Speech 2U

Once you reach them, you can teach them.

Teaching WHERE questions

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Where questions are some of my favorite questions to teach.  There are a lot of fun activities for working on WHERE questions.  Plus I think they are pretty easy to tackle in therapy.   I want them to be able to talk about where they were, what they want to do and also where objects are […]

Teaching Who questions

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I struggle with writing goals for teaching WHO questions because I feel like most of my materials are focused on teaching community helpers/occupations. Sometimes it doesn’t feel as functional to be talking about mechanics with 4 year olds.  Still, it’s important for children to be able to answer WHO questions to talk about who is there, who […]

How I do it: Teaching what questions

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WHAT questions are probably some of the easiest questions to teach in speech therapy because the answer is generally a concrete object or an action.  A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about why children have difficulty answering different WH questions.  I’m following up by talking about how I teach each specific WH question. […]

15 Ideas for Organizing Speech Materials: Round Up Post

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Last week, I posted about how I “tidied” my speech room using category strategies.  Check it out HERE .  Once you’ve whittled down your materials to your favorite or most effective therapy tools, it’s time to organize your materials so you can find them quickly.  I’ve tried a ton of organizational materials over the years, […]

Data collection: Four tips for progress monitoring

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I’m have to share a story of when I was doing an observation of another therapist.  I was intently watching and writing down some notes so I could give some good feedback.  When I got done, I realized that I had also been making hash and sidewise hashmarks.  Data collection is something that has been […]

Coschedule Review: Get your blogging self organized.

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I’m posting this for my blogging friends.  If you have a blog-or are interested in starting a blog, I think you will find this post helpful.  If you aren’t interested in any of that, you can probably skip this post as it’s going to get a little nerdy and technical.  As an SLP and blogger, […]

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