One of the best things that happened to my therapy was when the life skills teacher and I decided to implement the “letter of the week”. Since then, I have been designing speech materials that coordinate with the letter. It give me a great jumping off point for therapy! For example, I created 26 alphabet… Read more
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5 Tips for Running a Social Skills Group (ages 4-7)
Many of the children on my caseload have social skills goals. So many in fact, that my resource room teacher and myself co-teach 3 different groups, in addition to the work that I do in the speech room with these students. Although our system is constantly evolving depending on our moods and the needs of… Read more
The Social Language Informal Assessment
I don’t know about you, but my gut reaction when I have another child to evaluate with a possible eligibility of social language disorder, is “Oh no! There are no good tests for me!” I know that there are standardized tests that look at “idioms” or “pragmatic judgement” within the context of other language tasks…. Read more
October Speech Lesson Plans 2014
I adore October for 2 reasons: Pumpkins and Chocolate. I also enjoy the creativity that goes along with Halloween celebrations and the crafts and celebrations (although not the scary ones… I don’t like those!) So I am really excited to have my lesson planning done for this next month. It’s going to be so much… Read more
My summer in review
(Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links.) I go back to work in two short days (sniff…) so it is time for me to reflect on some of the amazing things that I have done during this “short” summer! 1. Trips: Thousands of miles of driving with the kids to the mountains, forests, and… Read more
What’s In Your Cart?
It’s time for the big, big back to school sale on TpT! How to decide what to get??? Here are a few suggestions that I have! 🙂 Products that my colleagues have created: No Prep Speech and Language Activities by the Dabbling Speechie Because I love not needing to prep activities!! Speech & Language Zoo… Read more
The Speech Club solution to articulation therapy!
Have you ever had a 12 year old who has been working on /r/ in sentences and carry-over for years? Have you ever had a 10 year old who says that speech games are “boring”? Have you ever been referred a 13 year old for an initial evaluation for articulation? Have you ever been… Read more
Binders and Planner Organization
My goal for the last 14 years has been to be an organized SLP. I am getting there. Slowly. One binder and bow at a time! Here are my updated Super Planners for this year (color). My planner is already in a binder and ready to go for the fall. I will use it for… Read more
Royal Start to Speech
Believe it or not, I’ve already started working on what I’m going to be doing in speech in the fall! I’ve decided to go with a new room theme this year (insert shocked gasp!) and it is….. Dragons, Princesses, and Knights, OH MY! I’m even seeing if I can get a special half-apron made with… Read more
Waiting for Summer…
…is exhausting! Why I’m so very tired and unmotivated… Too much yard work Too much housework Way, WAY too much paperwork Basement is currently a construction zone Husband keeps getting worse, with no ending point or plateau in sight Sick. Literally. Coughing, sneezing, sore throat, sick. Started an additional part-time job selling Jamberry nails (but… Read more
What’s in Your Cart? May Sale!
Big TpT sale is back to help Appreciate Teachers! Yeah for teachers (and SLPs! don’t forget us!)!!!! Recommendations from my colleagues’ stores: Here are some things I highly recommend adding to YOUR cart during this sale! (Disclaimer: I already have these that’s how I know they are great!) Social Language and Pragmatic Rubrics by The… Read more
My Spring Break
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. You can go directly to the books by clicking on the pictures. Spring break has been over for more than a week, but I haven’t had time to update. Here’s what I did during spring break! 1. I walked here: 3 mile loop every day around a protected… Read more
Take the TpT Plunge!
I know that there are soooo many free things on TpT, why bother buying anything right? Before I start explaining to you why I purchase from TpT, let me tell you how frugal I am: Our food budget is $100/week for a family of 4. In general, I don’t buy what I can make: laundry… Read more
Alphabet Based Concepts for Learning Language
Three days each week I merge into my self-contained classes. Both of these classes use a “Letter of the Week” model to help their students learn the alphabet. Several years ago, I decided to take this to heart and build upon the week’s letter by incorporating several letter activities into my merge circle time. 1…. Read more
