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Using OT Strategies in Speech Therapy

I know you’ve heard it before…a team approach is usually the best for all involved. So many SLPs are fortunate enough to be able to collaborate often with their multidisciplinary team…and I find that Occupational Therapists are usually the other therapy we collaborate with the most…but some of us aren’t that lucky. For me, I […]

Self Reflection for Professional Development (Freebie!)

Professional development is one of those words that can encompass several kinds of things, but one is certain, it’s all about making you better. A better diagnostician, clinician, counselor, record keeper…these are all important for your personal growth as an SLP (or any other educator). We must always be learning new things in a world […]

#ASHA16: Florida Girl Goes to Philly

We all know that this Florida girl doesn’t venture north in fall and winter for specific temperature reasons…remember my concern over the Denver cold last year? BUT…ASHA keeps insisting on holding these conventions in cold cities. This year? Philadelphia. Yes, I want all the Philly cheese and none of it’s cold or snow. No worries, […]

Friday Feels: It’s All About Perspective

If you follow me on Instagram, then you might know that I acquired SEVEN new students within a week recently. And y’all, it almost threw me over the edge. It wasn’t kids I had tested and added myself, they were new students to our school. An influx of sorts. But every time I got the […]

Whats the Pic Artic {App Review}

It’s been forever since I’ve done an app review, so I am really excited to share this new one from Luke over at Home Speech Home! What’s the Pic? Artic is their newest app which is designed to help students practice their articulation skills.You can add player profiles with their name a picture…you can choose […]

Why I Need Compliment Cards {FREEBIE!}

This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. Last year, I heard a comment by a grade level teacher about this awesome positive behavior strategy she was using, called compliment cards. And I thought, well that’s a catchy little title, so I checked it out. I was really intrigued by the idea and immediately knew it was […]

5 Acronyms New School SLPs Need to Know

Guys! I’m drowning in back to school craziness, but I’m super excited to have my buddy, Jenna Rayburn from Speech Room News, here to share a guest post with you! You know we toss around acronyms like beanbags. It’s like our own little special education world language! If you’re new to the schools this year, […]

SLP Planner for 2016-17

One of my favorite projects every summer is working on this planner. Seriously. I look forward to creating something new to get me excited about the next school year…all the while helping myself get organized. This planner just works for me, so the general layout stays the same…but this year I have added quite a few […]

Organizing Materials for the Year!

This post includes Amazon Affiliate LinksOrganizing! It’s not really my strong suite…you know all those Type A SLPs that have everything in order? Yeah, I’m not one of those. I do my best, but usually just get overwhelmed…I don’t find it fun to organize my stuff. I had a system that worked for me for […]

5 Travel Theme Speech Therapy Ideas – Plus Freebie

Looking for theme speech therapy ideas? Travel is not one commonly used but is so much fun! In this post, I am sharing 5 different activities for this theme, plus a great freebie! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. This week we are packing up and hitting the road! In our minds 🙂 I was […]