A place for all things speech and language...with a Cajun twist
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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I hope you are all coming down off of a beautiful holiday season! As you can imagine, it’s been a hectic time of year, and the festivities and Christmas prep have kept me away from blogging. In fact, during the past couple of months it has felt like I’m holding my entire life together with a bobbie pin. Anyone…
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Are you ready for the SECOND most important thing I think you need to know when working with students who have ASD? If not, click here to read #1 first! If so, here it is: Now that your student has joint attention, interactions with others are possible! It’s time to start working on social reciprocity. . You probably know that…
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Welcome to my series offering you 8 things you NEED to know about working with students who have autism. Let’s get started! This series is near and dear to my heart. With over 2 decades of working with children with ASD (before it even really had a name here in South Louisiana), I’ve come up with what I believe are…
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It’s been such a long time since I’ve written. There are lots of reasons for that. As our area was just about recovered from the “Great Flood” of 2016, my parents’ home flooded in my hometown 100 miles from Baton Rouge. At the ages of 90 and 81, you can imagine how hard it was to see your parents displaced….
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Thanks for sticking with me through this series about vocabulary. For those of you working with middle and high school students, this one is for YOU! We’ve all had them: Students who turn their noses up at ELA assignments Those who avoid participating in class The ones who don’t or won’t do assignments at all Kids who are bored as…
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