A blog for all things speech and language (with a Cajun twist)
In the summer of 2017, I got my first Amazon Echo (with Alexa). I really purchased it just to listen to music in our home (which, yep, it’s great for), but within weeks I knew I had to have one in my office. In fact, I decided I needed one in my bedroom and bathroom, too. I was HOOKED. I…
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Thanks for hanging with me – back to school madness and a spine surgery has kept me away, but I’m back and ready to talk about the 5th thing YOU need to know when working with children who have autism. All the research on autism points to the fact that these students have extreme difficulty with generalization. Therefore, therapy should occur…
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It’s back to school time, and as I think about all that our jobs as SLPs entail, I have to chuckle. I mean, apparently we have super powers because we do SO much (much of which only WE understand) and sometimes it’s just plain comical. These days, I’m a speech coordinator in a big school district with about 45 SLPs….
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Okay so, YIKES, I got a little distracted. I’m sorry I left you hanging after numbers 1, 2, and 3, but here we are again. Thanks for hanging in with me! The FOURTH thing you need to know when working with children with ASD… Prompting, scaffolding and cueing as commonly used interchangeably (whether that is incorrect or correct is up…
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Happy Better Speech and Hearing Month to my SLPeeps! In the spirit of BSHM, I just had to share a rare find (that only SLPs will enjoy) I stumbled upon while cleaning out my office. You see, I moved into my current office that came with my current job (as district coordinator of speech, language, hearing services and deaf education)…
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Ahhhhhh!! It’s been ages since I’ve blogged. My full-time SLP day job has really gotten the best of me over the past few months and has kept me from the things I love. If you are a school SLP, you may know what that feels like 🙁 Today I’m blogging about something I’ve been passionate about, especially lately, with my…
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