Cozy chats about speech, language and learning
When I was studying to be a speech and language pathologist back in the dark ages there was a topic of discussion ” Is it art or is it science?” This discussion is definitely applicable to determining treatment time. You do need to look at…
Some of you are doing an excellent job with your lesson plans. I am putting some of the sections here so that you can see some great examples. Grace constructed this for part of her lesson for a young girl with an articulation disorder. Notice:…
Here are some examples of some great goals this semester. Sometimes looking at other goals help to formulate your own. Apraxia Casey wrote: Goal: By the end of the semester, CHILD will improve intelligibility as evidenced by the accurate production of final /g/ at the…
Speech Sound Therapy: ( articulation or phonological approach) My philosophy and methodology for articulation have changed over time as new research and my own experiences began to shape how I provided treatment. Below is a list of some of the treatment approaches for articulation. In…
Old MacDonald is a favorite song of the students that I work with. This simple song has choice making and a sentence request board. This particular song is great for language learning. It is an easy melody for children to learn The repeating chorus helps…
I love my job! Today I was working through the kindergarten speech and language screening and having such a fabulous time talking to these 5-year-olds. Part of the test is having the students repeat words after me. I say “Bib”, the child says, “Bib”. One…
My plan this summer was to create units using literature and having all the resources in one place. As I have been using children’s literature I have been able to discover that there are some stories in which some of the extensions to create deeper…
I have always loved incorporating rhymes and music into my lessons. Music assists in memory, developing language, and often a child’s first vocalization can come as they try to sing along. When we are working with children with minimal verbal language skills we need to…
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. Why is this important for written language? 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…