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I found myself thinking about the new school year before the last school year ended. In my prior post, Helping Students Talk About Tragedies, I touched upon my concern over the violent climate of our times and our roles as SLPs in helping children process and express their thoughts and feelings. As violence unfurled over the summer, my immediate thoughts… Read More
My teen group is busy establishing connections in an effort to get to know each other better. We had a great session last week (which you can catch here) and I tried this fun activity a few days ago: Last week, the group was instructed to bring four items to this week’s session. An item that represents: something they… Read More
Having good conversation skills is one of the essential ingredients to developing and maintaining meaningful relationships in adolescence and into adulthood. However, difficulty having good conversations can create a significant social barrier for making and keeping friends. This is especially true for children on the Autism spectrum. In my clinical experience working with children with social challenges, many commit… Read More
Many of the students I work with in social cognition groups struggle with displaying curiosity in the interests of their peers. Most of us learn about our friends through a combination of observation and asking questions. It’s important that we store this information so that we can remember what we know about our friends. This shows that we are interested… Read More
Some fun ideas to teach kids about germs that can easily be turned into speech sessions! premeditatedleftovers.com/naturally-frugal-mom/10-ways-to-teach-kids-about-germs/#_a5
10 Ways to Teach Kids About Germs
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10 Ways to Teach Kids About Germs- Teaching kids about germs doesn't have to be difficult. Here are 10 ways to teach them so they can stay healthy and safe.
These fun ideas from SmartMouth SLP makes winter fun (almost)! smartmouthslp.com/the-social-snowman/
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We made it through the first week back to school, but the week was all about benchmark testing for our K students. I am excited to get back to therapy with my kids and winter is the theme for Janu…
Some good advice about mixed groups from Old School Speech: www.oldschoolspeech.com/2018/01/killing-two-birds-with-one-stone.html
Killing Two Birds with One Stone
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Just as you have to tap into your creativity to work with mixed groups, you can work with more than one objective with your language students.
Great advice from Susan Berkowitz that applies to all aspects of our field! Read about it here: kidzlearnlanguage.blogspot.com/2018/01/aac-and-autism-whats-evidence.html?showComment=15166605347...
AAC and Autism: What's the Evidence?
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I have been using voice output devices (VOCA) - otherwise known as speech generating devices (SDG) - for as long as they’ve been around. A...
These posts always make me laugh!
11 Realities of Teaching They Don't Tell You About in College
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Yes, we learned everything there is to know about lesson planning, childhood development, pedagogical content knowledge, and all that good stuff. But...
