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Confused about Writing Social Skills Goals for IEPS?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Using Examples and Non-Examples in Teaching Vocabulary

Using Examples and Non-Examples in Teaching Vocabulary

Learning vocabulary is a more complex skill than just remembering the definition of a word, you need to have an understanding of the concept being taught.  One way to teach concepts then is to give examples and non-examples of the words. When one gives an…

What are you wishing for?

What are you wishing for?

In preparation for TPT’s big sale, I am joining a group of other bloggers to showcase what is most wished listed in our stores, and comments on these products to give you an idea of some great products. This was my first product and still…

Give-Away

Give-Away

I am so grateful for all the support that my TPT store has had this year and I want to show a little bit of love. I will have a TPT gift card giveaway as part of a blog hop. I am a speech and language…