Speech rooms are notorious for being rooms of abundant space and lavish furnishings…just kidding 😉 We all know speech spaces don’t have the best rack record when it comes to room to move. This means that anything that is going occupying said space better be earning its way to stay there. This makes flexible seating in speech rooms so important….
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Has this ever happened to you… You are screening a student and ask them a question only to get some answer that leaves you mystified. You wrack your brain as to where this answer could have possibly come from. What obscure connection did they make to get to that answer? No matter how to think about it, it just doesn’t…
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In today’s world there are so many more avenues an SLP can take to get a question answered. Yes, there is of course looking in their old text books or notes ( if you still have them ), sifting through research articles and studies, but also, Google, Facebook groups, Pinterest, Instagram, etc. Sooo many more outlets are available for SLPs…
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Gifted, Academically Talented, Accelerated , etc. All terms we have heard to described, well , not usually our kids, but what happens when these students end up on your caseload? Yes, it can happen. I have actually had a few over the years. In my experience, when a student fits into both ‘Gifted’ and ‘Special Education’, they are deemed ‘Twice…
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Happy SLP? Yes, they are out there and you can be one too! It may seem a mystery as to how these particular professionals are so darn positive all the time. Their caseloads must different. They must have less paperwork. They must not do billing, or plan sessions, or test, or write reports… SPOILER ALERT…it’s none of these! HAPPY SLPs…
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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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