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RTI for the R Sound!

RTI for the R Sound!

April 30, 2015

Updated 8/2022 Preventative vs. Remedial Approaches SLPs have many tools for remediating the r sound in speech therapy.  Have your ever thought of what can be done using a preventative approach?  I’m excited to share one way I have addressed articulation of the r sound from a preventive (not remedial) standpoint. Have you taken a deeeep breath when you’ve gotten… Read More

Filed Under: Early intervention and Elementary, SLP 3 Comments

Language Use Inventory:  Assessment of Pragmatics in Young Children

Language Use Inventory: Assessment of Pragmatics in Young Children

February 28, 2015

Is assessment of pragmatic skills of young children part of your SLP job? In my position as a school-based Speech Pathologist, I perform assessments on children from the age of 30 months and older.  In Wisconsin, the eligibility criteria requires that a child score at or below 1.75 standard deviations below the mean on  2  standardized tests as one prong… Read More

Filed Under: Assessment and Progress Monitoring, Early intervention and Elementary, SLP, Social Communication Leave a Comment

Parking Lots for Speech!!  Toy Companion for Therapy!

Parking Lots for Speech!! Toy Companion for Therapy!

August 2, 2014

Parking lots for speech are great for making speech therapy fun for younger students. My parking lots for speech are my most-used articulation activity with preschool students.  The parking lots are easy-peasy and give me so much flexibility in my sessions.  Plus, I never hear complaints when I bring out the toy cars!  Parking lots for speech allow me to… Read More

Filed Under: Early intervention and Elementary, SLP 2 Comments

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