Welcome!
I’m so glad you found my blog: Speech2u.com. I started this blog as a way to explore and share treatment ideas and philosophies with my fellow speech language pathologists. Parents are welcome to read this blog, but please note-none of the information that is shared here would replace services of a speech language pathologist.
“If they could they would”
I want every child that I work with to be successful in communicating with their loved ones. Establishing rapport and motivating my clients is the first step in making that happen. Once therapeutic true has been established, it’s so much easier to help children progress in their speech and language skills.
I have a passion for incorporating play, movement and functional activities into my therapy sessions. Sometimes, I get a little weird. You’ll like this blog if you tend to be a little silly, like to shake things up in your speech room, and have a passion for your profession.
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To get you started:
My most POPULAR series: Goal Writing:
- Just because they got it wrong on the test doesn’t mean it needs to be a goal
- Your objectives don’t have to measure 200 things
- It’s an IEP-not a grocery list
- I don’t know where to start when you write a goal like that
Not to be MISSED Posts:
- Perspective taking and gift giving
- Stepping up to the challenge of challenging behaviors
- Teaching communication alternatives to challenging behaviors.
- When Mr. Potato Head and puzzles don’t work: Enticing games for young children
Activities to TRY tomorrow:
- Articulation card hacks for the busy SLP.
- Sentence Obstacle Course
- Field trip to the gym
- MASH: A great game for categorization
- End of the Year card deck activities
- Speech therapy in the dark
- Stair-ticulation
- Virtual Speech Therapy hints
Stuff to MAKE while watching TV tonight:
- HE/SHE card decks
- Protein shake card eater
- Super hero card eaters
- Prefix and suffixes duplo blocks
- Video modeling: how to edit out the cues
- Knowing when to walk away
- Confusing shipping charges drive me CRAZY!
- Are you an expert or just a colleague in another setting?
- Why our words matter more than we realize
- What if we have the wrong answer to our problem?
- No, I’m not assessing your speech and other ridiculous things people say
- Collaboration: Real or just an urban legend?
