It’s your classic Mexican stand-off of the speech pathology kind. You want to look inside a kid’s mouth and get them to perform a couple of simple oral motor movements as part of your articulation assessment but it appears that they have come down with that elusive ‘spontaneous lockjaw’ syndrome. The more you probe “c’mon,open your mouth”, the tighter their… View Post
I realised that I couldn’t get in just as the taxi pulled away and left me stranded. My initial thoughts of ‘Wow! This is my new home!” quickly turned into a panicky stream of “How the hell am I supposed to get into my new home?” I was so travel weary by this stage that I just wanted to get… View Post
When I look at an app, I want flexibility. I want to be able to use it in more ways than just intended. I want it to form part of my toolkit and I want it to spark even more ideas. If you are already using Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking ® methodology, then the Social Detective Intermediate app combines… View Post
“I went whale watching on the weekend.” “While watching…?” “No, whaale watching.” “While you were watching what?” “Whales.” “Wait. What did you see?” It was at this point that I paused, cocked my head to the side and really looked at this teacher with her frizzy, bleach-blonde hair and electric blue mascara. Because as an Aussie, sometimes people do, as… View Post
Canada, you are one popular country and I can totally see why. If I was going to pack my bags up again and move overseas, I’d choose you! I get so many SLP’s contacting me about working or studying in Canada, so I thought I’d ask a Canadian. Because the truth is, just because a country might look appealing from… View Post