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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If you have been using worksheets and downloadable activities from Teachers Pay Teachers for any length of time, you have no doubt seen or purchased “editable” products. I have a few editable activities in my store …and more on the to-do list… so I wanted to better explain editable products and give you some tips for the best way to…
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Have you ever caught yourself saying those words? I know I am guilty. Maybe you have had to clean up a patient before taking them to therapy, pass trays to residents instead of taking your own lunch break, mop up a spill to prevent a fall… Did you ever suddenly gain a campus halfway through the year? Has your “job…
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Despite the new PDPM regulations adding a new level of stress on therapists across the nation, Katie Johnson-Evers and her therapy team at a south Kansas City RehabCare facility wanted to do something special for their residents this year. The therapy staff of nine full time therapists were brainstorming ideas for Fall group therapy when their SLP came up with…
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