Cozy chats about speech, language and learning
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…
The internet has allowed us as clinicians to have research-based resources at our fingertips but sometimes finding these resources can take a treasure map. Here are some great resources: Reading Comprehension: Readworks The nonprofit ReadWorks provides K-12 teachers with what to teach and how…
Learning vocabulary is a more complex skill than just remembering the definition of a word, you need to have an understanding of the concept being taught. One way to teach concepts then is to give examples and non-examples of the words. When one gives an…
I was about to graduate from high school and unfortunately economics in the country at that time were bleak. I was fortunate that I lived in New York City and at that time City College system was tuition free . I was working as a…
My students love this game! You have been invited to a Potluck dinner What are you bringing to the potluck? Can we guess what it might be? This is a receptive/expressive language activity that can be played multiple ways. I was trying to have my…
It is great that there are so many great materials that can be used in speech therapy but we need to recognize that these are tools and not the therapy. So just as you would not say that a house was built by a ‘hammer’…
Are you igniting your student’s high order thinking skills or are you stuck at the basic recall of information questions? If you are attempting to create opportunities for Bloom’s Taxonomy of questions giving a range and depth to what we are requiring for students how are…
Wish that writing therapy goals were as simple as child’s play but alas they are not. In the clinic, there is a need to write these goals according to the practices that you learned in pre-practicum. Here is a PowerPoint that explains the procedure. Writing Goals and…
I am presently participating in American Speech Language and Hearing’s online conference Improving Intelligibility in Children . Similar to going to a conference I sometimes feel that I wish my brain had a lid and I could just open it up and download all the…
Parent/Speech Therapist meetings are a chance to celebrate and to collaborate with the families of the children we are seeing. Welcome/ Invite/ Observe/ Listen: create an environment that is welcoming and encourages a conversation. I like your meetings to have a sandwich effect: Start out…