Adventures in Speech Pathology

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When I first started working as an SLP in the schools, it took about 4 months for me to feel in control of my caseload, understand the education laws, learn the American acronyms and turn my attention to the next big obstacle: understanding the curriculum! After borrowing the teacher’s manual for every grade level… and then every unit, I started… View Post

Key Chain Flashlights

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As a traveler, I know to have a little flashlight on me for nights when the electricity goes out. So I was utterly disappointed in myself when I was assessing my first student in America and realised that I did not have a pen light for observing their oral structures… until I remembered my ‘traveling’  key chain flashlight. I now… View Post

Triple S-Blend Cards *Freebie*

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You asked for them and here they are! Find four different sets of triple S-Blend cards. There are 12 images in each set, great for working on speech goals. They cover words starting with ‘str’, ‘spr’, ‘scr’ and ‘squ’. Free Download from my TPT store.    

Gliding Game: Ring Toss

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If you have a ring toss, then get ready for a competitive game! I love using the ring toss for children who glide their ‘r’ to ‘w’ as the child has a strong motivation to say their ‘r’ sound correctly – they get a ring and can toss it! MATERIALS: A ring toss set Picture card of a ‘wing’. HOW… View Post

Pronoun Development Chart *Freebie*

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If you are like me and need a little chart for classifying pronouns and understanding which order children usually develop them, then this handy bookmark is for you! You will find the type of pronoun (e.g. possessive, demonstrative, objective etc.) and then specific pronouns within each classification (e.g. mine/ours are possessive pronouns). Free Download from my TPT store HOW DO… View Post