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Spelling and the Speech Language Pathologist
Okay, true confession, I am a terrible speller. I went to parochial school and we had weekly spelling bees and tests. I consistently was the first one out in the spelling bee. The nuns would try to teach me and I remember one of them proclaiming ”…
One Way to Up Your Student’s Reading Activity
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…
How to take an old favorite read aloud and construct a Common Core lesson
How do you take an old favorite and incorporate all the common core standards that you need to cover in your class? Can you still do a read aloud and still be able to get what you need to get done for the curriculum? YES,…
Executive Dysfunction: Who is this child?
What is Executive Functioning? Johnny races into the room and you can nearly feel the wind as he passes you by. His desk is a mess and homework papers if returned, look like they were run over by a truck. If you inform the parent…
A Easter Egg Theme Lesson: Autism Acceptance Month
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: What should go in the ‘S” section
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…
Confused about Writing Social Skills Goals for IEPS?
When we are writing social skills goals for IEPs although we are looking at the big picture we need to narrow down our topic so that it is achievable in the time that we to work with the student. If we have a child who…
Writing Speech and Language Goals
Are you always on time with your paperwork? Do you get 100% on every test? Are you always right? You are probably saying of course not. You need to think about this when writing your goals for your students. They are having therapy because they…
Spring 2017 Examples of Good Student Goals
Where are you going? How will you get there? These are important questions at the beginning of the semester treatment. 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…