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Archive for category: Middle School

Middle school therapy ideas for speech and language pathologists.

Elementary School, For SLPs, Language, Materials, Middle School, Therapy Ideas

Printing Speech Therapy Visuals on Post It Notes

For the past couple of years, I've really loved printing various visuals for my therapy sessions onto Post It notes. They're great because I can stick them in student notebooks, directly onto assignments, and they're disposable! I've gotten…
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April 17, 2019
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Elementary School, For SLPs, Middle School

SLP Insight: My Four Behavior Management Profiles

This past school year, I realized that my students fit into one of the following categories. The category that they fall in usually indicates what behavior management style I use with them. After this insight, I've really enjoyed modifying…
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February 6, 2018
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Middle School, Social Skills, Therapy Ideas

Top 10 Phrases I Use In Middle School for Behavior Management

A few weeks ago, I recorded a few of my sessions. I noticed that I said many of the same phrases over and over. After more thought, I decided to start writing down some of my most used phrases, especially ones related to behavior management. They…
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February 3, 2018
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Language, Middle School, Therapy Ideas

Teaching Compare and Contrast Skills in Speech & Language Therapy

I work primarily with students in 5th and 6th grade. By this age, most of my students can compare and contrast when given items like dog/cat or house/apartment. However, most of them still demonstrate functional difficulty using these skills…
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January 26, 2018
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Elementary School, Language, Materials, Middle School, Therapy Ideas

Teaching Story Grammar Parts in Narratives

Those of you who've been around here for a while know that I've switched jobs/settings quite a few times, working in an outpatient setting, a preschool, an elementary school, a high school, and now I'm full time in a middle school (and love…
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November 25, 2017
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Elementary School, Materials, Middle School, Therapy Ideas

Books for Teaching Story Grammar in Speech Therapy

I've gotten a few emails lately asking for book recommendations for teaching narratives, plot structure, and story grammar parts. I have quite a few favorites that I find myself pulling out over and over so I thought I'd share them with you! Below…
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November 25, 2017
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Articulation, Middle School, Therapy Ideas

Tools and Techniques for Eliciting /R/ in Articulation Therapy

One of the things I was most nervous about when starting to work at the middle school level was working on the dreaded /r/ sound. Honestly, before starting this job, I didn't feel comfortable eliciting /r/ at all. In the past couple years, I've…
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November 22, 2017
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Language, Materials, Middle School, Reviews

Using SuperFight in Speech and Language Therapy

Oh middle school... There is so much distrust at this age, especially at the beginning of the school year. So many of my students don't want to come, get embarrassed, or are just "over" speech by this age. I don't give out prizes or use tons…
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September 28, 2017
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Materials, Middle School, Therapy Ideas

Teaching Upper Level Vocabulary Strategies in Speech Therapy

Working in a middle school, many of the students I see demonstrate decreased vocabulary skills when compared to their peers. I've spent the past year coming up with a thorough packet to target these skills in a meaningful, evidence-based, effective…
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June 20, 2017
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For SLPs, Middle School

Working In a Middle School: Pros and Cons

This past school year I switched to working full-time for a new, wonderful district. The position they offered me was full-time in a middle school. I did not want to work in a middle school, but really wanted to work in this district so I took…
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April 4, 2017
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Elementary School, Language, Middle School

Teaching Object Function with Visuals

I've switched around jobs a couple of times since graduation. I've worked with a variety of ages and levels, however I always seem to be targeting object function in one way or another.  All of my students do better, learn faster, and grasp…
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March 9, 2017
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Language, Middle School

Less and Less - A No-Prep Game to Target Describing Skills

I'm always on the hunt for no-prep, easy games that target a variety of skills. I feel like I come up with these games all of the time and wrote a goal to try and share more of them on the blog. All you need for this game is paper! A bonus…
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February 13, 2017
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