Need free CEUs speech therapy focused? I have found even more free ceus for SLPs. Read more to learn how to earn them!

My favorite open-ended and versatile speech therapy materials available at most stores perfect for targeting ANY speech therapy goal!

I use this worksheet along with a describing cue sheet if needed. The cue sheet includes questions such as: What category is it in? What do you do with it? What does it look like? Click here to download!

High quality speech therapy materials are in high-demand. The speech-language pathologists I know who have started businesses are among creative groups of people I've ever had the pleasure of interacting with. Remember back in grad school - when you had more than enough time to carefully color in and perfectly laminate your speech therapy materials

Tons of ideas for how I use student work folders in speech and language therapy. Includes organization tips, storage examples, and tips and tricks.

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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

Articulation intervention can seem like a jumble, but it doesn't have to be. Today, we're talking about how to actually make articulation intervention work for you and your students.

Circle or whole-group activities can be challenging for SLPs. Here are five easy to prep, highly engaging activities for preschoolers.

A great list of professional developement books that every SLP should read. A must-read collection of books for Speech & Language Therapists.

Are you studying for the SLP praxis exam? Check out some of my best tips for acing this important test! Keep up the hard work!

Check out my SLP CFY tips to help you survive the wild ride! Get ready to thrive during your first year as a working speech therapist!

Across the country, there’s been a push to better measure teacher effectiveness. This has resulted in several new evaluation systems (including the Danielson model) being developed and implemented in states across the country. While SLPs

Learn how to create your own digital AAC symbol library so you can easily use icons to create materials for your students!

It's not just the words you use, it's the strategies you teach! My best, evidence-based speech therapy vocabulary strategies.

Many kids can distinguish between minimal pairs at the individual word level, but when reading sentences, all of the rules go out the window. I wrote these sentences for a client who can now produce the "th" sound, but is now overextending that production to the "f" and "v" sound as well. Click here to download!

Are you studying for the SLP praxis exam? Check out some of my best tips for acing this important test! Keep up the hard work!

Planning for tele-therapy is challenging! Here is a list of Free Speech Therapy resources to hopefully make this unprecedented time a bit easier!

As a school SLP we all know that funds are tight. Sometimes a lot of times we have to use our own precious dollars if we want something extra for our speech rooms. Now, there are therapy items that I feel are definitely worth spending your hard earned cash on, and there are some things […]

Someone is learning and making progress! Meredith of Peachie Speechie and I (Mandi of Panda Speech) have teamed up to talk about how we play games in speech! It is a commonly known fact that SLPs use board games in therapy sessions to engage their students. It is definitely not as easy as it sounds! We have to incorporate other materials relevant to each of the student’s objectives in between turns, not to mention cueing and modeling social skills. Let me say this, it is NOT all fun and game

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Supervising grad students has become one of my favorite things about being an SLP. I love how it challenges me in this season of my career, the relationships I get to build with up and coming SLPs, and all the new things I get to learn about myself and this field. With each student, I feel like I get better at supervising (Dear Tracie, my first SLP intern. I'm sorry I had no idea what I was doing. Glad it turned out fine and we're still friends :) ). I've come to realize that I needed to front load a lot of information, so I just wanted to share with you about this binder that I've created with everything I'm giving students now.

My all-time favorite SLP organization tips for speech therapy materials in file folder bins, plus FREE downloadable, editable labels!

We’ve all been there. After months of drill and practice and tongue depressors, he’s finally got his /r/ sound! He can say it in words, in phrases, even sentences and short conversations. You’re thinking he’s definitely on his way out the door with a “graduation” certificate soon. Then you see him in the hallway. He grins […]

Even SLPs need to work smarter and not harder, so check out this tech edition of tools for SLPs that shares nine of my favorite tools to help me work!

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 […]

Using a deck of cards for speech therapy is great because they are an easy material to carry around. Also, many different ways to use in treatment.

Although I really don't want to think about progress reports for a few more months, I was completely inspired by this list of Report Card comments. I typically write a few sentences of objective data ("Johnny is producing /s, z/ in initial position with 75% accuracy and medial position with 50% accuracy), and then I

Manage your middle schoolers during speech therapy with my 10 best strategies for behavior management to encourage and motivate!

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Are you starting as an SLP at a new school? You may be a seasoned SLP or a brand new grad, either way, you are embarking on a new journey. At least it feels like that! I have left the comfort of a school that I was a part of for ten years and moved on to other schools and assignments in my same district. With this change comes some anxiety. You have to meet new staff and get to know all new students. You also have to figure out the culture of the school. But first, you have to find your room! This is the first of a series that chronicles how to navigate a new school and caseload. This will be helpful for new grads venturing into their first job and seasoned veterans who may be switching things up a bit. So, what are the steps you need to take first? Here is a list of things to do before you even see your new room. 1. Make Contact- The first thing you can do is contact your new principal to introduce yourself by email. You can leave your cell phone number in the email, and let them know you would be excited to talk with them before the school year starts. 2. Find the New School- This may seem like a no-brainer, but figure out where your new school is so that you know where you are going! You'll want to look at the traffic patterns in the morning so you can know exactly how long it will typically take you to get there. Best to not be late when you set up a time to meet with your new principal or other staff. 3. Set Up a Time to Meet- It is a good idea to contact your new principal to set up a time to meet them and get a tour of the school. This is a great opportunity to meet the secretaries or other office staff as well as possibly some other teachers setting up their rooms and the very important custodians. All of these people will be instrumental in helping you to feel comfortable in your new space. 4. Shop For Supplies- Ok, so this one isn't really necessary at this point, but who can resist the great sales before the school year starts? 50 cents for a 24 pack of Crayolas? That's awesome! I like to grab all of my basic speech room supplies before they get too picked over. I always grab crayons, markers, glue sticks, pencils, pens, sharpies, and colored folders before the school year begins. These staples always seem to go up in price after the school year starts. Plus, if you are a crayon/materials snob like me (hello, Crayola!!) you can grab the brands and colors that you like and not have to rely on your school for these items. These four items should get you started, and then you can move on to organizing your materials in your new room! If you are moving into a preschool speech and language position, you may also be interested in learning about how to structure your preschool speech and language space.

Are you starting out in your school career, or just want to try something different during the first week of speech-language therapy? Here's what my first week of therapy in the elementary school looks like. My

Are you looking for more ways to drill in your speech sessions?! How about working on question skills?! I took materials I had around plus McDonald's French fries containers which I got for free (yes, free! Just walked right in and told them I was a teacher and asked!). I will show you how I created an easy ...

I love pragmatic language evals. I even like to write the reports. Don't judge me, because I want to share my pragmatic language evaluation tools with you.

CFY-SLP: the Survival Guide for Articulation You’ve finished grad school (or are just about to finish grad school) in Speech- Language Pathology. CONGRATS! Perhaps you’ve just started your new position, and you’re pumped to be able to sign that CFY-SLP at the end of your name. You should be proud, because this is a huge...

I am more than just the "speech teacher" (as I am commonly referred to at my schools). I am a "speech and language teacher". Actually, I am a "speech, language, and literacy teacher"! Sometimes I wonder if I should start advocating for the new title "speech and language teacher" to help build my SLP brand as a language specialist within my schools. As SLPs, we cover so many areas and do so much more than just correct speech sounds, but for whatever reason, the "speech teacher" title hasn't evolved as our profession's scope of practice has expanded. In my experiences, the teachers are pretty good at collaborating on the speech impairment IEPs; however, when it comes to language impairment, I have often been faced with a perceived "what in the world are you talking about?" conversation when explaining the language IEPs to teachers at the beginning of each school year. So...I decided it was time to make a change! At the beginning of last year, I requested to give a professional development presentation on language impairment for our teachers. My purpose for giving the presentation was to: 1) Educate 2) Encourage collaboration, and 3) Provide support for language-rich classrooms The presentation needed to focus on the basics and also needed to be relevant to the teachers. My main source of information was my Praxis 2 study book, An Advanced Review of Speech-Language Pathology, 2nd edition. It covers the basic need-to-know info and other citations were included as needed. This is it! Okay, here we go! A brief overview of my presentation: Speech is sounds & language is.... ...everything! I went over a few risk factors and highlighted/talked about the ones highlighted in red: And then I briefly discussed three categories of language problems: 1) Specific language impairment 2) Other clinical conditions Cognitive Disabilities, Autism, Brain injury 3) Physical & social-environmental factors Related to neglect or abuse, ADHD, or poverty Working in an urban school, it was important to note that socioeconomic status is more critical to language development than ethnic background Okay, so how to identify these kids? Unfortunately, traditional identification happens late...a wait-to-fail model: But really we should be identifying these kids EARLY so the kids can get appropriate interventions. There are several academic skills that teachers can look for to help identify these low-language kids: What does language impairment look like in the classroom? They may have trouble with the following skills: A side note: Before presenting, I was asked by our directors of instruction to model a strategy that could be used by teachers in the classrooms. The strategy I chose was guided notes, so I had the teachers fill out a guided note handout during the presentation. I included a slide about why guided notes make sense. ...a lots of times the kids with a learning disability or language impairment fail not because they can't do the work, but they can't access the curriculum. I also tried to include as much teacher-relevant information as possible. I talked about a study that found that 20% of the language teachers were using was figurative, which is hard for language-impaired kids to understand: ...how we say things make such a big difference! I gave an example of having 4 of my language kiddos in my speech & language room and I instructed them to "have a seat". They all looked at me blankly and stayed standing. So I tried again. This time using "please sit" and we had 100% compliance. Our gym teacher noted in another meeting that the kids didn't understand when he said not to "cut corners". It's not what you say, but how you say it that can make all the difference! At the very end of my presentation, I explained the scheduling model I was planning to use for the year, the 3:1 service delivery model...which is a whole post in itself. The presentation was well-received by the teachers and by our principal. I found that it really helped us have a shared language for talking about language impairment IEPs. Win, win! Would love to hear if anyone else has had successes in advocating and collaborating with teachers on language-impaired kids! Have you found similar challenges/experiences? Check back for PD Presentation Part 2! Mrs. Ludwig

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

I’ve rounded up some of my favorite speech related TED talks!