What is an SLPA? **This first part is about the roles of an SLPA. For resources, materials, and support: scroll down! Here’s what the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) defines as a speech-language pathology assistant (SLPA): “Speech-language pathology assistants are support personnel who, following academic coursework, fieldwork, and on-the-job training, perform tasks prescribed, directed, and supervised by
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Every year when I go shopping right after Christmas, it's always the same thing....stores like Walmart and Target pack the shelves with organizational totes and containers. I thought it was just ME, but apparently it's
As speech-language pathologists, we spend lots of time in school (typically 6 years) and learn so much. Once you're out of school, you really want to just use all of that wonderful information (and confusing vocabulary) that you spent so much time (and money) learning. The words we learn become a part of our lives. We use them so frequently that they become ingrained in us. They become so common and routine for us that we forget that not everyone knows what we're talking about! So, I created a basic SLP vocabulary hand-out for parents, a cheat-sheet if you will. Here's the color version: Feel free to download copies here: Color Version Black and White Version
SLP’s working in the school setting can easily be spread thin. If an SLP isn’t monitoring what he/she is committing to or looking at their current work load situation, things can go from manageable to chaotic in a blink of an eye. We must say no at work when we can’t do something! I compiled […]
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Being a private SLP that travels to see children in their homes and schools definitely has it's perks. I love the one on one attention I can give each child. I also love being able to see them in their environment and really work on language experiences that are important to them. Plus, no car duty! But like any good thing, there are also drawbacks. For example, today we are expecting a tropical storm and the roads are flooded. So I am home with a cup of coffee blogging... well I guess that's not such a bad day. But in all honesty, one thing that has been difficult for me is keeping good data records while being in a new place every hour. I really love when students can keep track of their own data. It gives them a sense of ownership and motivation towards their goals. When I was working in the schools I had data charts that the students worked on weekly displayed on the walls. I can't really wallpaper my car with those. So after brainstorming ideas, I came up with mini goal tracking books! These goal books are small and kept together on a binder ring. But they pack all the punch of what I was missing from my classroom. On each data ring I have a graph for each individual goal I set for them as well as a written goal set by the student. The student set goal is probably my favorite page of the book. It gives me a really clear picture of why each child thinks that he/she is in speech and what is important to them to work on. Maybe it's working hard on their /r/ sound when they read out loud in class or maybe it's using good social skills at lunch. If it's important to them, it's important to me! The individual goal graphs have been a total timesaver when it comes time for re-evaluations. It's so convenient take out that particular student's goal book to report on goals. I have been guilty of falling into a rut of working on the same goals for a long time and neglecting others. Since each goal page has it's own page on the ring, it's very easy to see which goals still need to be addressed. Win, win! Since these goal books are small, I have been able to keep them in a small container with a lid. That way they don't get messed up and don't take up much space while being stored in my car. You can download you own copy of these books in my TpT store, here!
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I was giving the CELF-4 yesterday and realized that although I like the Concepts & Following Directions subtest, there are not a lot of written materials out there that address some of the types of basic concepts on this subtest. Obviously you can do before/after directions with real life objects (jump up and down before you spin around), but I made this worksheet to work on before/after directions with pictures, which is what the CELF-4 is really testing. Click here to download!
Most of you seasoned therapists know and use the techniques that I am going to share, so I apologize if you are disappointed that there’s nothing new for you. However, those who have less experience under their belts and feel frustrated with the lateral lisp will appreciate these “pearls of wisdom.” What is a Lateral ... Read more
Speech Language Pathologists providing speech therapy in the schools often hear comments that make them cringe. 10 Things you should never say to a school-based SLP.
Fall and Football in speech therapy is such a fun time for me. Do you incorporate football? Read on to see how I use some great books and games in my speech room…and grab a freebie for yours! Do you remember making paper footballs when you were younger? It seems like all little boys love ... Read more
Jenga or Tumbling Towers is one of my favorite therapy games. Students of all ages from elementary through high school love it. It ...
Do you ever get sick of saying, "Good job! Now say it again?" If so, this is for you! One of the tricks I learned this year in graduate school is to use a pacing card with students. It is simple, easy, and fast to implement. I had a little preschooler who was just working on resonance from his cleft palate. He knew all of the words and was intelligible-just needed some extra help with his nasality. He got sick of hearing the same thing over and over, and I got sick of saying it!! So we introduced a pacing card: My student had to say each word 5 times total. Let's say the target word was "pat." He would place his finger on the dot under the 1 and say, "Pat." Then, I would give feedback. He would proceed to placing his finger on the first dot under the 2, say, "Pat," move his finger to the next dot, and say "Pat" again. I would give feedback on his productions after 2 of them. He found this more fun than just saying the word over and over and over. Essentially that's what he was doing, but the element of moving his finger from dot to dot made it more fun for him, I guess! Do you think this is something you could use? I created a simple one for you, if so! You can get it by clicking on the image: Hope you enjoyed this quick tip!
I can't believe back-to-school time is coming up so quickly! I've been thinking about my classroom decor and decided to go a little differen...
I remember as a new SLP, feeding therapy scared me. It felt way out of my wheelhouse because I (Allyssa) was much more used to speech and language therapy. However, with some shadowing of other SLPs, a few good trainings and CEUs, and infinite help from Janae (the other half of Red Rose Speechies),
Speech therapy for older children with articulation disorders can be challenging. Here are some tips for assessment, treatment, and carryover.
As a follow up to my last post on sentence combining; I wanted to give you some quick resources with syntax worksheets for speech therapy. There are MANY ways you can come up with creative simple sentences to combine to compound sentences. You can write sentences about different media, like images, videos, and stories. You...
For parents who have been trained in delivering the Lidcombe Program, it can be hard to think up specific activity ideas for the therapy.
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SLP BACK TO SCHOOL PREP: DOLLAR TREE MUST HAVES! AUGUST 11, 2018 I have mixed feelings about going back to work. On one hand, I’m sad…sad about having to set an alarm for the morning, not spending days on end making memories with my family, and just sunny summer days coming to an end. On the other hand, I’m excited….
The IDDSI framework consists of a continuum of 8 levels (0-7), where drinks are measured from Levels 0 – 4, while foods are measured from Levels 3 – 7. The IDDSI Framework provides…
Check this post out for some simple ideas to implement in therapy with young stuttering clients. Post includes The Speech Guy and Speech Roads Stuttering therapy with kids is so tricky! There is this balance between teaching awareness of the stutter and lowering emotional reactivity to the stutter that I am still working on mastering. It is different for each child and you really have to get a feel for how they will react. I only had 3 stuttering kids on my caseload this past year and they were as different as different can be. I tried doing the therapy in a group and it worked out okay but man it was tricky since they had such individual strengths and weaknesses, planning their sessions was a bear! Here are a few little lessons that really worked for all 3 of them (they were all 6-7 years old). The Speech Guy Two of my three stuttering kids had started to develop fairly severe secondary behaviors during stuttering moments. These are behaviors that happen as the child tries to get past the stuttering moment and can include funny facial and/or body movements to try to help them out of the stutter. Examples include eye twitches, loss of eye contact, slapping the leg, rocking the head forward, clicking the mouth, arrested breath, avoding words that are hard to say and a lot more. It honestly freaked me out when I evaluated them because I had no idea how to work with stuttering, especially stuttering that was severe enough to present with secondary behaviors. My supervisor at the district suggested I talk about the different parts that we use for speech and how they affect our talking. We found this Speech Guy on therapsimplicity.com. It was an awesome starting point for these kids and a fun activity to send home. We talked about each of the parts and how we use them for speech (mouth, nose, eyes, ears, voicebox, lungs) and the funny things that happen sometimes when we get "stuck" (raising eye brows, wiggling nose, tensing mouth, arrested breath, etc). The kids got to color their speech guy and the parts and take them home and tell their parents about them. Speech Roads My stuttering kids are fairly young and I was trying to come up with a good way for them to listen and evaluate stuttering behaviors. I drew these little "speech roads" during our lesson when I was trying to describe different types of "bumpy" speech to them. They really latched on to the road and we ended up using them a lot in our sessions. I cut them apart and had the kids hold up the speech road (smooth, bumpy or road block) that matched how the person was talking. Once they could identify what speech road I was using I had them listen to themselves and evaluate their own speech. I made copies that they could take home and practice evaluating theirs and other's speech.
Our final guest post of the week was written by Katie Pedersen. Katie is a full-time mommy, part-time school speech-language pathologist. ...
For my last two weeks of ESY I will be doing a camping theme with my preschoolers. (This post contains affiliate links) When I found this campfire toy from Learning Resources, I knew I had to plan sessions around it. It is too cute! We worked on sequencing, object functions (eat, give light, pick up
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When it comes to eliciting sounds that a child is not stimulable for, /k/ and /g/ can be tricky because they are hard to see. That said, I h...
These Fun & Functional Speech Sound LARGE Mouth VISUALS for your SPEECH THERAPY TOOLBOX KIT will give you and your students the needed visual cues to help make progress with speech goals. Included are worksheets, posters, word lists and lots of other visuals to use WHILE HAVING TONS OF FUN. PARENT FRIENDLY! Targets /p, b, t, d, m, n, k, g, f, v, s, z, l, r, sh, ch, j, zh, th/ and /s, l, r/ blends. Perfect for ALL YEAR LONG, Beginning of the Year, and End of Year Summer Speech Homework! These BIG MOUTH VISUALS and speech sound syllable webs and syllable wheels for Early Sounds and Late Sounds is your one stop speech therapy tool box for your entire caseload of articulation and phonology! Great for busy SLPs, parents and home practice too. Posters can be used for speech therapy decor for room and bulletin board too! Speech therapy room kits with everything you'll need! ************************************************** CONTENTS: Includes Black & White options too! 1. Speech Sound Mats - 10 pages color, 10 pages black & white 2. Speech Sound Posters with mouths and lips to show placement – 21 pages color, 20 pages low color, and 20 pages black & white 3. Refrigerator Reminder Worksheet/Word List – 8 pages color, 8 pages black & white 4. Bookmark Word Lists with cues and syllable wheels – 13 pages color, 13 pages black & white 5. Speech Sound Worksheets – 21 black & white sheets 6. Speech Sound Lips Cue Cards - 16 pages for a mirror or wooden craft sticks. 7. Snake Cues - 4 pages. 8. /s/ blend worksheets - 7 pages 9. Speech Sound Picture Cues and simple worksheets - 22 pages 10. KEYS PLEASE! Great for the ENTIRE Year & for BEGINNING OF THE YEAR PACKETS & Summer Speech packets too! FOR MORE FUN ARTICULATION ACTIVITIES CLICK HERE! Monae’s Speech Activities & Craftivities are the perfect tools for working on speech sounds at the word, phrase, and sentence level.They are very engaging, very easy to use, and kids LOVE THEM! Also, check out Monae’s Books & Language Packets for developing and improving receptive and expressive language skills for children with language and/or learning disabilities. Some of the skills these books target are vocabulary development, social skills, and behaviors. They are very engaging, very easy to use, and kids LOVE THEM! *************************************************** Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists will find using these stories make teaching these skills fun and easy.
Fluency (or stuttering) therapy is an area that many SLPs feel under-prepared to serve. While you may have had an excellent professor on the subject in grad school, it tends to be a lower incidence
Do you do early intervention home visits? Be prepared for visits at home or daycare with session notes, visual support, and caregiver handouts! Whether you are an SLP, speech therapy assistant,t or developmental specialist, these early childhood intervention materials are a great addition to your toolbox. This resource includes: Visit Notes & Reminder Sheets Early Communication Strategies Handout (with and without space for notes) “Wh” Question Visual (ideal for book sharing) Song Choice board (Twinkle-Twinkle, Itsy-Bitsy Spider, Old MacDonald and The Wheels on the Bus) Blank choice board templates (4 or 6 choices) You can print and go or type into the forms! Use my done-for-you choice board or create your own. Grab this home visitor packet to make life as an early childhood interventionist easier. Please contact me if you have any questions! I’d be happy to make adjustments to fit your needs. - Eva Lee, SLP P.S. Don't forget to download your freebies here! Explore other products for additional speech, language, and literacy support: Home Practice and Strategies Parent Coaching Outline Parent Handouts (Activities and Strategies) Let's connect! Instagram Facebook evaleeslp.com
Smash mats have been so motivating for my students. I use them to target all kinds of speech and language goals. The kids get excited and I get to elicit lots of practice… it's a win, win! I recently have been working with a little girl on expanding her utterance length and was having trouble motivating her. So seeing how excited she got about using smash mats to target other goals, I created these for her! Here is how we use them… I printed and laminated the sentence strips. I have strips for 2, 3, 4, and 5 word utterances. Depending on what we are working on, I will write a target phrase in the empty circles that I want her to imitate. As she says each word, she is able to smash the ball of playdoh that is under the word. A few weeks ago, we were reading There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose to get ready for Valentine's Day. As we read the story, we would periodically pause the story and create a phrase about what was happening ("she swallowed some glitter!") We got lots of phrase practice in this way. These strips are also ideal to send home with the kids for practice with their families. If they don't happen to have playdoh, they can put a sticker on the smash mat or eat a small treat after they say each word… whatever motivates them! You can download these mats for free in my TpT store, here!
