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Does writing IEPs STRESS YOU OUT? 😳 Do you seco

Does writing IEPs STRESS YOU OUT? 😳
Do you second guess your goals, your minutes, or well, EVERYTHING?
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Are you a CF or an SLP who never received any training from your district?
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Do you wish there was a guide to tell you everything you need to know about how to write a compliant IEP?
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🙌 WELL, THERE IS! 👏👏👏👏

Take advantage of allllllll the training I was given about writing compliant and legally defensible IEPs!

Get the Ultimate IEP Writing Guide for School SLPs, and walk into your next IEP meeting with confidence! 💪

Find it by going to my PR🅾️-📂, or comment with an emoji that shows how IEP writing makes you feel!

I’ll DM you with the 🖇️, and you can pick my brain about IEP issues anytime!

My goal is to make YOUR VERY HARD JOB EASIER!

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Have you conducted speech and language evals that

Have you conducted speech and language evals that should’ve included a full team but ended up just being you …because the rest of the pupil appraisal team insisted “it’s the student’s speech causing their behaviors?”

It was my BIGGEST pet peeve while working in schools and the source of enormous frustration.

Here’s an 💡 idea… have the entire team evaluate, and let the data speak for itself!

Can communication disorders contribute to frustration and behaviors?

Sometimes, YES, but in my 27+ years as an SLP, it’s usually something else, and that “something else”
is often one of the conditions on the 3rd slide.

When we ONLY ASSESS COMMUNICATION, children go years (usually until the next triennial) to be properly identified, and frankly, no child can afford to waste that much time being treated for speech and language when serious underlying behavioral problems are affecting their education. 😓

Just say NO and fight like CRAZY the next time an RTI or evaluation team wants to pin all of a child’s behaviors on communication.

EARLY and accurate identification is crucial to a child’s future and academic success!

SAVE this post for the next time you’re put in this position, and mention all the other possibilities listed on slide 3 and, hopefully, watch the team open their minds to other causes.

How many times have you been put in this situation only to have your student get re-identified (correctly) years later?

*SIDE NOTE: not all of the conditions listed result in behaviors, but they sometimes do. I have personal experience with this having raised a neurodiverse child.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, y’all! ☘️☘️☘️ Hope you’re wearing your green so you don’t get pinched! 🤏

If you need a last second resource (including no prep) shoot me a DM!

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HALF OFF TODAY ONLY! Get 80 short passages so yo

HALF OFF TODAY ONLY!

Get 80 short passages so you can concentrate on EXPLICITLY teaching these crucial skills that our language students struggle with…for ONLY $3.50 today!

Also get:
😈 5 “anchor charts” for teaching strategies for each skill
😈16 passages for each skill:
inferencing, main idea, context clues, summarizing, general responding to text
😈 a monster board game
😈 sorting mats for students to self assess
😈 fun idea suggestions
😈 ideas to increase rigor

I used these ALL THE TIME to focus on skill work and strategies!

NO SLP has time for their students to be bogged down in lengthy text. Our time has to be well spent!

You can get to these by tapping on my pr🅾️-file or drop a 😈 for a DM that will get you right to it.

Find all the HALF OFF SPEECH deals by searching #mar23halfoffspeech

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You can EASILY get 100 trials by using dot art! 🌈

Why do SLPs love it?
🔴 NO PREP (just print)
🟠 It’s a snap to get 100+reps
🟡 keeps students engaged
🟢 doubles as homework
🔵 versatile (see list below)
🟣 hands and mouths are working!
🌈 all ages love it

➡️➡️➡️ These also make cute bulletin boards!

DON’T have paint daubers?

Use these to cover the circles instead!
☘️ magnetic tokens
☘️ pom poms
☘️ mini objects or erasers
☘️ put the page in a protective sleeve & let students smash dough on each circle as they practice

Other ideas are listed inside the resource!

Want it? Need it?

Drop a shamrock to get to it!! OR search “St.Patrick’s Day Articulation Dot Art” on TpT!

#schoolslp #slpeeps #preschoolslp #speechies #slpsofinstagram #slpsontpt #slp2be #slpbloggers #tpt #speechtherapy #speechtherapist #speechpathology #articulationtherapy #speechtherapyideas #handsonspeechtherapy #slpmaterials

You know your students best. You’re the only pro

You know your students best. You’re the only professional who should be making these decisions (based on your knowledge of each child you serve).

Can your sped director dictate minutes? NOPE. ❌

Your immediate supervisor? OH, NO. ❌

When students move up to middle or high school, should you change minutes based on what the new therapist wants? 🙅‍♀️ NO, because they don’t know the student or the student’s needs.

Can others on the IEP team chime in? YES, but remember that YOU are the communication the expert!
Psychologists and other diagnosticians don’t get to override your recommendations without very good cause.

Service delivery is an IEP team decision so only team members have a say. The end. Full stop. 🛑

To make sure your recommendations are heard and respected by the team, it’s always best to be able to speak about the rationale behind your recommendations.✔️

Does this issue ever come up in your school based job?

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As a best practice

Exhale the work week, and inhale the weekend! #s

Exhale the work week, and inhale the weekend!

#schoolslp #slpeeps #preschoolslp #eislp #pediatricslp #slpsofinstagram #speechtherapy #speechtherapist #slpgradstudent #slp2be #speechies

Happy International Women's Day to every women rea

Happy International Women's Day to every women reading this!

Serena Williams once said, "Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on."

Let’s make that the norm!

#womenliftingwomen #humansliftinghumans
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Who could use 35 pages of NO PREP speech and langu

Who could use 35 pages of NO PREP speech and language activities for St. Paddy’s Day? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏽🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏾‍♀️

This resource for ALL THE SKILLS✨will seriously last until St. Patrick’s Day so you can ✅ planning for the next 2 weeks OFF YOUR LIST!

See lots of the activities by scrolling 📲📲📲📲📲📲 through!

See ALL that you’ll get listed on the last image! 🙌

BTW, most pages only require b/w ink! 👏👏👏

HERE’S what 1 buyer said:
“ I almost own all of your fun packs (unless you make more - PLEASE DO)! I get a WAY higher return rate on homework when I send these themed ones home, plus, my younger kiddos don’t need to have to read to work on their sounds! Of course I love everything else about this fun pack as well! Of course, I love everything else about the fun pack as well! You are so great a big spot on when making activities for different diagnoses (and ages)that are motivating! Thank you for all of your hard work” - Jessica

Get to it by going ⬆️ to my PR🅾️-📂, or drop a ☘️ to get a DM from me.

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Ready for some St. Patrick's Day activities? 🍀L

Ready for some St. Patrick's Day activities? 🍀LUCKY🍀 for you (see what I did there?) I've got you!

Use this SIMPLE but IRRESISTIBLE open-ended game to work on and reinforce ANY skill! I’m not even joking...it's a DREAM for mixed groups.

If you’ve played the Christmas, Valentine's Day, or Thanksgiving versions…you know it’s true!
Day-themed
⭐️ BONUS: it’s super low prep! Just print & do some quick cutting!

Play with 2-6 players (even those mixed groups you’d usually dread because it makes you feel like you're spinning plates, am I right? ) 😬🙄

You'll get everything to play the game (game mats, cookies, wild cards that shake up the game)…

...PLUS a 🍀 St. Paddy's Day-themed list of words for teaching vocabulary or articulation drill! 😍😍😍 I also love using the lists for phonological awareness, too (counting syllables, telling onset-rime, etc.)

Make it even more fun by drawing the cookie cards from a cookie jar 🍪, an empty cookie mix box 🍪, or a cookie sheet pan.

Whoever finds all their cookies to bring to the cookie exchange party WINS!

Get this by going to my Pr🅾️-🗄️, or drop a shamrock emoji to lemme know you NEED to see this!
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Have you seen these functional beauties from Lilia

Have you seen these functional beauties from Liliana @bilingualspeechie ?

I worked with bilingual students for much of my career, and there was nothing like this available! Where have these articulation cards been all my #slplife ??

While I’m not totally fluent in French, it’s a language I revert to time and time again because it’s what I grew up hearing and my family spoke. It feels like home. ❤️

Here are just a few reasons I love these bilingual flash cards:

1️⃣ I feel like using these will help to honor and respect the students and families we work with. Besides that, I think monolingual students will enjoy learning words in a new language!
2️⃣ These cards are so sturdy and durable! Not to mention the art is 🔥🔥 gorgeeeeeous! 🔥🔥.
3️⃣ They come on a ring, and if you’ve been here a while, you know I love a good ring so I can hang my cards up for GRAB AND GO 💃🏻 use!
4️⃣ The images are diverse, and every student will see themselves in this deck!
5️⃣ Students can respond in whichever language that feels most comfortable - it’s up to them! Knowing their therapist supports them answering however they choose can only build a greater connection 💚, and we know that therapist - student connections result in 💪 relationships and progress!
6️⃣ The pamphlet Liliana includes with the deck provides SO MUCH RESEARCH regarding using cognates and the benefits of doing so! Seriously, readers should get PD credit for it!

If you are an SLP working with diverse therapy groups like groups with bilingual speakers or mixed groups of monolingual/bilingual students, THESE CARDS ARE A GAME CHANGER!

Get yours at www.bilingualspeechie.com !

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Here’s a fun way to work on prepositions (or you

Here’s a fun way to work on prepositions (or you might call them spatial or positional concepts)!

FIRST, start with a transparent or translucent container. I used this little box, but a cup you can see through works great, too!

ADD any manipulatives you’d like (that will fit under your container). I found these cute little bunnies 🐰🐰🐰 at @barnesandnoble a while back so I used those. Also, I really like that since they’re all different colors, I can add a color modifier when we practice following directions.

In the past I’ve also used @fisherprice little people, Pokémon figurines, Power Rangers, Disney figures, or any characters I had lying around. Don’t overthink it!

FINALLY, practice prepositions by telling your students where to put each bunny, such as:
“Put the purple bunny NEXT TO the pink box.” “Place the orange bunny INSIDE (or UNDER/BELOW) the box.”

Try teaching and practicing some or ALL of these positions:
UNDER, BEHIND, NEAR, IN FRONT OF, ABOVE, BEFORE, BELOW, OUT OF, OUTSIDE, ON, ON TOP OF, OFF, OFF OF, OVER, UNDER, NEXT TO, INSIDE/INSIDE OF, BETWEEN, BY, BESIDE, BENEATH, FAR FROM, CLOSE TO…

…and have discussions about how similar some of these concepts are (like how under, beneath, and below are very much alike) or how beside, close to, and next to are pretty much interchangeable.

NOTE THAT the “see through” container allows you to work on under/below/inside, etc. - because an opaque container wouldn’t have quite the same effect- and if you’re like me, I forget what I made them put under there. 🤪

☝️If you work with groups, you can let your students give directions to each other (while you give feedback).

👉 You can also have students tell YOU where to place items! I like to get some wrong so they can explain WHY I WAS WRONG, which they take great pleasure in doing. 🤣

Hope this idea💡brings some fun and learning to your language sessions!

DOUBLE TAP if you like this idea, ❤️and SAVE if you think you’ll need to reference it later!

Happy therapizing! 🐇🐇🐇

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