Looking for ways to improve language and literacy in your preschool students? When our district moved to a home and community-based model for service delivery of our three-year-olds with special education needs, it prompted a change in my speech therapy practices. At the same time, we were moving classrooms and office space around which lead […]
Fairy Tales to Teach Perspective-taking
Why improve perspective-taking? Our speech therapy students with social communication disorder find it difficult to take the perspective of another person. This makes it challenging for them to navigate social relationships. It also has an academic impact upon their literacy skills. As our students move on into the early elementary grades, they learn to take […]
Six Ways to See Social Skills Progress
Are you looking for ways to see more progress from your social skills interventions? We’ve all been there. We’ve worked with a student on their social communication skills for lengthy periods and we have not seen significant improvements. Why? There are lots of reasons that your student/client might not be improving. Six ways to see social […]
Social Rules & Sportsmanship for Playing Games!
A part of our speech and language therapy might include some type of game playing and alluding to good sportsmanship. Games are fun! If we don’t make learning fun, we risk losing the attention of our students. Our students also play games in their classrooms and out at recess and exhibiting good sportsmanship is […]
Best Winter Books for Social Emotional Skills!
There are so many great winter books available for teaching social emotional skills in speech therapy! Sometimes it’s challenging to find books that target important social skills, like perspective-taking and theory of mind, and also fit into a seasonal theme so I can use them in mixed groups! I’m often looking for winter-themed books that […]
Progress Monitoring Language Goals with Rubrics
I’m excited to join the Frenzied SLPs to share ideas about progress monitoring using rubrics. updated 1/23 I find it so much easier to progress monitor the IEP goals of my articulation and phonology students. There is less grey area with articulation, it’s either correct or incorrect and this makes it easier for gathering quantitative […]
Social Communication Disorder-DSM Diagnosis
Do you struggle with diagnostic labels related to social communication disorder? There is a new diagnostic label that has been added to the DSM-5! “Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder”, (SCD) was recently added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5). SCD describes people with significant difficulties using verbal and nonverbal communication […]
Preschool Social Communication Therapy
updated 1/2023 I love working with preschool children on their social communication. Here are some approaches and activities I have used over the years. If you are looking for a rationale for working on social skills in the preschool classroom, School Readiness: more than Academics. Tap into the preschool classroom curriculum Does the child’s […]
Evidence-based Interventions for Busy SLPs!
Many SLPs want to dedicate themselves to evidence-based practices but can’t find the time! updated 1/2023 Did you know the American Speech Language Hearing Association’s (ASHA) website offers Speech Language Pathologists online support for evidence-based practices? They are called “evidence maps” which are searchable online tools on ASHA’s website that assist SLPs in making […]
Marzano’s Model for SLPs!
updated 1/2023 Do you have an observation coming up? Impress your supervisor with your knowledge of Marzano’s model for SLPs. Are you attending school-wide trainings that discuss the work of Robert Marzano? Marzano’s model is about supporting the needs of all learners, a task tht SLPs and special educators know well. Marzano proposed […]
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