A place for all things speech and language...with a Cajun twist
As educators, and especially as educators of children with disabilties, it’s my humble opinion that our most important role is to preserve the dignity of our students. Of course, we must teach them, but first we must reach them, and we do that by earning their respect and trust. I’ve seen time and time again that when adults in their…
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Thanks for hanging with me through this series! 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 where the child “lives” the most. For us, that is…
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Okay so, so far we’ve learned THREE essential things about working with kids with ASD, 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 for debate-more on that later),…
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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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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…
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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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