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How to Avoid SLP Staffing Compliance Mistakes

May 27, 2014
Administrators are expected to know and implement a thousand logistics related to running a school district — the first of which being the securement...

Apraxia Awareness Day

May 14, 2014
Apraxia can be a bit mysterious no matter who you are. I remember being a newly-minted clinician, working in early intervention, and having a parent...

Research Tuesday: Curriculum-Based Assessment and Progress Monitoring of Oral Language Skills

May 13, 2014
It’s Research Tuesday! And I’ve got oral language skills on the brain. How they develop in first-graders, in particular, and how we can monitor...

English Language Learner Podcasts

April 17, 2014
One of the many specialties of our clinicians is accent reduction. We have worked with folks who are native English speakers who are looking to...

Research Tuesday: What's the Deal with Speech Disorders, Language Disorders, and Reading Disabilities?

April 8, 2014
Ok, so before I delve into the question I ask in the title, I want to first give a little intro to this Research Tuesday thing, which is why I'm...

How to Teach Children With High-Functioning Autism

March 26, 2014
I recently came across a post in a homeschooling forum in which a mama of a little guy with Asperger syndrome was looking for ideas to support his...

The Importance of Rate of Speech in Communication

November 16, 2013
Is there such a thing as a perfect rate of speech? Well, not exactly. Some situations call for a rapid rate of speech, while other times, it is...

Conceptual Vocabulary Strategies for Children

November 6, 2013
For adolescents exploring conceptual vocabulary - holiday-themed or academic - consider using what AdLit calls Four-Fold Concept Development. This...

Clapping Syllables Out Not Cutting It?

October 13, 2013
This is part of a continuing series of posts on therapy ideas to support assistants (SLPAs) and paraprofessionals in the schools in their work with...

Adolescent Vocabulary Growth: Semantic Feature Analysis

September 13, 2013
Using a semantic feature analysis chart can be an effective way to use classroom materials to target secondary goals for vocabulary, descriptive...