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…
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Executive Functions: Help your students develop and strenghten their own inner voice
If you’ve visited my blog before, you know I love using commercials to help get a conversation going with students about a topic. So, when I saw this Nike commercial…
“Why do I go to speech?”
Incorporating executive functions in your articulation therapy improves carryover of skills. As a speech-language therapist, it’s important to ask yourself: Do my students know what sounds they work on? Could…
What You Say Isn’t Always What You Mean
I love using witty commercials to get a conversation going with my clients about the importance of social skills and these two Citibank commercials are perfect! I love Citibank’s tagline:…
It’s Time to Talk to Yourself!
Students these days are very fortunate. When I was in school, I was never directly taught social skills, how to study, or even how to organize my work. Today, teachers and other…
