
Easy Language Sample Analysis
It's definitely that time of year where I feel swamped. One of the most time consuming things I do during this time of year is evaluations. So.Many.Evaluations. I work with 3 year olds through 2nd grade so I do a lot of language sample analysis.…

DIY AAC Visuals and a Freebie
AAC materials are incredibly hard to find online, primarily (I think) because the graphics in systems are diverse and copyrighted. In order to have AAC visuals and materials for your caseload, think about how many different systems your students…

Articulation Menus for /r/
For me, finding targets and activities for articulation at the word and sentence level is fairly easy. I can do a lot with flashcards! Things get more tricky when looking for fun activities that get in lots of trials at the structured or unstructured…

Moving from Sounds in Isolation to Syllables!
Recently, I felt like I had an influx of students who were finally stimulable on some new sounds! Yay! Except... I suddenly had an incredibly difficult time getting them to produce these sounds when combined with a vowel in syllables. Here's…

Using There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover in Speech and Language Therapy
The Old Lady books go together with SLPs like peanut butter and jelly. They are amazing books for their repetitive nature and silly sense of humor. This week will be all about St. Patrick's Day in my speech room! Below are some ideas of…

AAC Language Lab Review
AAC lesson plans and materials? Too good to be true? It's not!
AAC is one of my biggest passions in this field. I love, love, love it. However, I like to mass lesson plan each week. I plan a minimal number of activities and try to use…

Cycles for Phonology: Assessment, Setting Up, Progress Monitoring, & Intervention
If you're a follower of Speechy Musings, you know that I recently switched to a school setting. I primarily work with students up to grade 2 and have a TON of students with phonology disorders.
I worked for 1 week at the school before heading…

Love Monsters
It's almost Valentine's Day! I love incorporating themes into therapy but don't like planning to encroach on my personal life either. So enter in my Mini Articulation Cards. They make crafts SO easy!
I printed mini articulation cards on red…

Question Formulation Maps
For many students on my caseload, question formulation, or putting words in the correct order when asking questions, is an incredibly difficult skill. I saw this difficulty across students with social skill goals, AAC goals, and syntax goals.
A…

Centers for Articulation
Since I've switched to the school setting, I've had moments where I desperately wished I could see some of my grouped students 1:1, even just for a short time or for certains days (e.g., days I want to do progress monitoring, formal data collection,…

How I Teach the EET
I'm fairly obsessed with the Expanding Expression Tool (EET). I love how it incorporates so many language skills into one functional tool that I can pair with almost any activity. In order to keep my kiddos on track and motivated, I recently…

Speech Sound Cards Freebie
I LOVE visuals. All day, every day, it is all about visuals! I needed a way to organize cards to help my students with apraxia or articulation goals sooo I made these. I love how they turned out and now I use them every day! Plus bonus, the…