Buzzing about Speech & Language
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
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
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 fall, y’all. I’ve got my PSL in hand (#basic) and wearing my fall colors and pretending that this Louisiana weather isn’t still scorching hot. At least it’s officially fall in my speech room. How about yours? I’ve pulled out all the fun fall activities for my articulation and language kids, and they are loving it. Sometimes, though, it’s difficult… Read More
My friend, let’s call her Kate, is a shiny new SLP. As we sat in CC’s (a local coffee shop) the other day sipping our coffee, she expressed to me how nervous she was about treating fluency cases. Her speech sessions didn’t seem very productive, since she often saw her students in mixed groups. And she just didn’t feel comfortable… Read More
Things I love about the weeks after spring break and before school lets out: Warm weather = outside therapy! Teacher and staff appreciation week fun activities The light at the end of the tunnel – home stretch, baby! Things I hate about the weeks after spring break and before school lets out: IEP and evaluation meeting marathons Drowning in paperwork… Read More
In grad school my professor called me the “fluency queen” but not because I was so great at it or anything. It was because I ended up with SO many fluency clients throughout my clinicals. Needless to say, God knew I needed the practice in grad school because my caseload of fluency clients did not diminish when I started working…. Read More
Today I’m linking up with Speech Time Fun for her How Do You Use It linky party! This month we’re talking about how we use popsicle sticks. Woot! If you follow my blog, you might remember my post a couple of weeks ago on how I use popsicle sticks for fluency therapy! I use them for pacing sticks and for… Read More
Welcome to the Tricks of the Trade Blog Hop! I’m super excited to be your first stop and share what great things we have in store for you! 🙂 I hope you will have fun hopping through all of our blogs, learning some new tips, and entering a big giveaway at the end. If you’ve never done a blog hop… Read More
It’s Mardi Gras, y’all! I’m enjoying my day off work avoiding going outside, since it’s full of yucky icy rain. Blah. I’m SO ready for spring and flip flops! Time off work means a little more time to work on materials, sooo I’ve got a new one for you! Lots of you grabbed my Task Cards for Articulation during the… Read More
Oh, hey there back to school season. You snuck up on me!
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Anybody else losing sleep at night because you feel like there will never be enough time to prepare for this crazy year? 🙋 Just me?
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Luckily, I've got ya covered with some goodies and a sale!! My entire store is 25% off today with code BTS20.
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Annnd the newest edition to my baseline data tool set is ready! So, make sure you go over and download the Fluency Baseline Set if you already own the bundle!
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Happy Tuesday! Send me a DM if you need any specific sale suggestions! 🐝💛
Have you checked out the adorable speechie stickers from @thegigglyslp?!
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They're so cute and I can't wait to decorate my stuff and brighten up my school supplies.
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Head over to her store and check it out. 😉💛🐝 #slpsfollowslps
