Winter Freebies – Free resources for speech and language
We all love freebies! Here I have compiled some great looking winter freebies to keep youย busy throughout the season! [ess_grid alias=”winterfreebies”]
Speech
Think Sheet: How did my actions affect others?
After hitting the ball out in 4-square, Joe completely lost his temper. He screamed, cried, yelled, and pushed one of his classmates. When the teacher asked why he reacted this way, Joe whined, “It’s not…
Helping Students Who Struggle with Writing — Voice Typing
Do you have students that need to write sentences, paragraphs, or papers? Do any of them struggle physically with getting their thoughts onto paper? I have several students that meet these descriptors. They have fabulous…
Helping students who struggle with writing – Completing Worksheets
Do your studentsย struggle with filling out worksheets and other forms? This has been a dilemma for me with a few of my students. The worksheets that take their peers 5 minutes to fill out, can…
How to engage kids when transitioning to speech
“Quiet.” “Quiet!” “Quiet!!” “Quiet!!!” This was the word that I would repeat most often as I transitioned students from their classroom to the speech room for small group therapy. Depending on where the students’ classrooms…
Social Skills in Natural Settings
Do you know that your students need social skills training, but just aren’t sure where to start? I know that I really struggled with this issue! Multiple years ago, my special education teacher and I…
SLP Book Club: Stroke
Welcome to the SLP Book Club!ย This book club has been my dream and my baby as an SLP and a bibliophile. I am so excited to find others out there that want to explore…
5 ways to teach the alphabet to early language learners
Ms. T walked into the class to observe and was a little shocked. She saw the speech pathologist singing and signing the alphabet to a group of students. The students were not singing back and…
Behavior and the SLP — Enough is Enough
“Ms. C, please report to room 10! Ms. C, please report to room 10!” This was not a call for me to report to a meeting after school. This was not an urgent telephone call….
Behavior Challenges and the SLP– A roundup of great articles
We’ve all been there. The child who walks nicely down to the speech room only to start saying “I don’t wanna!” the instant you actually bring out speech work. Or the student who screams profanities…
How to Merge without being an Overqualified Tutor — An SLP’s Guide
I’m about to admit something that I never thought I would say again… I love teaching. I don’t just mean teaching students in a small group about irregular past tense verbs. I mean whole group…
Behavior as Communication
She was agitated and upset. This was not a good day. Her routine had gotten out of whack when her aunt dropped her off at school instead of taking the bus. She dropped her backpack…
Irregular Verbs- Where do they come from and how can we help?
How many of your students are working on irregular past tense verbs? If your caseload looks like mine, it is probably a quarter of your students that struggle in this area. And it is no…
Using the Common Core to Create IEP Goals
After the common core was introduced to our district, the special education department began its own set of training. Through a well-planned, step-by-step process we started to write our IEPs differently. We no longer were just…