Therapy Theme: Extreme Winter Sports

Photo from Travel ChannelAre you a sports fan? Personally I'm not, but I know many of my students are! When I was thinking of my next blog post, I thought a winter sports theme would be great. To make it even better, why not focus on extreme sports? It's always fun to make things a little more interesting for our students. Honestly, putting together this post was the first time I had even heard of...

Understanding Humor

Do you have students on your caseload who have trouble understanding idioms, riddles, jokes, or sarcasm? I know I do! As SLP's, we know that understanding jokes or humor is actually a higher level thinking skill Often times, jokes include puns, words, or phrases that have more than one meaning. If our students struggle in this area, they are likely missing the humor in jokes they read or hear. Lets...

Fall Themed Therapy Ideas

I can't believe another season of fall is here. Summer came and went, and in the blink of an eye, it's already October. Luckily, fall is one of my favorite seasons. Unluckily (is that even a word?), it's hard to enjoy this season with all the madness this year brings. Hopefully, this blog post makes your month a little easier. When I asked what you needed from me this year, many of you said you...

My Teletherapy Experience So Far...

Earlier today, I posted what felt like a million stories about my experience with teletherapy these last few days. I realized after spending a nice chunk of time recording and uploading that the order was totally messed up. While I'm type B in basically every aspect of life, I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me lol. So, I took them down, and here we are instead! I figure you can read this...

December Therapy

NINE. That’s how many days stand between me and winter break. I'm just over here trudging along....I think I can, I think I can. OK, I'll skip the small talk. I rounded up some great FREEBIES to get you through these next two weeks. I recommended choosing a few (READ: 2-3), and modifying for most groups! I tried to include a variety to fit all your needs. Expressive Language: - Holiday...

Halloween Roundup

Halloween was one of my favorite holidays growing up. I mean, who doesn't love collecting a bunch of free candy?! While my days of dressing up are long gone (I always forget to buy costumes in time....oops), I still enjoy having some fun in my therapy room. As promised, here are a bunch of FREE activities you can do with your older students. I sorted them based on skill, but check them all out,...

Writing Samples

       Writing samples are one of the first tasks I ask my students to do upon returning to school. For new students, it gives me an idea of their written language skills. For returning students, it gives me a chance to see their progress from the previous year. When I first started out, I'd typically ask students to write about their summer. It seemed easy enough, but...