I have been blessed in my life to do something that I am passionate about. Everyday brings new joys and new problems. One could say that there is never a dull moment.   My new project will be combining some of the therapy strategies that…

 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…

This is it. You finally have your first clinical assignment.  A multitude of feelings come over you, excitement about finally being able to “do” the task that you have been putting so much academic effort into, anxiety about what your client will be like, the…

Are we creating Independent Learners? What are we doing to encourage self-advocacy in our students?

I have been working with my kindergarten classes using Story Grammar Marker and the EET ( Expanding Expression Tool: see previous post November 4,2013).  Yesterday we listened to ” The Great Fuzz Frenzy” by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel.  Prior to reading the book we used the…

I have been using a new visual tool, the EET or the Expanding Expression Tool. It can be purchased through  http://www.expandingexpression.com/.       Each of the beads represents a different aspect of what you can say about an object or a picture. Green: group…

I have dipped my toe into the TPT website posting my first product.   Baby Beluga This is a fun song that many children love. Raffi a popular  child singer sings it and you can see it on youtube. The song is about a little white…

Recently I read an article by Kim  Marshall in Education Week ( September 2004) Let’s Clarify the Way We Use The Word : ‘Curriculum’ Seven Different Meaning, Seven Possible Names I concur and it is often this is the first problem when we are starting a…

Welcome to my first adventure in blogging! My name is Patricia Rakovic and I am the speech language therapist at Frenchtown school in East Greenwich and a clinical supervisor at the University of Rhode Island. This blog will be  a place for me to share…