Patients who suffer from COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, dysarthria and other conditions that result in the use of supplemental oxygen often end up in a skilled nursing facility following hospitalization. While working with physical therapy and occupational therapy, their…
Looking for ideas to dress up for Halloween? This post is packed with Speech Therapy themed costumes that are easy and fun to make! Meredith Avren “The Peachie Speechie” and her intern Juliet dressed up as these adorable Speech Bananas!…
In our early childhood center, we have a campus wide goal to improve the fine motor skills of our young students. Fine motor activities specifically benefit students in their handwriting and drawing abilities. Speech is the finest of the fine….
Keeping preschoolers engaged for an entire speech therapy session can be challenging! Having spent many years in the adolescent and young adult school setting followed by geriatric, my initial impression of the early childhood population was unintelligible and unmanageable! I…
Do you celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day in your speech therapy room? It is something that I have just gotten into the last couple of years. My students absolutely love it so I will admit that I love it…
Do you have students on your caseload who have very limited leisure skill interests? Are these students often left out of group activities at school and in the home environment? When our students do not engage in play/ leisure activities…
With productivity demands increasing and materials budgets decreasing, the web has become a fabulous tool for therapists to access and create what once was a closet full of resources for just a few dollars. Raise your hand if you like…
“All you do is help them talk or change their diets to that mush!” Have you ever heard those words come out of the mouth of a nurse or doctor? How much time do you have in your 95% productive…
It is Spring in my speech room which is one of my favorite seasons. Spring weather is fresh and new which means therapy activities are colorful, bright and cheery. I love the idea of flowers, vegetable gardens, baby animals, and…
This week should go fast and furious…after all, FIVE days until Christmas break! Although we are in “break mode” Speech and Language therapy must go on…so I will be sharing what I’m doing in speech as often as I can…
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