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Just dropping in to say thank you to everyone who

Just dropping in to say thank you to everyone who shopped my store during the TpT sale. ☺️☺️☺️

Your support leaves me speechless, which is BIG because I’m rarely short on words. 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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NEWLY UPDATED! 👏👏 Here’s my all-time favor

NEWLY UPDATED! 👏👏
Here’s my all-time favorite lesson EVERY SINGLE YEAR with my upper elementary and middle school students!

As an added ✨BONUS✨it’s NO prep, and you can use it virtually or in person.

If you OWN it GO redownload because it has more content, new passages, and it’s been completely redesigned!

If you don’t own it, you might want to. The 🔑 to engaging older students is to use unusual and fascinating text!! ✔️

Honestly, with 22 passages, 16 videos, and 95 comprehension questions (for listening comp OR reading comp) this one resource can last ALL OF APRIL, and your students won’t complain a bit!

I personally 💛LOVED💛 this resource for PUSH-IN! I still go and do this lesson in my former co-teacher’s classroom! 👯‍♀️

BTW, not shown above is a grammar art activity!

YOU CAN TARGET:
🐣 inferencing
🐣 compare and contrast
🐣 deciphering vocabulary in context
🐣 drawing conclusions
🐣 making connections to text
🐣 written responses/organization
🐣 giving opinions
🐣 justifying responses with evidence from the text
🐣 grammar skills/proofreading

This one is a keeper, y’all! You’ll use it every year! 🤩

⭐️ The passages are just the right length for our sessions and allow us to work on SKILL BUILDING (instead of just listening to students read forever). 🤦🏻‍♀️

One buyer said “I absolutely love all of your comprehension passages. They are sooo entertaining to all of my students and can be easily adapted for mixed groups. I own all of them!!!”

Other buyer shared, “I love all your holiday units! They’re so interesting and great for a wide range of ages!”

Drop a bunny emoji 🐰or 🐇if you’d like to give it a look! 👀

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Don’t let the Sunday Scaries or the Sunday Blues

Don’t let the Sunday Scaries or the Sunday Blues steal today’s joy. ☀️💛✨

Graphic by @jennamariejournals

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SLP confession alert! 🚨 Sensory bins have terri

SLP confession alert! 🚨 Sensory bins have terrified me for so many years – ever since I child spilled one with a kazillion million water beads in it. Have you ever tried to pick up water beads? 🤦🏻‍♀️ it’s nearly impossible!

Recently, I gave sensory bins another chance, and I have to say I’m loving them! My secret is a DEEP BIN! I bought this one at target for $3!

All you have to do is find some sensory items; I use seasonal items since I have so many. In this bin, I threw in some stretchy rubber bunnies, fuzzy bunnies, shiny gemstones, flowers, and butterflies along with some Easter grass, styrofoam glitter balls, and pom Poms!

I stashed mini objects inside of plastic Easter eggs, and added 2 different tools for kids to use to grab the items! One is easier than the other because we all know fine motor needs vary.

While I try not to stifle the fun, I do have a rule that kids can explore three items, and then they must pick a task card. I like adding task cards or articulation cards (like the spring themed ones pictured on the table).

Besides that, the bin items easily facilitate modeling of concepts of all kinds, vocabulary, verb tense/use , pronouns, describing, compare/contrast, and so much more!

Of course, your OT cohorts will love you for getting in some sensory play!

Because we are sometimes data hoarders, this is your reminder to try to keep questions down to one 1 for every 4 comments you make. No child wants to be interrogated while trying to play! Don’t be a party pooper! 🤣

Thanks for changing my mind about sensory bins @thedabblingspeechie ! I GET IT NOW (at least as long as no one spills the bin). If that happens I may lose it 🥴😬🤣😂😆

Drop an emoji showing how YOU feel about sensory bins! Love them? Hate them? Somewhere in between?

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This is a 💪 powerful question to pose when the

This is a 💪 powerful question to pose when the RTI team is considering evaluating.

Having the right professionals on an assessment team is ▶crucial◀ to addressing the WHOLE CHILD'S needs!

It seems that students' needs are often contributed only (or mostly) to "communication," but we know that most student needs are more complex than that (see my previous post about behaviors).

I learned this TIP👇 while attending a statewide training on ESSA and FAPE.

Keep in mind, this only works when all disciplines act with integrity rather than self-interest.

Here's hoping 🙏 it helps you and your team make ethical and thoughtful decisions for students and their families!

What do you think? Could be a game changer at your workplace?

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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?
🤢
Are you a CF or an SLP who never received any training from your district?
😓😵
Do you wish there was a guide to tell you everything you need to know about how to write a compliant IEP?
🛑

🙌 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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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!

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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!

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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!

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