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Football Fun In Speech Therapy

Fall and Football in speech therapy is such a fun time for me. Do you incorporate football? Read on to see how I use some

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Back to School Ideas for SLPs

Hey SLPs, let’s talk back to school shopping. NOT for the kids…for us! Why should kids have all the fun getting new supplies? I went shopping

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Using Brag Tags as a reward and motivation in Speech Therapy

Brag Tags For Speech Therapy

Have you heard about Brag Tags for Speech Therapy? Maybe you have seen classroom teachers using them and wondered how you could use them in

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Books for SLPs - great professional development & fascinating reads!

15 Amazing Professional Development Books for SLPs You Won’t Want to Miss

As speech-language pathologists (SLPs), we constantly evolve our skills and approaches to serve our students and clients better. Professional reading is one of the best

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Celebrating Read Across America in Speech Therapy

Read Across America is always a great time to incorporate new books. Here are a few fun ways you can incorporate some Seuss fun too…

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Football activities in speech therapy

The “Big Game” Football Theme in Speech Therapy

Football Theme in Speech Therapy Every February, we have a SUPER time in our speech therapy activities putting together this Super Bowl “lapbook.” You can

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Top 10 Red Flags For Language Delays

Do you ever want a handout to give teachers on red flags they can be looking for? Want something for Better Hearing and Speech Month?

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New Year’s Goals In Speech Therapy

New Year’s goals. Do you set them? I do. I’m a list-maker, so I like seeing what I need to accomplish in writing…and I L

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Thanksgiving Week in Speech Therapy!

Who’s enjoying a great fall? I’m back to share 2 more books I will be using in my speech room this week and next. There

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Fall Books in Speech Therapy: Otis and the Scarecrow FREEBIE included!

What fall books are you reading in your speech rooms? So many themed books to enrich your therapy sessions. Scarecrows, tractors, apples, turkeys…. so many

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Fall Books for Speech Therapy: BATS!

I love incorporating books in my themed speech therapy activities.  Bats. Just the thought of them creep people out. I would be one of those

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Fall picture books for speech and language therapy

Using Fall Books In Speech Therapy

Fall books to use in Speech Therapy What books do you pull out for the fall? Picture books about leaves changing color and falling to

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Language-based literacy intervention for SLPs.
Turn picture books into targeted speech therapy sessions.
Finally feel confident using books in therapy

Comment “pencil” and I’ll send you the link for th Comment “pencil” and I’ll send you the link for this craft template to use with Dice and Dot! ✏️Perfect for your back to school bulletin boards and functional room decor.
Most reading difficulties don’t begin in fourth gr Most reading difficulties don’t begin in fourth grade.

They begin years earlier, before reading instruction becomes more complex.

Hall and Moats (1999), summarizing findings from NICHD research, wrote that it can take four times as much assistance to improve a child’s reading skills when intervention is delayed until fourth grade rather than beginning in kindergarten.

By fourth grade, many struggling readers are working to improve while also trying to catch up on vocabulary, fluency, language comprehension, and years of missed reading experience.

This is one reason early intervention matters.

For SLPs, strengthening oral language, phonological awareness, vocabulary, syntax, and narrative skills is more than supporting communication. These skills provide the foundation children need for successful reading.
The books you choose matter, even for your “speech The books you choose matter, even for your “speech only” students. Up to 75% of our kids with speech sound disorders also have weaknesses in the language skills that support reading comprehension.
Every articulation session is an opportunity to build the language skills that support reading. A well chosen picture book gives you repeated practice with /sh/ while also strengthening story grammar, vocabulary, inferencing, retell, and comprehension, all within the same activity.

Share this with an SLP friend who loves books too! And don’t forget to check out the others in this series. What speech sound should I feature next?
If you’ve ever said, “What’s another word for that If you’ve ever said, “What’s another word for that?” during a screening... this one’s for you.
Every time a student says “bunny” instead of “rabbit,” I lose a little bit of screening time. 😅
It’s one of my biggest frustrations with articulation screeners.
So when I created my own screener, I intentionally chose words that reduce alternate responses, so you can spend less time prompting and more time listening to what really matters: the student’s speech.
Because a speech sound screener should make your job easier. Not create more work.
Comment “screener” and I’ll send you the link!
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