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Taking A Fresh Look at Kids After the Break
Breaks from speech therapy are good. Obviously I get refreshed and the kids seem to have a new vigor as they start up again. It's fun to take a...
New Research Shows Preschoolers with Special Needs Benefit from Typical Peers’ Strong Language
I'm always interested in current research to back our therapy and planning for kids with special needs. As a pediatric speech language pathologist,...
Great Books for Speech Therapy /s/ Carryover
It's such fun when a parent shares a perfect speech therapy activity with you. First it means she is practicing with her child and second it means...
Being a Speech Therapist is More Than Delivering Therapy
It occurred to me this week that there are many extra tasks associated with being a speech language pathologist besides delivering speech therapy....
Using Oral Motor Techniques in Articulation and Phonological Therapy
I have enjoyed reading, learning and sharing practical knowledge to use in speech therapy from Pam Marshalla's book on Articulation Carryover and am...
Let’s Teach “She” and “He”
More on yesterday's topic of teaching personal pronouns to preschoolers. I had a session today with my little girl who is also working on he/she and...
How Do You Teach Pronouns to a Preschooler?
As you know, I enjoyed speaking to masters students in speech pathology at Northwestern University about a week ago. I really like to share ideas on...
Speech Therapy with Playdoh
Lately I have been reminded to follow the interests of the children I am working with--almost to an extreme! My little 2 year-old friend starts...
Crack the Books “Seashores to Sea Floors” Review and Free Giveaway
Mobile Education Store has been a treasure chest of great apps for learning language from Conversation Builder and Rainbow Sentences to Tense...
Articulation Carryover Techniques
I wanted to report on another articulation carryover technique I mentioned in an earlier blog. I have some favorite little foam shapes that I use as...
Speech Therapy Using Parents Magazine
Ideas for speech therapy come to me at the funniest times, including in the middle of the night. Can any of my fellow SLP's relate? Anyway, I was...
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