Baby, Baby….Gingerbread Baby
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Birthday joy for Prof. X
My husband’s birthday is this week. And a celebration of his pretty sucky life right now isn’t exactly what he wants to do. So I took the liberty of emailing 100 close friends and family…
College Interviews
I’m not sure if I wrote this same post last year, but even if I did… it needs to be said again. Today I am delousing the house (thanks kids!!!)ย and setting up an interview for…
Thanksgiving Word Searches
I’ve been a very busy girl this weekend! With the my Speech Club kids, we always do a “Wednesday Word Search”. We focus on higher level vocabulary and the speech sounds that the individual kids…
Frustrations (and Fluency)
Frustrations: 1. Although my fertility journey is over, I apparently still have a very difficult time being at an extended gathering with a group of pregnant women. Especially when they are talking about how “if…
Completely free AAC apps
A miracle occurred last spring. The voters in my area approved a bond which, among other things, updated the school district’s technology. ย The Speech Pathologists (clever and quick-to-act folks that we are) quickly jumped on…
Halloween Mad Libs at Speech Club
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Every single school day at 8:45 I wait to receive my “Speech Club” students. These are my older (3rd-5th grade) articulation students who need a small daily dose…
Conversation Circle
Although it isn’t the most natural way to talk, today I helped two students keep a conversation going for multiple turns. These students have extremely impacted social communication skills and both have goals to keep…
Multiple Choice
You wake up at 5am to find your husband (still up) writhing in pain with tears in his eyes. Do you: a) call an ambulance b) ignore (he’s totally faking) c) gently kiss him on…
Social-Pragmatic Skills for Bloggers and Blog Readers
Something pretty amazing has happened in the last year or two. Speech Pathologists have started blogging! They have brought a huge wealth of knowledge, advice, and (my favorite) creative treatment ideas to the entire world…
Did somebody say bacon?
Did I mention that I’ve gone Paleo? Never heard of it? Well, clearly you don’t live in the Pacific Northwest! It’s all the rage here. Although my husband has been talking about it for over…
Conference scheduling disaster. Again.
For whatever reason, my kids’ school has an extremely inefficient method of signing up for conferences. Conferences which are almost 2 months away I might add. Yesterday was my kids’ back to school night (yep,…
I need to go to Chillville!
Do you ever need to chill out? I mean, just go out for a drink/pedicure/massage/yoga class? Yep. Same with some of my students. Except they may demonstrate the need with explosive behaviors. The sped teacher…
Super behaviors deserve super visuals
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Meet Super Woman. Just your average SLP (safety laminating person). Occasionally, I work on articulation, language and augmentative skills with kids. This year, however, I seem to spend…