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[yoisthename]

Well I’m officially a year into my SLP career and it’s absolutely been a wild ride! Lots of tears, laughs, headaches, and a happy heart. I’m also lucky enough to have a wonderful CF mentor and other amazing women in the field that never hesitate to answer any of my questions and are always ready to share their tricks of the trade. Long story short, I’M HAPPY GIRL AND I LOVE MY JOB 🙌🏾 #SLPeep #SNFLife https://www.instagram.com/p/B8bmKaQFvYg/?igshid=1qdtjltfaiir8

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If you give an SLP a holiday, she will be unable to decide which book to use. If she can’t decide which book to use, she will have a very full bag. #slpeep #stpatricksday #toofull

[sleeplessinspeech]

Rachael Langley, AAC Specialist

I still get this question a lot - particularly when talking about young, pre-verbal learners. AAC is not a crutch. Beginning AAC does not mean you are giving up on verbal speech. Here’s a post I’ve...

The research article she cites is also authored by a former professor of mine. AAC is amazing!

From the FB post by Rachael Langley:

Using AAC as a strategy to support communication and language development does not mean you're waving the white flag on oral speech development.

Yes, some people will forever rely on AAC. For them, it's "alternative" not augmentative. But for many young kiddos, they need a visual means to support their communication NOW. They need to augment their communication while they learn the power of language.

That's what AAC does for so many. Lots of kids continue to supplement their speech with AAC after speech begins to develop. But remember this: AAC does not interfere with speech development.

Supporting Research: Millar, Light, Schlosser - 2006

[purrrfectspeech-blog]

Use this handout as a useful way to teach and ensure retention of nouns. This sheet includes descriptions of (1) noun classes: -simple -compound -common

Use this handout as a useful way to teach and ensure retention of nouns. This sheet includes descriptions of (1) noun classes: -simple -compound -common -proper -concrete -abstract -count -noncount -collective and (2) noun forms -number -gender -case This is also useful for in class cheat-sheets, at home practice/reminders, and parent carry over refreshers!

[speechmarkpublishing]

BOOK DESCRIPTION This is a practical, accessible manual for Speech and Language Therapists and Educational Psychologists who assess children with language impairments, explaining how and why to implement Dynamic Assessment. Where normal assessments statically identify deficits, Dynamic Assessment also identifies the child's potential to learn by allowing for prompts from you, during the assessment, thus far better informing your decisions about appropriate interventions and strategies to help the children you work with. What does this book do? • Introduces the theory and principles of Dynamic Assessment and the benefits of applying this approach to the assessment of language. • Provides practical guidance, examples and templates including questions, prompts and scoring to help you implement your own Dynamic Assessments. • Shows you how to interpret Dynamic Assessments and use the findings to devise interventions that better meet the individual needs of the children you work with. Written by an experienced Speech and Language Therapist who leads the field in researching the dynamic assessment of language, and with a foreword by best-selling author team Stephen Parsons and Anna Branagan, this book is the definitive guide for practitioners.

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