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Increasing Student’s Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOT)
Are you igniting your student’s high order thinking skills or are you stuck at the basic recall of information questions? If you are attempting to create opportunities for Bloom’s Taxonomy of questions giving a range and depth to what we are requiring for students how are…
Some Sample Clinical Goals Fall 2016: How to Write
Wish that writing therapy goals were as simple as child’s play but alas they are not. In the clinic, there is a need to write these goals according to the practices that you learned in pre-practicum. Here is a PowerPoint that explains the procedure. Writing Goals and…
Popsicle sticks: Use in education
What do you think of when you think of popsicle sticks? Does it bring up memories of enjoying a summer day with your friends while you ate a cool treat? Do you think of the pleasure of splitting a double pop to share with your…
Goal Objectives Ladder or Pie ?
I am presently participating in American Speech Language and Hearing’s online conference Improving Intelligibility in Children . Similar to going to a conference I sometimes feel that I wish my brain had a lid and I could just open it up and download all the…
GIVEAWAY and TPT’s Back to School Sale is August 1-2!!!
I can’t believe that it is that time of year again when I have not finished ESY! The promise of a TPT sale, however, makes look forward to the new school year exciting. The sale is August 1-2, Monday and Tuesday. Here are some products from…
Parent Meetings: A chance to celebrate and coordinate
Parent/Speech Therapist meetings are a chance to celebrate and to collaborate with the families of the children we are seeing. Welcome/ Invite/ Observe/ Listen: create an environment that is welcoming and encourages a conversation. I like your meetings to have a sandwich effect: Start out…
Hickory Dickory Dock an Elephant Climbs up a Clock!
My students love stories with a twist!. This has twelve verses that have my students giggling especially when the Elephant tries to climb the clock! Hickory Dickory Dock is a nursery rhyme that is great to also teach some story grammar features while using a…
Progress Reports
Progress Reports Writing clinical reports is an important skill for any speech and language pathologist. The writing needs to be both professional yet written in a family friendly way. It is important to consider your audience when you are writing and to provide enough information that…
Develop Social Pragmatic Goals Conversation
Conversations for most of us happens naturally without too much thought. How then do we make the analysis of this skill to teach it to someone who is having difficulty with this? We are nearly taking an autopsy of conversation and dissecting the parts of…