At a recent IEP meeting, a parent told me how her daughter loves to play school at home. She practices “reading” books to her stuffed animals and siblings. This student both has poor articulation and reading skills, so I found it touching how much she loves school in spite of her daily challenges. I wanted… Read more
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Secrets for Modeling Language
The difficulty with verbal language for many children with language disorders is that it is fleeting and invisible. Communication boards make that language visual, permanent, and give clear delineations between different words. My students with low language skills need as many cues as possible. Modeling language with communication boards and books make understanding language an… Read more
5 Tips for Helping Children Continue a Conversation
I have over a dozen students with social communication goals. Almost every single one of those students has a goal to keep an on-topic conversation going for 3+ turns. Why? Because it is really hard, for my students to do! My talkative students can talk for many turns, but they change the topic at every… Read more
Building Basic Sentences with AAC
I work with three classrooms of minimally/non-verbal students. My ultimate goal for all of these students is SNUG: spontaneous novel utterance generation. Novel utterance generation of and combinations of words will enable my students endless communication possibilities. To facilitate SNUG, the following teaching tools are important for all: Model. All language learners needs hundreds and even… Read more
May the Social Skills be with you
Do you love Star Wars? I have to admit that I did not love the series growing up, but as an adult I have a whole new appreciation for Star Wars, Star Trek, and other space actions films! If you, or your students, love space adventures, then these social skills lessons will be perfect! Purchase… Read more
What’s in Your Cart Winter Linky Party!
Hurray! Time to buy gifts for myself at my favorite store…. TpT! I’ve joined in on Jenna’s “What’s In Your Cart?” Linky Party. You should check out what everyone is talking about! Here are some of my products that I think you really should treat yourself to this week during the big sale! Holiday Language:… Read more
It’s snowing! (no… it’s not)
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. In my area it snows very rarely. I think maybe last winter we had a few flakes and zero snow days. But every once in a while we get a fabulous flurry and it is sooooo much fun! On that note (and knowing that some of you are probably… Read more
Twas the Night Before Report Cards
Update: This post was originally posted 11/2012. The product described has been completely updated. If you already own it, make sure to download the new vision for FREE! Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Twas the night before report cards, and all through the school All the teachers were missing, ‘cept Super Woman (that… Read more
RTI and the SLP
“Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs. The RTI process begins with high-quality instruction and universal screening of all children in the general education classroom. Struggling learners are provided with interventions at increasing levels of intensity to accelerate their rate of… Read more
The Stranger
Update: This unit was comletely revised 6/2015. It’s now better than ever!! Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. The Stranger is by one of my all time favorite author/illustrators, Chris Van Allsburg (author of Polar Express). And I’m really excited that I FINALLY made a unit for it that I love! I enjoy using… Read more
Having a WILD Time in Speech!
I go to the gym four times per week. I attempt to get in 10,000 steps per day. I’m big into movement. My kids go to a school that values movement as well. The PTA paid for weekly yoga instruction for many of the students a few years ago. This year, my daughter’s entire class… Read more
Magical Social Skills
Update: This product has been completely updated! If you own the previous version, make sure to download the new version for FREE! Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you know me at all, you may know that I have a love affair with Harry Potter. Honestly, I have been completely enamored by Hermione… Read more
A Virtual Vacation in Speech
Don’t hate me. My students still haven’t started school. In fact, they won’t start until a few days AFTER Labor Day. My own children (in the district next to where I work) will be two weeks into school before my students return. I know that might sound awesome, but what I’d really truly prefer is… Read more
Fit for a Prince or Princess!
Update: This unit has been completely updated since it’s original release. It now contains a variety of multicultural princesses AND princes as well as improved clipart and activities. Plus, get a NEW freebie (click on the image below) as a thank you just for reading this post! Although, personally, I am partial to super heroes,… Read more