Visualization, part of non-verbal working memory, is an important, often overlooked skill that we can easily target within our therapy sessions. Working memory, or the ability to temporarily hold, process, and manipulate information, is critical for learning. I will chat more about other skills (like complex sentence comprehension) that rely on working memory in the […]

Today, I wanted to share the process I follow with my students to work on managing their big feelings and emotions. ❤️‍🔥 My biggest tip is to focus on preparing your students for big feelings. Our students need to learn how to regulate through big feelings and they learn to do that through our support, […]

Have you fallen in love with my sentence sliders yet? These digital, interactive slides (available in Boom cards, Power Point, and Google Slides format) feature beautiful, real pictures with drag and drop supports to work on your students’ goals. This digital product is perfect for teletherapy, of course, but it’s also great for SLPs using […]

Reading comprehension is complicated and can take a lot of focused intervention to support our students with learning disabilities! But what kind of texts should we use for reading comprehension? Are there benefits to using non-fiction vs. fiction stories? Does starting with narratives help later on with expositories? First of all, the things we are […]

Generating story ideas in speech therapy is a great way to work on story grammar, syntax, and more! In fact, generating narratives might actually have side benefits beyond just working on story retell! I’ve talked about big picture narrative intervention before, with an extensive look at all of the language components we can target with […]

Why do SLPs work on formulating sentences in speech therapy with subject, verb, and object components? While typical children will begin to combine words and form sentences, children with a language impairment might struggle with this basic syntax. It’s our job to help them grow their vocabulary and use it in a way that makes […]

Are you brave enough to give a spider theme a try in your speech therapy? Have you noticed that so many speech therapy theme ideas revolve around holidays and seasons? It’s easy to understand why – holidays are fun for kids and seasons can be functional. But, not all of our kids celebrate all the […]

You can’t lose with a fun dinosaur theme unit in your speech therapy! How is it that kids can learn those long, technical names of dinosaurs, even those kids with speech and language impairments? That’s the power of special interests – and we can use it for our benefit! There are so many advantages to […]

Your students can channel their inner astronaut with a fun outer space theme speech therapy unit! There are so many benefits to using themed units in speech therapy, including greatly reducing prep time! Yes, that’s right, themes can mean less prep time, not more! If you follow a routine with your speech therapy lesson plans, […]

Sometimes I get tired of seeing the same old themes over and over, which is why I love using a volcano theme in my speech therapy! Kids of all ages love volcanoes and they lend themselves to fun extension activities for that all important student buy-in! There are so many benefits to using themed units […]

A weather theme might be a no-brainer for preschool, but it is actually great for kids of all ages! I’ve met lots of kids who love vehicles or animals, but a surprising number of kids are really into a weather theme too! Weather is a super functional topic! It’s basically the #1 small talk topic […]

A construction theme is so much fun in the speech therapy room! Kids love trucks, building, and everything construction! One of my favorite benefits of speech therapy themes is that they make data collection easier! When therapy follows a pattern, you’re taking more consistent data and you’re measuring what you actually want to measure! My […]