Archive for category: Therapy Ideas

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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…

Why Literacy Development is More Complicated Than You Thought!

This is a guest blog post, written by Kelly Hoover. Kelly Hoover is an educational therapist and professional development director for Ascend SMARTER Intervention, a structured literacy curriculum designed to close the gap for struggling or…
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5 Steps for AAC Implementation with a FREE Printable

Since transferring to working with older students in the schools, I've spent a ton of time working with students that use AAC systems including iPad apps, dedicated devices, picture symbols, core boards, and PODD books! Year after year, I kept…
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Two Truths and a Lie - With a FREE Printable!

I'm always in need of quick, grab and go materials! I made this one for the beginning of the school year for my mixed language and social groups. It worked incredibly well and was SO easy to prep (aka just print it) sooo I thought I'd share…
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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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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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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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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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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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AAC Core Vocabulary Symbol Dice for Speech Therapy

Wow! Things have been busy around here lately. A new coffee shop opened up a couple blocks away (yay!), my husband and I celebrated our first anniversary, I've been trying to soak up every minute with my dogs this summer, and I've taken a…
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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…

The Language of Leisure

Students with complex communication needs benefit from direct instruction regarding leisure skills and the language that is embedded throughout these activities. It is often that language and leisure skills are impaired in students with autism…

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