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SLP planner for back to school in speech therapy

Creating Speech Therapy Lesson Plans for Themes

As a school-based SLP, I typically like to follow a curriculum-based approach to therapy. I like to tie my speech therapy lesson plans to the

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Collection of picture books for teaching inferencing skills in speech therapy and language intervention

24 Inferencing Picture Books in Speech Therapy (Free SLP List!)

I’ve got a great list of 24 inferencing books for speech therapy to share with you, but first, can we talk about the students who

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/J/ Book List for Articulation Therapy

I created a picture book list inventory of my favorite /J/ sound books for articulation therapy. It’s a free download, so you can put more

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Spring Book Companions For Speech Therapy

Who is ready for springtime in your speech therapy sessions?!? There are so many awesome picture books out there about gardening, bunnies, birds nesting, bugs,

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Winter Book Companions For Speech Therapy

5 winter books for speech therapy Skiing, penguins, and snow, oh my! So many fun narrative themes to incorporate into our speech therapy activities during

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christmas books for speech therapy

Christmas Book Companions for Speech Therapy

Merry Christmas! ‘Tis the season for Santa, decorating, caroling, giving, and serving! Do you have books you like to pull out for the Christmas season?

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Thanksgiving book companions

Thanksgiving Book Companions for Speech Therapy

Do you have books that you like to pull out for the Thanksgiving season? Seasonal books are so fun and offer opportunities to target specific

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Articulation Road Map for TH, SH, CH, and J Sounds

I love implementing a literacy-based approach in my articulation therapy sessions. However, it is not always easy to identify books with a heavy load of

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Halloween Books Speech Therapy

Halloween Book Companions for Speech Therapy

Spiders, and monsters, and witches, OH MY!! This Halloween season, dive into some really sweet, spooky stories centered around kindness and friendship using my Halloween

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Fall Book Companions for Speech Therapy

There are so many great fall-themed books out there about the leaves changing color and falling to the ground. I chose 3 of them to

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SPEECH THERAPY BOOK COMPANIONS

Back to School Book Companions for Speech Therapy

Let’s start this year off right using literacy-based speech strategies in our therapy sessions! I have made this simple to use with your students in

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Valentine’s Day Book Companions For Speech Therapy

Love is in the air! Do you have books you like to pull out on Valentine’s Day? Seasonal books offer opportunities to target specific goals

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The Best Picture Books for Speech Therapy

Without a doubt, my passion is literacy-based speech therapy. I LOVE children’s picture books; they are an endless wealth for targeting articulation and language concepts.

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😅 today this old lady learned how to make a green 😅 today this old lady learned how to make a green screen reel 🤪😅 Anyway, these books are great for “forcing” kids to use inferencing skills to comprehend the book plot. Get them unstuck from the LITERAL level of comprehension and move them to INFERENTIAL thinking 💪. Should I try another video like this?? Guys- I am NOT a content creator but I do love sharing books 🥰🥰
Can we talk about the students who can retell a st Can we talk about the students who can retell a story perfectly but have ZERO comprehension? 🙋‍♀️
I used to think retelling = comprehension.
Spoiler: It doesn’t.
A student can memorize every plot point and still miss the entire meaning of the story.
Why? Because they’re stuck at the LITERAL level.
“What color was the dog?”
“Where did they go?”
“What happened first?”
Those questions? They’re not enough.
Real comprehension requires INFERENCING:
→ Understanding WHY characters do things
→ Predicting what will happen next
→ Identifying emotions that aren’t stated
→ Making connections to their own lives
→ Understanding cause and effect
This is where our language-impaired students fall apart.
And this is EXACTLY what we need to be targeting during read-alouds.
The students who “get it” naturally? They had strong oral language foundations and lots of rich language experiences.
Our students? They need us to make it explicit.
So if you’re seeing this pattern, you’re not alone. And yes, it IS in your scope.
Inferencing is language. Cause-effect reasoning is language. Understanding character motivations is language.
That’s us. That’s what we do.
Comment INFERENCE for my favorite books for this!
I’m so glad you are here with me in this space, bu I’m so glad you are here with me in this space, but this is really what I want to share. Jesus. Following him won’t make your path in this world “easier,” but it will make it better. Love you all! ❤️
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