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Jan
25
Jan
24
If you are a speech therapist reading this, then you better know the answer to that question! For all others reading, childhood apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder that impacts the way a child speaks. I've created this handy handout which can be great for educating others about... read more →
Jan
15
Apparently, there is no point. According to Melanie Potock (a pediatric SLP who specializes in feeding disorders), sippy cups were created to keep floors tidy and not to provide any sort of benefit to a child's developing swallow pattern. The spout of the sippy cup blocks the tongue from reaching the... read more →
Jan
11
This is the second packet I've created in my preposition series. When I address prepositions, I think it is helpful to provide real life and visual examples, in addition to activities to practice using and hearing the new word. Like in my previous preposition packet, this one includes both and... read more →
Jan
09
Sometimes it can be difficult to teach children new concepts, especially those with language disorders. I've decided to create a series to help teach many commonly used prepositions. My first packet targets the preposition, "beside". The activity includes a demonstration, a receptive language task, and an expressive language task. There... read more →
Jan
05
In my last post, I talked about fluency. The approach I described was for older children and adults. For younger children, most clinicians (including myself) do not use fluency shaping (stuttering modification) techniques. It just isn't appropriate at a younger age. Often, for young children, an indirect or more casual... read more →
Nov
24
A client recently asked about my approach when dealing with fluency disorders, so I've decided to outline that here today. I feel very strongly about attacking stuttering using three different techniques: stuttering modification, fluency enhancement, and confronting fears. I think it is important to use each one of these techniques,... read more →
Nov
17
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Sep
15
Since my recent vow to keep up with the blog, I've been awakened to how time consuming it is to have a newborn baby! Luckily, she is a happy and low maintenance baby, so I still should get the chance to do a little updating here and there... just not... read more →
Jul
03
I used this activity with the kids in my social skills group tonight and it went really well. The activity includes:- a page that displays the steps for starting a conversation- a cut and paste activity to associate pictures with and review each step for starting a conversation- 16 conversation... read more →
Jun
22
I've been working on a lot of other projects lately, so I've definitely neglected the blog. I just started creating some educational materials (some are free) on the TPT site, so it's given me a good reason to get back online. I will try my best to post more here!View... read more →
Oct
29
Here is an animated video about being a good listener. I created it myself on xtranormal.com, a very cool site. Here is my critique of the product: I wish the characters could be controlled to demonstrate eye contact at specific moments, use certain gestures (there are some options for this),... read more →
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