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 breathing deficits often go unaddressed, resulting in permanent use and dependance on oxygen therapy. Early in my career as a…
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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! How cute is this “Speech Fairy”? These SLPs at the Clarksville Rehabilitation Center in Clarksville, TN dressed as “Swallow Studies”!…
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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. Just imagine for a moment how intricately your tongue has to move to create the specific sounds needed for a…
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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 am by no means an expert at this point, but I have found a few verified ways to survive a…
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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 too! Any opportunity to dress up and send my students back to class wearing a pseudo costume is my idea…
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