While I’m at home practicing “social distancing” and binge watching Disney+, the least I could do was… something – anything– to help you cope with school closings due to this awful Covid-19 virus (or nasty alias Coronvirus). Here in Louisiana, every public school has closed their doors to students, but many educators (including SLPs) are still having to report for…
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What I’m Doing in Therapy this Halloween
I can’t say enough how much I love therapy in October. It’s just FUN. In my opinion, I can’t start the Halloween fun, though, until I’ve taught my clients about the routines and schemas of Halloween. Sometimes we assume they just know. I’ve learned not to assume; I’ve found they often don’t “get it” and can’t fully process what we…
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TEN Professionalism Tips for Your CF Experience & Beyond
I’ve had the pleasure of supervising many CF-SLPs over the years, and I eventually created a handout for them- just a handy list to keep them on track. This is basically THAT LIST for you- even though I didn’t get to be your CF supervisor 🙂 One thing I learned from being in this field is NEVER to assume. By…
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America, you’re beautiful!
Happy Independence Day, America & all of my readers! My recent travels to the northeast (Coastal Maine, specifically) has reminded me how truly BEAUTIFUL our country is! Sure, our government is currently in the crapper, but this is the land people from all over the world flock to. WHY? Well, we have big, nasty problems, but we also have FREEDOM…
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10 Tips for Conducting AMAZING IEP Meetings that Build Parents’ Trust
This is a post that I’ve long been wanting to write. As a former special education coordinator and school SLP (oh, did I mention I’m retired now? :), I’ve held and attended some awesome as well as some cringe-worthy-I-want-to-slide-under-the-table IEP meetings. We have all been there, haven’t we? …in IEP meetings that go south, in those IEP meetings that…
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Easy Butterfly Craft for Spring
Check out this favorite Springtime craft of mine. Whether used as an extension activity after reading that classic caterpillar > butterfly book or as part of a bug unit, this craft is unique and fun but also simple enough even for your kids to need minimal help. Also, it never fails that by the end of the lesson, your students…
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