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Addicted to Hope #HopeDealer
For Christmas, we bought everyone on our team mugs that read “Hope Dealer”. I brought mine home for my morning coffees (yes, coffees…the current state of life calls for at...
Autism, children with special needs, Parent Resources, Parent Tips, Preschool, PRT, speech, Speech Pathology, Speech Therapy
5 Steps to Help Your Toddler Start Talking
As parents, we all worry. We worry about what our toddlers eat, if they sleep enough, if they are happy…and frequently, we worry about their communication skills. Most parents will...
Autism, children with special needs, Parent Resources, Parent Tips, PRT, speech, Speech Pathology, Speech Therapy
Moments with H (Part 2)
Today was session 7 for H. ABA is still in the planning phases, but H has had lots of faces in his world recently. Today he worked with Teacher Aubrie....
children with special needs, IEP, Parent Resources, Parent Tips, Speech Pathology, Speech Therapy
The IEP Table
One of my non speech related passions is tablescapes. Each month I put time and energy and passion and love into what I consider art on my dining room table....
Autism, children with special needs, Parent Tips, Speech Pathology, Speech Therapy, Vocabulary
Things I like versus things I know…
As a speech language pathologist, vocabulary is my jam! In any given week, it’s likely that I chat about vocabulary (building, enrichment, development, expansion) multiple times. During a recent session...
Autism, children with special needs, high school, Special Day Class, Speech Pathology, Speech Therapy
Epic or Fail…High School group therapy that is actually fun!
Epic or Fail… Soooo, this year, I was given a gift I never asked for…my very own hot mess of a high school caseload!! Our private practice provides contract SLP...
children with special needs, high school, Speech Pathology, Speech Therapy
Change
High school speech therapy… Probably on level with root canal for me…well, i’ve never had one of those, so maybe a bikini wax or a lecture on advanced calculus. Either...
Speech Therapy
Candyland and Questions…
“Student will follow respond to wh- (who, what, where) questions following a short story presented verbally prompting with 90% accuracy across 3 consecutive sessions within the therapy setting.” Pretty common...
Speech Therapy
Varied Requesting
In this video, we address the need for kiddos to request desired items using various phrases, so that language sounds more natural and less rote and rehearsed. This little guy...
Speech Therapy
Teaching Kids to Ask WH- questions!
SLP’s are very good at teaching kiddos to answer wh- questions, but teaching our clients to ask wh- questions to obtain needed info can pose a more difficult task! This...