Help! My Students Can’t Identify Character Traits
As a school based speech-language pathologist, I often work with students on understanding and defining character traits. My students are often able to understand what’s going on in the story,…
Category: for SLPs
Let’s “Build” A Conversation!
Need a fun way to practice strengthening and developing conversation skills? Try using blocks or Legos to build a conversation tower! Decide on a certain block for topics and another…
Need help? As a Speech-Language Pathologist!
For years I’ve wanted to put together a resource for parents that explains what therapists do to encourage and elicit language from clients who are around age 2 and have…
A “Tone of Voice Problem”
I love using videos and especially humor to get a conversation going with my social skills clients. Check out this Jerry Sienfeld stand up video as he talks about tone…
Critical Thinking is Underrated
Standardized tests… End of the Year Assessments… Grades… Being able to perform well on standardized tests or making good grades in school doesn’t ensure that your student or child knows…
PODCAST!
I love listening to podcasts as I commute to work, so when my boss asked me to be on her podcast to talk about my social skills program I was…
Figurative Language is Tricky! Help Your Students Learn to “Figure” it Out!
The English language is filled with figurative language. Many have been used for so long and are so common that people often don’t even consider them to be abstract! If…
Ideas for Improving Expressive Language Skills
During my years working in a middle school, I often spent much of my time helping teachers develop activities and lessons geared towards improving expressive language skills. Traditional school lessons contained…
