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Including All Children in the Curriculum

Including All Children in the Curriculum

We will explore strategies and considerations for adapting the curriculum to meet the needs of all students.

Playing Games to Enhance Student’s Receptive and Expressive Language Skills

Playing Games to Enhance Student’s Receptive and Expressive Language Skills

Language skills play a pivotal role in a student’s cognitive, social, and emotional development. Among these skills, receptive and expressive language abilities form the foundation for effective communication and interaction. In this blog, we’ll delve into the key aspects of teaching students receptive and expressive…

Four Ways to Provide Supports to the Curriculum

Four Ways to Provide Supports to the Curriculum

The Law The most significant legislative action that affected children with disabilities passed in 1975 with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. This legislation means that students with disabilities have equal access to a free and appropriate public education. Access means that that students…

Examples of Speech and Language Goals

Examples of Speech and Language Goals

Constructing goals can be a difficult task. If you think about this process as a multi-step activity it will assist you. You begin treatment with a student by reviewing the history of the child. In reading this and speaking with the family you may have…

Lesson Plans for Speech Pathologists: More Information for Beginning Sessions

Lesson Plans for Speech Pathologists: More Information for Beginning Sessions

When we write a lesson plan we are integrating information from what we know about a client and what we want to know about the client. I understand that It may be difficult sometimes to write the beginning lesson plans as you are needing to…

How to Work with Mixed Groups in Speech and Language Therapy

How to Work with Mixed Groups in Speech and Language Therapy

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…

Origin Of The Partnership Between SLPs And Teachers

Origin Of The Partnership Between SLPs And Teachers

The origin of the partnership between SLPs and teachers begins at the preservice level. This affliation of a speech and language pathologist and the classroom and special education teacher is a key colloboration for students with communication disorders. One way to solidify this relationship is…

Homework an Important Connection

Homework an Important Connection

Home programming is an important part of speech and language therapy so that what the child is learning in the therapy room has practice outside of the treatment room. This seems very logical but what exactly should this be? First one needs to consider the…

Diary of a Teacher/Speech Pathologist Observation

Diary of a Teacher/Speech Pathologist Observation

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…

Inexpensive Speech Therapy or Classroom Material to Promote Active Participation

Sometimes the best materials are ones that are inexpensive, readily available and easy to use. I am someone who is never without her cup filled with water and a straw.  I have straws stored at home, in the car and at school so I always have…