Do you have Pinterest or Instagram envy? It can seem like every speech blogger has an amazingly decorated therapy space and that every session includes mind-blowing activities and ends with hugs and rainbows. I loooooooooove looking at speech room makeovers-and am constantly amazed an inspired by my colleagues. I enjoy using themes and coming up with snack […]
Archives for September 2017
5 Strategies for Working with that “Shut Down Kid.”
Has this ever happened to you? You pull out a worksheet or activity and the student says: “I hate speech,” “I already know that-I’m not stupid you know.” “Your wasting my time” Or the dreaded-shut down-where they just stare at you are refuse to do anything. You try explaining why they need to work on […]
Flexible Seating-Can it work in Speech Therapy?
I got a letter from my son’s teacher last year. It said, “Your child has significant difficulty managing his hands and body to be safe in the classroom. Please talk about to him about this.” *Sigh* My son is 7, we’ve been talking to him about this for his whole life. As an infant, in his […]
Working with teams
As Speech Language Pathologists, we have valuable insight and information to share with our teams, but sometimes it can feel like we are overlooked. No one forgets to tell the classroom teacher about an IEP meeting-but I know I’ve gotten a last minute invite or too. Sure, I’d love to spend my night writing up an […]