Therapy fads come and go. There was the play dough smash revolution, the dauber reign, the sensory bin sensation and now mini erasers and trinkets are finding their way inside places they shouldn’t be (like your shoes and lunchboxes). But minimal pairs are here to stay. It’s a therapy constant that unless research says otherwise, is not going away. But… View Post
As a 19 year old, I packed my totally inappropriate clothing for the weather and studied in one of the rainiest places in England: Manchester. Okay, truth be told I only did it so that I could visit a new European country every month and by golly did I meet that goal! From an SLP perspective I marveled at the different… View Post
Here’s the thing: Kids don’t need fancy games. They don’t need the latest plastic creation that pops up or shoots things out. No, they don’t need any of that. I’m here to tell you that kids will work for pom poms. They will work for counters and tiny balls of play dough. They will work for a piece of thread… View Post
I wish I could embrace Notebooks because goodness, they just look so good in photos. I’ve added them to my cart, taken them out, read the reviews, added them back in my cart, looked at more photos but just haven’t been able to commit. Why? Because they look like too much work. Not just too much work for me, but… View Post
In that moment when I was trying to assess my student (who, mind you, was investigating the scrolled ring binders on the assessment book and looking everywhere around the room but at the sequence of pictures he was supposed to be tapping), loudly proclaimed “my brain is getting distracted”. And in that moment, I didn’t care about standard scores or testing… View Post