Language Therapy and Leadership for Pediatric Clinicians
It seems like everywhere we turn, we can’t get a straight answer about what SLPs are supposed to be doing to support our students literacy skills. We’re told to, “Use our professional judgement” to figure it out, which isn’t very helpful because it gives us no sense of direction. The articles in this section will help solve that problem.
Should SLPs be working on spelling? Short answer: YES! But not in the way you’d think. If you’ve ever thought spelling was the teachers’ job… Outside of our scope… Unimportant to language and it’s overall meaning… Too time-consuming to incorporate in to language therapy… Then you’re going to realize as you watch this video that…
A lot of the SLPs I mentor share that they feel pretty lost when it comes to language therapy. Some of them feel like they’re guessing at what to do next or just haphazardly grabbing games off their shelves… Instead of doing what they WANT…which is walking in to sessions 100% confident that they’re setting…
“I only have 30 minutes a week with my students. How am I supposed to get to all these language skills?” “I don’t even know where to start when it comes to treating language disorders.” “I’m supposed to be the ‘language expert’, and I feel like an impostor. I’m so overwhelmed!” I hear things like…
Figuring out how to build listening and reading comprehension in students with language issues is a tall order. There always seems to be a million skills they’re struggling with and not enough hours in the day to get to them all. Let’s face it, there are a lot of articles, studies, presentations, materials (and so…
I’ve been hearing some crazy stories from SLPs lately. The other day, an SLP shared that one of her private clients decided to stop coming because her mom couldn’t afford speech AND dance classes. So she decided to do JUST the dance classes and drop the speech therapy. Ouch. Then there was the SLP in…
Speech-language pathologists aren’t supposed to be working on spelling. Or are they? I’d make the argument that they should be. SLPs know they play a role in building literacy skills. But how that role plays out in day-to-day practice remains up for debate…especially when it comes to spelling. If you search through the vast amount…
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me for some good “comprehension” and “inferencing” techniques for kids with language disorders, I could retire and buy a private island. If I had another dollar for every article I saw on Pinterest about “reading comprehension”, “main idea”, “inferencing” for language therapy I could probably…
If you’re an SLP, you have to collaborate with psychologists on a regular basis to evaluate struggling students. You also may find yourself in situations where you have to explain the eligibility process to people who have no background special education…which is no small task. Not only is this hard to explain to other people…it…
This week I got a great question from one of my readers (paraphrased): “I have seen that a lot of DHH students have made some great progress by early elementary school, and a lot of them have language scores that fall in the average range (with a standard score of at least 85). I’m not…
Do you ever feel like you should be doing more push-in services? Push-in services and co-teaching seem to be the rage these days. Many of us are getting pressured to get in to classrooms rather than pulling kids out; which means leaves us scrambling to figure out how to make it work. Some of this…