With sanitizing and disinfecting at the top of the priority list this Fall, Speech Therapists that work with young children are faced with a new challenge in the classroom or clinic. In addition to large caseloads with busy schedules with room for little error, we now have to think about the materials we are using and how we can clean…
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As with any muscle strengthening therapy, the key to rehabilitating the swallow is repetition. Spending half an hour on swallowing exercises can become mundane for both the patient and the therapist. If no one is having fun, therapy will be less effective. So how can we spice up dysphagia treatment? I have taken suggestions from SLPs all across the internet…
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I have had quite a few conversations over the last year with teachers and fellow SLPs about using worksheets and “coloring” in speech. Today I want to share with you a few thoughts about coloring and why in my speech room, it is MORE than JUST coloring. My students are ages 3-6 years old with a variety of language, fine/gross…
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When my youngest students come to speech therapy, we follow a strict routine that always starts our session with a song. Since I have had the chance to preview a LOT of songs this way, I wanted to share my favorites with you! I look for songs that target basic vocabulary as well as concepts. Color words and descriptives, nouns,…
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