Cozy chats about speech, language and learning
This semester at Providence College we tried a flip class in the Communication Disorders Class with readings and PowerPoints happening outside of class and during class, we did activities that would support language development. Besides for the reading and response to blog entries students were…
Have you been to a movie lately? What happens before the main movie? You typically are watching movie previews. Why do movie theaters do this? They want to entice you to want to see the movie that they are previewing. The same thing should happen…
 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…
When we are working with a child it is important that we are working at their appropriate reading level. How do we determine this?
Good children’s literature can be the vehicle to teach story grammar. I love ” The Scarecrow’s Hat” by Ken Brown to teach story sequencing as there is a very clear story sequence structure. ” The Scarecrow’s Hat” is a story in which the chicken admires…
Listening Comprehension skills versus Reading Comprehension Skills I know that it may be confusing when you are writing goals but if you are the person that is reading the story to a child what we are measuring is listening. If the child is the only…
Story Retell: Story Retell is one way to measure listening or reading comprehension. This is usually done using a rubric as there are so many elements that need to be measured as well as the support that you may be giving to the student. Reading…
In the summer of 2015 students at Providence College had a project to examine communication disorders and to construct a lesson plan for a read aloud. They needed to take a trade book with a multicultural theme and prepare a 3-day lesson plan that incorporated…
We have been spending a great deal of time understanding oral language. Â Why is this important for written language? Â What is the correlation? Here is a great PowerPoint from the Department of Education: Oral and written language2 Some have found the paragraph’s graphs confusing…
A common therapy goal is for a child to increase comprehension skills as measured by their ability to answer questions. It is important, however, to consider the type of question that is being asked. There is a difference between ” Who broke the chair in…