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Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links.ย I am a very busy SLP. I see most of my kids in medium sized groups and have little time for extra data collection. What I’ve learned in the last few years, however, is that a periodic language sample (even if it’s just once a year!) is…
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I’ve been extremely busy around these parts! Not only is May the biggest IEP month of the year (I think I’ve had 30 so far), but we also put an offer on a home two weeks ago. We are having some difficulties with the negotiating process and I’m…
Updated 10/2014: STOP the presses!!! I just made all of this into an awesome “all in one tool”! Not only does it assess social language skills, but you can type into the assessment as you go and have it write up the report for you! Get more info about it here!! My…
Ever since I created my Jack and the Beanstalk Dynamic Assessment/RTI Unit, I have wanted to do more. But I’ve been struggling and struggling with the fairytale to choose. At last I decided on a story, but then I didn’t have the time to actually create the unit. The pressure has been on, however, because…
If you think about it, Dynamic Assessments are very similar to Response to Intervention. Both are fluid ways to see if a child makes progress on a skill within a determined period of time. Students that make adequate progress are most likely have typical language learning abilities. Students that make very little progress, regardless of…
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 this and made a proposal for iPads. Which we received last month!!! Unfortunately, even the best laid plans have their…
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 of articulation practice. The teacher agreed last year to let me give this a try, taking kids before the school…
I married a brilliant man. Seriously. Not to brag on him or anything ( okay, yes to brag on him )… He has an Ivy League degree in bio-physics. After working in a lab, he switched fields all together to work as a computer programmer in a start-up company. The man scored a perfect score…
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. D is for Dragon Dance Gong Hay Fat Choy! In celebration of this holiday, read through D is for Dragon Dance, a Chinese New Year’s Alphabet. Speech Therapy Ideas: 1. Use this book as a way to learn some great new vocabulary. My children and I found…
