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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…
Using visual strategies to teach social language
When you are working with a student that has language and social pragmatic difficulties it may be harder for you to verbally explain a social skill or rule. Many of these students are visual learners so you need to think of how can I assist…
Using Commercial Games in Speech Therapy
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…
Finding resources to assist in speech therapy and in the classroom
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…
Sparking a Child’s Interest to Help Focus
School for some children can be hard. Children that learn differently may need more time to understand the curriculum, they may need more repetition or different presentation than their peers. Something that can assist in spark a child’s interest is using a character that they…
