The ability to tell a story goes way beyond simply using ‘Once Upon A Time…’ Telling stories, or more in our case, narratives, is a critical life skill that many of our students struggle with. If you have ever asked a student with a language disorder what they did over the weekend you probably know what I mean. Their weekend…
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The end of the school year for an SLP can be sheer chaos sometimes. Between finishing final IEPs and evaluations, progress reports, extra meetings for planning ahead for the fall, etc it gets a bit nuts. So when the light at the end of the tunnel appears here are some things you can start to do to make coming back…
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Confession, I don’t have a green thumb despite years of trying. I’m pretty sure if flowers had legs, they would run when I walked into a nursery. One place where I can share my love of plants, without the worry of them making it, is my speech room. Today, I am sharing 7 ways you can use plants and flowers…
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Taking turns is a fundamental part of communication but this basic skill doesn’t always come so easy to our students. It’s not only the aspect of waiting, which is hard on a lot of kids in general, but being aware of the ending of one turn, the beginning of the other, all while staying on top of all the subtle…
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Books are like an SLPs Swiss Army knife. So much possibility and versatility in a such a small package. Yes, you can do more with books that ask WH questions. What’s not to love?! Well, the price for one. Books can be expensive! Sure it may be only $9, $10, $12, but that all adds up. So what books does…
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Language is my jam! Don’t get me wrong I enjoy working on all other speechy things, but language has my heart. Last year, I was doing some research for my Language Goal List and stumbled across this awesome Language Processing Method Treatment Model handout. *Side note: the handout is no longer available. I searched and searched for another but alas,…
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Summarizing can be a difficult skill for kids to learn. What information do they need? What details are important and which are irrelevant? I like to kick off summarizing using this helpful warm-up so students can understand what summarizing is. bit.ly/2oylQem
How to Introduce Summarizing - The Speech Bubble
Summarizing can be tricky for many kids. It is hard for them to not only remember what they saw/read but then to separate the relevant from irrelevant details, and retell everything in the right order. It’s a lot for anyone. So how can we introduce this skill that at first glance appears as daunti...Guess how many things I crossed off my list yesterday...none. I have added about 4 more things since I walked in the door this morning.☕
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The fact that this happens to us doesn't mean we aren't good at our job. It means our jobs can be demanding and pull us in five different directions at once sometimes.
- It is ok to PAUSE AND PRIORITIZE! ⬅
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🍎Write it all down
🍎Which things would you classify as URGENT and which are IMPORTANT. These are not the same, although it can feel like it sometimes.
🍎Separate them out and tackle the URGENT list first when you get your free moments.
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Everything will get done. Sometimes not as fast or in the order we think it should, but will get done.
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I love using these non-speech games to shake things up when I, I mean my kids, are starting to get bored. Bonus, they come in adorable little lunch boxes!
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My Favorite Non-Speech Speech Games | The Speech Bubble SLP
We all have games we love that seemingly don't relate to speech therapy at all, but all games can be speech games if you really think about it!I have a lot of new little hands on my caseload this year, so you know I am going to be using tons of Clips activities!🖐
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I'm starting with my Back to School set to get working on that important school vocabulary then we will start with Fall and Apples to match their room themes 🍎🍁👍
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The clothespins are great for fidgets and to work on those important fine motor skills 👌After they clip we use the sentence strips and then work on generalizing more as they put together their book 📖aka proof of work in speech.
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Mixed groups can be the toughest to plan for. Here are a couple of ways you can get these groups set for your speech sessions and keep them running smoothly.
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Ideas How to Set Up Mixed Groups - The Speech Bubble
Remember those days in grad school, you know the ones. When you just had to worry about one maybe two clients and you saw them individually. Those were the days *sigh*. Now a days it feels more like ‘how many students can I fit into a session to get everyone their minutes’. And try as …
