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Growing collection of resources for all of your teletherapy & Tele-AAC needs (COVID-19)

Many SLPs are feeling overly anxious across the country at the thought of teletherapy and terrified at the thought of providing Tele-AAC interventions. Tele-AAC is a “unique cross-disciplinary clinical service delivery model that requires expertise in both telepractice and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems” (Anderson, et al., 2012, p. 80). I know your thinking that there is…

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What do I do when Traditional Language Therapy isn't working? Language Intervention utilizing Verbal Operants

What do I do when Traditional Language Therapy isn’t working? Language Intervention utilizing Verbal Operants

When traditional language therapy isn’t working or I feel the individual could be acquiring skills in a more timely manner, I return to my roots and utilize a behavior approach to language acquisition. There are many different behavioral approaches; however, I will be discussing the components of the Verbal Behavior (Errorless Teaching) approach in this post.

In his book Verbal Behavior, BF…

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Valentine Freebies for Speech Therapy: Digital & Print

5 Little Sweethearts – Repetitive Rhyme

Fun repetitive, rhyming tale of Valentine hearts losing a Valentine in different places. Sequence the places the lost Valentine was left on the last card of the deck.

Download HERE: 5 Little Sweethearts (Digital Resource)

Valentine’s Day Quick Play Articulation Game for Prevocalic /r/

This resource includes 4 game boards, 64 target…

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Strategies & Resources for Teaching Inferencing Skill Sets in SPED

Teaching inferencing skill sets in special education is often tedious and over whelming if you do not have a systematic approach and understand where you should start with each student! I always try to pinpoint the simplest area of breakdown and target in a hierarchical manner from the bottom up.

How I Target Inferencing Skills

infer action based on object

infer by association

infer from…

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Instructional Control: 5 Reminders When Working with Challenging Students

What is instructional control?

There is a fundamental step for teaching any child new skills while preventing problematic behavior. It is establishing what is called instructional control. In its simplest form, instructional control means the child listens to you because you have established a good working relationship with him. When done right, he readily approaches you, willing and…

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A Collection of Websites, Apps and Resources for SLPs, Educators, & Parents

Calling all SLPs, Educators and Parents… Do you have reluctant readers that can happily spend every spare minute glued to a device? E-books are perfect for sparking a new love of reading!

There are a variety of reasons why children may find e-books more engaging than printed books.

In various research articles, children report they find reading books uncomfortable due to the print size,…

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Are You a Good AAC Communication Partner?

Are you a good communication partner? There are many different methodologies and evidence-based practices available. I like to mix and match based on individual communication needs, environment and support system.

When working with individuals with complex communication needs, it is important to:

💬Arrange the environment or sabotage to contrive situations for communicating. Create interest!

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Extra Cash for the Holidays? Freelance Writing Ideas & Outlets for SLPs, Teachers and Parents

Most of my teacher and SLP friends enjoy researching, creating, and most of all, sharing. Bundle these characteristics with the personality traits of my extrodinary friends and you have the winning combo for freeland writing!

There are so many different freelance writing avenues these days.

Guess what?… SLPs, Educators and Parents are huge hits in the world of freelance writing. That is…

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How Do I Reverse Bad Habits in Students

Behavioral Response OR Habit

There is still debate over how habits should be conceptualized and operationalized, but there is consensus among scholars that habits are acquired through incremental strengthening of the association between a situation (cue) and an action, “i.e. repetition of a behaviour in a consistent context progressively increases the automaticity with which the behaviour is…

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Q: Why is 10 scared? A: Because 7 8 9! - Halloween Vocabulary, Puns & Jokes for Elementary Students

Q: Why is 10 scared? A: Because 7 8 9! – Halloween Vocabulary, Puns & Jokes for Elementary Students

Reading seasonal books, playing themed games, utilizing themed teaching materials and completing holiday activiites are my favorite ways to introduce new vocabulary. Students are able to connect to the vocabulary by seeing, doing and experiencing. This connection is extremely important or skill acquisition and generalization.

How To Use Halloween Vocabulary:

Sequencing: Students…

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The Habits Of A Happy Educator: Part 1

Express Gratitude

Gratitude is a personality trait, a mood, and an emotion. As an emotion, gratitude is a feeling of happiness that comes from appreciation. While in a grateful mood, grateful emotions are more likely be present.

Robert Emmons, a well knonw scientific expert on gratitude, argues that gratitude has two key components, which he describes in a Greater Good essay, “Why…

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12 Awesome Kid Podcasts You Must Introduce To Your Classroom

Podcasts can be a powerful and positive addition to your classroom! They are a great way to breakup screentime and practice those auditory comprehension skills. Kids of all ages love these fun and thought provoking podcasts.

What is a Podcast?

A podcast is a series of episodes, linked by one syndication feed. New episodes may be automatically pushed to subscribers’ personal computers,…

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Have you ever worked with students that need to memorize large amounts of information and constantly complain that it is too hard! Memory strategies are definitely the way to go in this situa…

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Unity Of The Diverse: is that a real thing?

I found it!! I actually found my very first Educational Philosophy Statement written in graduate school! I remember drafting countless versions and finally narrowed it down to include two paragraphs. As I read it, I was inspired by the words I had written years ago. Reflecting on core values and beliefs regarding my role as an educator, clinician, professional and speech-language pathologist…

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Mnemonics

Mnemonics: Have you ever worked with students that need to memorize large amounts of information and constantly complain that it is too hard! Memory strategies are definitely the way to go in this situation. No, I'm not talking about brain training apps!

Have you ever worked with students that need to memorize large amounts of information and constantly complain that it is too hard! Memory strategies are definitely the way to go in this situation. No, I’m not talking about brain training apps! I’m talking about evidence-based strategies.

Give these a spin:

1) Take a guess.One of the best ways to remember a new word, it turns out, is to…

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Discrimination Trials: Extremely Important in Special Education Instruction

Discrimination Trials are very important when teaching new skills. This week I found myself communicating with a team of educators/therapists and independent service providers regarding this subject.

My communication with a student’s assistant: Caleb and I worked on the typing issues we disused and I have devised the following protocols to help. Caleb is not discriminating between, “type”,…

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