True Confessions Episode 52: We always thought working with adults would be boring.
We had Dana Bryant, CCC-SLP in the confessional, and she made us question everything we thought about working with adult clients! Dana, aka the Neuro SLP, broke down what creativity looks like in various ways: as a person, as a clinician, in assessment, in treatment planning, in treatment execution, and in home exercise programs. We talked about patient focused outcomes, and how to get there in treatment. Dana said, "I want people to just allow the magic to happen in therapy." She definitely knows how to put the "fun" in functional, and just may convince you to switch from a pediatric to adult setting!
SLPS in Literacy Series: Literacy and Language Disorders
This blog post covers language skills and emergent literacy skills. We’ll be walking through intervention techniques with integrated literacy skills and discussing how to cotreat our language goals in the same session.
True Confessions Episode 51: We have been guilty of only practicing grammar in therapy, not teaching it.
True Confessions with Lisa and Sarah has been on hiatus for a while, but are excited to be back in the Confessional with the one and only Bill Bolden! We break down his January SLP Summit presentation, the mixed reaction to his live giveaway during his course, and the relationship between presenters who both speak and have products to sell.
SLPS in Literacy Series: Literacy and Articulation
Speech sound disorders and literacy are not as far removed as you might think! In this piece, we'll be discussing practical methods of literacy intervention alongside speech sound disorders. Because what are SLPs if not the ultimate multi-taskers?
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SLPs and Literacy and Reading Specialists – Where is the Overlap?
Let's go back to the basics - what is literacy and how do SLPs treat it? Moreover, where do SLPs and reading specialists overlap? This post is the first in a series discussing targeting emergent and conventional literacy skills in school-aged students.
Comprehensive Literacy for ALL: Conventional Literacy
This post is a continuation of part one of Emergent Literacy. Based on the book, Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Difficulties to Read and Write (Koppenhaver and Erickson, 2020), conventional literacy instruction practices are summarized.
Comprehensive Literacy for ALL: Emergent Literacy
This post begins your journey into coaching and collaboration on literacy skills for our most complex communicators. Based on the book, *Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Difficulties to Read and Write* (Koppenhaver and Erickson, 2020), emergent literacy instruction practices are summarized. Stay tuned for another post in this mini-series on conventional literacy instruction.
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AAC Goal Writing
This piece provides several resources and goal banks for AAC Goal writing and details the common pitfalls and trouble areas associated with this phase of AAC intervention.