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Autism Awareness: Education {Hanen Giveaway!}

As you already know, April is Autism Awareness month. When I reflect about what that means to me and what my friends with ASD need most, the biggest issue that I keep running into pops into my head. Education. Autism Spectrum Disorders affect 1 in 68 children. That’s quite a lot of kids. If you […]

Teaching Verbs with Trains!

This post contains Amazon Affiliate linksI have found myself having to teach verbs so much this year…more than normal. Some of my students with language impairments are having such a hard time with regular past tense, not even the cursed irregular, that I started from square one. I acquired this Super Duper book and it […]

Caseload Advocacy

I’m no stranger to advocacy. I was on a task force in my previous district working on improving conditions for SLPs. When I arrived in my new district, I thought about what we thought was unfair there…and laughed. Not even close. I inherited a caseload that hovers around 90 students. Ninety. Ten less than 100. […]

Behavior Management for Speech Therapy

Behavior management is one of those topics that we could probably talk about every other week, because it’s something that is relevant ALL THE TIME. A good behavior management system is a must, but can also be very tricky depending on your caseload. First, education. We all need to LEARN about behavior and the function […]

How to use SnapDolls in Speech Therapy

I am SO excited to bring you a product review this week for Snapdolls! A sweet SLP friend of mine brought them to my attention and I just knew this would be a great activity for my preschool friends. Check it out! There are four sets of Snapdolls you can choose from: Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic, and […]

Foam Trucks for Preschool Speech Therapy

If there is one thing I know about my PKs, it’s that they love trucks. Sometimes, Ms. Alcorn gets tired of making the car noise and running all over the room. Sometimes. For those days, I found this pin and I was like…um, helllllloooooo. I need this in my life. Just so happens that the previous SLP […]

Be A Mighty Downpour

He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’ – Job 37:6 Not too long ago, my daily devotion hit me right in the soul. This verse has been one that I have read over and over and over again since that day it was delivered […]

Christmas Sensory Bags!

I found this great Pin last week and I knew I needed to make these for my PK students! They were SO easy to make and it was such a fun activity for both speech and language students 🙂 Check it out… First, I went to the Dollar Store. I grabbed lots of stuff to […]

An #ASHA15 Adventure!

I’m becoming a world traveler. Scratch that. US traveler. I still haven’t left this glorious country of ours, but that’s really beside the point of this post. I’m leaving on a jet plane…. It’s ASHA time, folks! Could I BE any more excited?!? I get to be with MY people. That’s you. And thousands of […]

Multi-Syllabic Word Party {App Review & Giveaway!}

Luke over at Home Speech Home created one of my favorite go-to apps in , so I’m very excited to get a chance to review a newer app of his, Multi-syllabic Word Party! This app is designed for students who are in PK to grade 3, and aimed at improving their phonological awareness skills. Multi-syllabic […]