Welcome back, to those of you who read my first post in my new AAC series. While I’m certainly still in the learning process myself, I’ve decided to share my journey with you in the hopes that it will be helpful and make the jump into AAC seem less overwhelming. The first thing I did…
I’m sure as an SLP you have been in the position I was in earlier this summer. I was working with a patient who had a lisp. It wasn’t necessarily always interdental (i.e. tongue sticking through his teeth), but his /s/ and /z/ sounds just didn’t sound crisp. I am a bit of a perfectionist…
My kiddos and I had a TON of fun today playing with these extinct toys: Besides the amazing “roars” that my kids were making, I (sneakily) was also working on: 1) Location Concepts: Using the tree and various dinosaurs, I talked about where each one was. We targeted: in front of, behind, beside, next to,…
It’s always great to collaborate with other SLPs! I’m so excited to share the following two links that I learned about: 1) Jenna over at thespeechroomnews.com created a list of 150 SLP blogs/ websites! Just click: http://thespeechroomnews.com/?s=SLP+Blogs+Resource+List 2) Jessica over at consonantlyspeaking.com created a list of 1,280 SLP sites and SLP Social Media Links! Visit…
I learned about this game from my mom. She was babysitting my nieces and said they absolutely loved playing this. She knows I’m always looking for fun therapy ideas! It turns out that mothers do know best. I brought this game to the elementary school I cover at, and it was a HIT. It’s a…
Are you looking for easy minimal pairs speech therapy activities? If you’re a busy SLP working with students who have phonological disorders in speech therapy, you likely don’t have much time during the day to sort through hundreds of minimal pair cards to find what you need. You need a simple solution. I needed one…
If you’re like me, you’ve got some kiddos on your caseload that NEED to target following directions. As a matter of fact, I have so many kids that need to target these skills, that I’ve got quite a collection of following directions packets available at my TPT store. I love this Following Directions Frog packet…
Mrs. Potato Head was one of the very first treatment materials I bought as a brand new clinician. I haven’t regretted my purchase! I use Mrs. Potato Head to target many goals. Here are just a few ideas for using a potato head toy in your therapy room: 1) Following directions. I used Boardmaker to…