Unlocking Social Potential
How is working on Dolch sight words relevant to an SLP? Some days there’s just not enough time to work on all the needs of my students! I am constantly challenged to work harder and smarter. It’s critical to bring academic content into our language goals but it does take some thought and creativity. I’m excited to… Read More
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
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
Pragmatics. Social Communication. Social smarts. Social Language. updated 1/2023 You can’t put a value on helping children improve their pragmatics skills or social communication skills with others. I believe it’s just as important, if not more so in many instances, as working on speech and language skills that build a child’s academic performance. This post is dedicated to addressing five… Read More