Years ago, I went to a very fancy destination wedding for a relative. I’m from Minnesota and hang with the crowd that gets their fanciest dresses at the local department store or maybe Kohl’s if they have one of those coupons. This was the kind of wedding where everyone wore designer one of a kind […]
Soapbox Saturday: If They Could Then They Would
I don’t know that I’ve ever mentioned that my 9 year old nephew has significant language and cognitive delays and is primarily nonverbal. It’s difficulty position to be in as a speech language pathologist-when you notice that a relative or a friend’s child is not meeting the developmental milestones. Do you say something or do […]
Soapbox Saturday: Why our words matter more than we realize
My son has recently started to make little books on his own. He writes “words” in them or sometimes copies words that he has seen and illustrates them. Last week, I went to pick him up from childcare and saw that he had made a book that was sitting on the counter. I asked him […]
Saturday Soapbox: Grade level Shmade level
My Saturday Soapbox series in November was focused on some of my “goal pet peeves.” You can check out my previous posts by clicking on the links below. I don’t know where to start when you write a goal like that. It’s an IEP not a grocery list Just because they got it wrong on […]
Saturday Soapbox: Just because they qualified with that score doesn’t mean they should be judged by it.
My Saturday Soapbox series in November was focused on some of my “goal pet peeves.” You can check out my previous posts by clicking on the links below. I don’t know where to start when you write a goal like that. It’s an IEP not a grocery list Just because they got it wrong on […]
Saturday Soapbox: I don’t know where to start when you write a goal like that.
My Soapbox Saturdays were focused on goal pet peeves this November. Learning to write effective long term goals and objectives is difficult. Sometimes you write something that seems to make sense at the time, but when you go back to measure it or plan for it, it doesn’t work in the way that you thought. […]
Saturday soapbox: It’s an IEP not a grocery list.
My Soapbox Saturday this month has been focused on my goal pet peeves. Sometimes these are goals that I’ve inherited; sometimes these are goals that I’ve written without thinking things through. Ultimately, poorly written goals end up taking up more of my valuable time in treatment planning and documenting progress. I work in both outpatient […]
Saturday Soapbox: Your objectives don’t have to measure 200 things.
Does anyone else have goal pet peeves? It’s difficult when you are taking over a new caseload and working off of someone else’s goals. Most of the goals are fantastic but sometimes they fall into my GOAL PENALTY BOX. Here are some of the goals I find impossible to work on-and some suggestions for making […]
Saturday Soapbox: Can we make a difference together?
“Unlike your clinic, we complete a full assessment of each child’s needs. We treat the child until they are in school and then will refer if needed.”-Early Childhood coordinator “Of course she gets speech therapy in the schools, but we were so excited to get a real therapist to work with our child. -Parent “We […]
Mama-On-Days: The Renaissance Festival
I have a tendency to romanticize things-like family outings-in my head. I picture this “perfect” family moment and when it inevitably becomes a “regular, real life family moment” I get disappointed. Having realized this about myself, I’ve been using some social stories on myself to help me prepare for our latest family trip. You are […]
