Cozy chats about speech, language and learning
In honor of Autism Acceptance month, I am sharing a fun lesson I do with my students AND giving you a chance to enter a raffle for a ten dollar TPT card ( April 2017). I love using themes in my lessons. It helps students…
SOAP Notes: SOAP notes are a way to quickly communicate about what went on in a therapy session. The initials stand for: S: SUBJECTIVE O: OBJECTIVE A: ASSESSMENT P: PLAN You are writing them in the clinic it is because this is often what is…
Where are you going? How will you get there? These are important questions at the beginning of the semester treatment. Ā Here is are some examples of great goals this semester. Make sure you explore some of the other posts that also have examples of goals…
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…
Ā 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…
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 theĀ 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…
What do you think of when you think of popsicle sticks? Does it bring up memories of enjoying a summer day with your friends while you ate a cool treat? Do you think of the pleasure of splitting a double pop to share with your…
I am presently participating in American Speech Language and Hearing’s online conference Improving Intelligibility in Children . Ā 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…