Buzzing about Speech & Language
Are you a little curious on how to use a digital SLP planner? Maybe you’ve seen them floating around on social media and you like the thought of going the digital SLP planner route. (*This post contains Amazon affiliate links.) As for me, I love using a little bit of both kinds of planners. There are certain forms of my… Read More
It’s not always easy to find fun and engaging stuttering therapy activities for your younger kids. Sometimes it’s hard for them to tolerate a lot of education tasks and understand the strategies and concepts you are trying to teach. I’ve actually found that incorporating play activities into your stuttering therapy sessions to be super effective. However, you do want to… Read More
There’s a global pandemic and suddenly we’re thrown into distance learning and teletherapy! Preschoolers are difficult enough to engage in person, and doing preschool speech therapy across a screen seems downright impossible. But, we’re doing it! I know so many therapists who are killing it in teletherapy and doing amazing things. I’m slowly but surely getting the hang of it… Read More
Trying to tackle any speech goal from a distance is tricky for many school SLPs these days. But doing fluency therapy distance learning takes it to a whole new level. Here are a few stuttering teletherapy ideas and general distance learning tricks to help you plan for your kids who stutter. 1. Get parents involved Parent education is a pretty… Read More
If you find yourself having to do speech therapy distance learning, you might be a little apprehensive at the thought. How in the world can I help my sweet students from home? This whole “distance learning” thing is uncharted territory for me and probably for you too. So today, my friend, I wanted to share with you 5 things that… Read More
If you are needing a few St. Patrick’s Day speech therapy ideas, I’ve got a few surprisingly simple ones for you! Here are 8 fun and easy ways to incorporate St. Patrick’s Day into your speech therapy sessions. (Includes Amazon affiliate links for convenience). 1. Green “Soup” Gather green items from around your room and place them where the child… Read More
In my previous post, we discussed several different contexts and ways to implement core words. Let’s talk about some specific research-based therapy strategies to help you while teaching core words in your speech therapy sessions. 1. Explicit Instruction When you introduce a new core word, be sure to explicitly teach the word before expecting the student use it. MODEL how… Read More
Implementing core words in speech therapy is a widely-known, research-based practice among SLPs. Teaching these words to students with expressive language deficits is highly effective because: Core words are much more versatile than concrete nouns. You need fewer words to be an effective communicator when using core vocabulary. Because core words lend themselves to forming phrases easily, it creates more… Read More
Do you need Valentine’s Day books for speech therapy with free DIY crafts to go along with them? Yes, please! I am a book therapy kind of girl and have way too many in my SLP library. Please tell me I’m not alone. But hey, don’t forget the four things to ask yourself when choosing a book for your specific… Read More
Because of the nature of the crazy schedule of the school-based SLP, I frequently end up having to do fluency therapy in mixed groups. I see them alongside my articulation and language students, which sometimes makes it a little harder to provide top-notch fluency therapy (at least in my mind) for my student. The most common difficulties I’ve encountered with… Read More
Happy fourth of July to all my favorite SLPs!! Though we're missing the big family gatherings, I'm so thankful to celebrate with my hubby and a big piece of apple pie later! Oh, and I'll be rescuing my dog from the scary fireworks all night I'm sure! 😂🎆
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What are your plans today? ❤️🤍💙
Re-sharing this goodie! Do you use Google Keep?
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These digital post-it notes are my very own compensatory strategy to keep my life in order. 😂
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And these free headers make them so much cuter! You can grab them in my free resource library. I've even added a few more for ya!
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I also bumped up the story highlight where I share how to download and add the headers.
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Are you a checklist person like I am? I know I'm not the only one. 💛🐝
