms my thinking or my practice of teaching I feel doubly gifted. Edrenaline Rush by John Meehan is one such book. This may end up being a series as…
How do you work with mixed groups in speech and language therapy? Working in groups in speech and language therapy can be challenging. Often the students will not all be on the same level. You may need to work with a classroom group in which…
Most of us engage in conversation easily so we give no thought to the dynamics that are involved in a conversation which can make teaching the skills needed for conversation difficult. If you think of a time that you were involved in a social situation…
Just when you are thinking that you are safe from observations, the state changes the evaluation requirements and you are again required to have announced and unannounced observations! Now don’t get me wrong I love what I do. I am proud of the work that…
When we have a structure supported with simple behavioral routines and visuals our classroom and therapy sessions are more effective and focused. This benefits not just the student but also you as the instructor giving you a framework for your sessions. I find that if…
I work with some amazing team members and yesterday while waiting for a meeting to begin there was a sharing of some new strategies that had been tried to reduce stress and promote attention. They demonstrated the procedures and talked about some mutual cases that…
I am happy to welcome Rosemarie Griffin as a guest blogger. I feel it is important to have an understanding of the variety of treatments that are available to students with autism. Rosemarie Griffin is both a speech-language pathologist and a certified behavior analyst so…
What is Executive Functioning? Johnny races into the room and you can nearly feel the wind as he passes you by. His desk is a mess and homework papers if returned, look like they were run over by a truck. If you inform the parent…
When you are working with a student that has language and social pragmatic difficulties it may be harder for you to verbally explain a social skill or rule. Many of these students are visual learners so you need to think of how can I assist…
There are some great commercial games that will assist students in learning not just pragmatics but problem-solving and inferencing. You just need to make sure that you are giving them the supports they need to play. Guess Who Here is one support: it is…