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Some helpful therapy ideas

Some helpful therapy ideas

We are off to a GREAT start this semester. I wanted to share some of the great ideas in terms of the set up of the clinic room, therapy ideas and data management systems that your fellow clinicians are using: Stacy set up her room…

The Steve Gleason Act of 2015 needs your support

The Steve Gleason Act of 2015 needs your support

  Please support H.R. 628 (The Steve Gleason Act of 2015) as it will help protect Medicare beneficiary access to the communications technologies. The bill aims to do this by achieving two goals: (1) removing SGDs from the DME payment category of “Capped Rental” and…

Can I have one more minute please!

Can I have one more minute please!

    How many of you plead for one more minute when the alarm clock goes off?  This is the feeling that students sometimes feel when their break is over. They want to extend it by a little bit. We need to teach students how…

Augmentative  Communication Device:  ProxPad

Augmentative Communication Device: ProxPad

It is so exciting when you are part of having a child discover the joys of communication. In my profession as a speech and language pathologist I get to experience this not only with my own children but those that I see as a speech…

Developing Student Goals

Developing Student Goals

  How do you know how to write goals for your students?   The first thing that you need to do is to have some baseline testing that will assist you in knowing where the student is. Once you have the baseline testing evaluate what…

Would you turn back home if you forgot your cell phone?  The importance of schedules.

Would you turn back home if you forgot your cell phone? The importance of schedules.

Would you be lost without your Smartphone? How many of you would go back home if you realized that you had forgotten your phone?   Why is this? It keeps us organized, informed and connected to our world. That is very similar to what the…

Survival Guide for a Student Speech and Language Clinician First Session

Survival Guide for a Student Speech and Language Clinician First Session

This is it. You finally have your first clinical assignment.  A multitude of feelings come over you, excitement about finally being able to “do” the task that you have been putting so much academic effort into, anxiety about what your client will be like, the…