The SLP Book Club: TBI
Welcome to our third SLP Book Club! If you are new to the SLP book club, head over to my introductory post in January. Our topic this month is Traumatic Brain Injury, which is near and…
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Got Organization? tips from your favorite SLP bloggers!
Organization. We all want it. But how many of us feel truly organized? The struggle is real, fellow SLPeeps! I asked some of my favorite SLP bloggers for their organization tips and am excited to…
Creating Routines to be a Better SLP
About a year ago, I read a book about routines and habits. I can’t remember what book it was because since that first book I’ve been hooked. In the last year, I have read…
After concussion: Helping students return to class
Several months ago, my son came home from school stating that his friend had been out of school for a week. The next week, he reported that his friend was still out of school. As…
When It’s Time to Dismiss From Speech
This year I have dismissed an unusually high number of students from speech. It is bittersweet to tell one of your sweetest students that they no longer need to come to speech anymore. I try…
June 2016 Lesson Plans
I’m taking it waaaaaay easy for June. Only one set of materials total! My school continues until the middle of the month, so I need several lessons to cover all of my students, but…
End of the Year Challenge!
It’s that time! We are wrapping up therapy sessions, putting away materials, and beginning to wipe the spit and snot off the tables. The end of the year is coming! If you are like me,…
Social intervention after brain injury
A lovely, awesome, sweet child that I know has a brain tumor. When I began an intervention, I expected to find poor grammar, vocabulary, and retelling skills. I began our first session using one of…
Calming Strategies for Everyone
We all know the story. Student gets upset. Student blows out. Student goes to principal’s office. Student gets sent home. At the end of the day, everyone is still upset… the student, the teacher, the…
Traumatic Brain Injury- Evaluating at school
In October, my friend’s son “O” experienced a massive head trauma. They had doubts that he would survive. In mid-January, after multiple surgeries and months of rehabilitation, he came home from the hospital. The thought…
The SLP Book Club: Down’s Syndrome
Welcome to the second SLP Book Club! 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…
May 2016 Lesson Plans
April was such an amazing month for me! My new nephew was born, my brother proposed to his amazing girl friend, and I completed my first half-marathon. Can May get any better? We’ll see! Now…
The Importance of Categories
“Doggy.” “No honey, that’s a kitty.” “Doggy.” “No honey, that’s a cow.” “Doggy.””Yes! That’s a doggy!” We all know this conversation. Kids categorize items, even without knowing they are doing so, to make sense of…
It’s Not Always Fun and Games
Several years ago, I decided that I had had enough. My students had spent five minutes negotiating whether or not they should play “Candyland” or “Sequence”; then five additional minutes deciding who was going to…