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Many of the students I work with struggle to express their emotions. Take for example a preschool boy I work with named “M” who often launches into major tantrums when he does not have time to complete a task (most recently a building project). Although there are many deficits in play here — flexible thinking, emotional regulation, etc–“M” lacks the… Read More
We hear a lot of great discussion over the importance of collaborating with other professionals in order to best serve our students. Working with teachers, parents and other therapists is incredibly important and benefits our students in numerous ways. But how about student-clinician collaboration? If they are the target of our services, shouldn’t we also focus on making them active… Read More
They say that hindsight is 20/20. Looking back at my coworker’s descent into substance abuse, I can now see the situation clearly. Coming to work late or not at all, not picking up students, excuses that didn’t make any sense, the cognitive decline — all the signs were clearly there, yet I failed to see them. Worse yet, I failed… Read More
It has been a LONG time since I’ve used an AAC device in my speech therapy sessions. The last time was probably over 15 years ago when I worked with multiply handicapped children, and the AAC devices were LOW tech. If I were a betting person, I would have put money on never encountering an AAC device again in my… Read More
Whenever I work on social skills I frequently incorporate role-play. Role-playing is a fun way to help build social skills and learn about social rules. The kids always love these activities (whether watching or acting) and their attention increases. I wanted to share some of my ideas for making role-play fun and effective in your speech room: Demonstrate the role-play… Read More
When our school IT director asked if I wanted to try out the Amazon Echo Dot with my students, I quickly said “yes!”. I’ll admit I had no idea what I was going to do with it or what the Amazon Echo Dot even really was, but I’m always eager to try new things! Using Amazon Echo in speech therapy… Read More
