Cozy chats about speech, language and learning
Super Duper Publications has a product Token Towers   (http://www.superduperinc.com/products/view.aspx?pid=chips22#.U6YPR41dUQQ) that I consistently use in my therapy sessions to visually reinforce my students. When they reach a particular mark they get a sticker for their chart and when the chart is filled they get a…
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…
 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…
Similar to evaluating oral language we need to evaluate written language. When we are looking at writing we want to examine the student’s sample in several ways. Conventions/ Mechanics (spelling, punctuation) Structure/ Organization (Does it have a beginning, middle and end, is there use of…
Would you be lost without your Smartphone? How many of you would go back home if you realized that you had forgotten your phone? Â Why is this? It keeps us organized, informed and connected to our world. That is very similar to what the…
 I am reading ” The Last Lecture”  a book written by Randy Pausch, a Computer Scientist who passed away 2008 from cancer. He was asked to give a lecture as if would be his last, unfortunately when asked he had actually been given just months…
SMART goals are an essential part of the work of a speech and language pathologist. Here is a reference that has many resources for SMART goals. SMART goals http://prakovic.wikispaces.com/Goal+Writing We need to make SMART goals not only for our students but also for ourselves. S:…
Each year I chose a classic story and use that has the basis of my lessons. I Â feel that it is important that our children learn the classics and not just the Disney versions of stories. So much of our literature is part…
It is really important that when we are working with children with special needs that we think about age appropriate materials. There are times that this is called “ Normalization” as it is insuring that we are exposing and allowing the person with disabilities to…
As a speech and language pathologist we often are going from case to case. Our students are coming in from something different and they too need time to adjust to therapy session. Rules and routines assist in setting up the session so that it is…