This will come as a shock to no one: I am not one of those super cool people. I am a dork. Being a dork is awesome because I rarely get embarrassed. I just embrace my inner dorkiness and 781.3. Did anyone get that? I don’t fall as much anymore-mostly I just trip and pretend […]
Archives for May 2013
Video modeling: Editing out cues
Video modeling is an effective tool for strengthening new behaviors, teaching new skills and working on social skills. In general, video modeling should show your client what you WANT them to do. We want them to have as many positive models of the expected behavior as possible. If you want to work on Michelle Garcia […]
A 10,000 Page view Celebration!
It’s the last week of virtual school for me which requires a virtual party! First let’s step back in the time machine to January 1, 2013 when I published this post: Goal accomplished: 500 page views! Since then this blog has been viewed: 9, 912 times. That number is amazing to me. Here’s another exciting […]
Scribblenauts Remix: An awesome app review
My computer is starting to run really slow-but I only need it for one more week of virtual speech therapy. Then I have the whole summer to figure out how to speed it up. So instead of playing an online game during therapy, we played Scribblenauts Remixed. I’ve recommended Super Scribblenauts for the Nintendo […]
Adapting to the child
I adapt to the child. Most of the time, I get clients who love coming to therapy. They get big smiles when they see me and give me hugs when they are leaving. I have lots of kids who can sit at the table and do drill work while we play a game. But sometimes […]
Spring Multisyllabic Words: Review AND Giveaway…
I’m so excited to be participating in my first “product swap” with Natalie from Just Wright Speech. Natalie was kind enough to share her Spring Multisyllabic Words packet with me and even better-to offer it as a giveaway to one of you!!! Spring Multisyllabic Words: I have a lot of clients who need practice with multisyllabic […]
Field trip to the Gym…
I’ve got a couple of reaalllly wiggly kids that are working on articulation. Today, I took a break from the table and set up stations in a therapy gym. Each station had a set of 10 articulation cards that the children had to say three times before completing the station. Here were my Stations: 1. […]
Teaching Imitation
I’ve been meaning to do a post on imitation for awhile. May 14th is the first Apraxia Awareness day so I thought a post on imitation skills would be appropriate. Imitation abilities one of the things that I assess during an initial evaluation. Speech therapy uses a lot modeling techniques so having a child […]
One year ago today.
One year ago today I was getting ready in the locker room of the gym where I work out. I work out early in the morning and usually check my email as I’m drying my hair. I opened my phone and saw it: 3 missed phone calls from my parents house in Arizona-starting at 3:00 […]
Clip Art Hoarder: Quick organizational strategies
In addition to SLP materials hoarding, I’ve recently been diagnosed as a clip art hoarder. This is in keeping with my long tradition of overpurchasing my craft-of-the-moment. I’ve got stickers, fancy papers, and a CRICUT from my scrapbooking days. I went through a phase of trying out crafts by purchasing kids kits. I’ve got a […]