Valentine’s Day Activities for Speech Therapy
Valentine’s Day is such a fun holiday and makes for a perfect theme for your speech therapy sessions in February! It can be difficult to come up with ideas for your sessions with everything else on your plate, so let me help you out! Here are 5 Valentine’s Day activities for speech therapy! P.S. Let […]
Ideas for Group Therapy Sessions – 11 Easy and Fun Activities
As a speech language pathologist in the schools, almost all of my caseload is seen in groups! This isn’t ideal, but it’s the nature of a 50 student caseload plus testing, paperwork, conferences, and lunch/recess duties. 😞 So I’m always needing ideas for therapy groups that are simple but make therapy a blast! Keeping kids […]
9 Speech Therapy Christmas Door Decorations Ideas
Are you participating in a speech therapy Christmas door decorations competition? Or maybe you should want to make your therapy room door more festive and get in the holiday spirit? Whatever the reason you have for decorating your speech door, I’m here to help! Here are some fun speech door decorating ideas! Please note: I […]
Grad Schools With Speech Pathology – What to Look for When Choosing
Finding the right graduate program is critical for your overall knowledge, growth, and success as a future speech-language pathologist. Grad schools with speech pathology may all sound inviting, but there are certain things you want to look for in a program. It’s important to explore all of your options because this is a major (and […]
Prepositions in English – How to Teach Them in Speech Therapy
Learning the prepositions in English can be difficult for children. There are so many to learn! Even though it is considered a basic skill by the time kids start elementary school, lots of my students struggle with basic prepositions. Let’s break down what they are, when they should be acquired (according to research) and then […]
5 Ideas for Therapy Groups that are Engaging and Easy
When you are a speech language pathologist in the schools, you see A LOT of groups. It can be hard to keep students engaged in a group therapy setting. That’s why I’ve got 5 ideas for therapy groups that you can start implementing today! Therapy in groups isn’t always ideal, but with super large caseloads […]
Salary of Speech Language Pathologist – What’s Typical?
There are a lot of factors that determine the salary of speech language pathologist. Not only does it vary by location (country, state, city, etc.) but it also varies by setting. Speech language pathologists, or SLPs, can work in a variety of settings including schools, private clinics, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, outpatient, rehabilitation hospitals, home […]
How to Do the Cycles Approach to Speech Therapy
Are you wondering about the cycles approach to speech therapy? It’s an approach to treat speech sound disorders that’s gaining a lot of traction recently. More and more speech therapists are learning about Barbara Hodson’s research and her creation of the Cycles Phonological Remediation Approach. What is the Cycles Approach? The cycles approach is a […]
What is a School Speech Language Pathologist?
There are lots of jobs out there in this big world. Some, like speech language pathologists, are rarely talked about and aren’t well known. Unless you know someone personally who is an SLP or have needed one in your life, then you probably aren’t familiar with the job title. We definitely don’t get any screen […]
What is a Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders?
A degree in communication sciences and disorders is not talked about very often. You don’t see people in TV shows or movies majoring in CSD, and you might be very confused on what it even means. Is it like a communications degree? Do you give a lot of speeches? Nope! What Can You Do With […]