Are you wondering what SLPs should do the first week of speech therapy when working in the schools? Your schedule is done. You read through all of the IEPs. You are organized with your paperwork and deadlines. You have your cute planner ready to go. Now what?! You have to grab those speech students […]
Building Rapport with Your Older Speech Students
Whether it is the start of the school year or you have a new student on your caseload, it is essential that you take the time to build rapport with your older speech and language students. Whether we like it or not, some of our older speech students may not be too excited about coming […]
10 Tips, Tricks, and Must-Haves for the Brand New SLP
Congrats! You graduated from grad school and are officially a CF! Are you wondering what you need to know before the new school year begins? Here are tips for the brand new SLP! Starting out can be scary, overwhelming, and exciting. We have all been there. Eager to finally do therapy on our own but […]
Why You Should Promote Your Speech Students’ Strengths
Our speech students need us to recognize their strengths. When we write reports and write IEPs, we often focus on weaknesses or what our students need to still work on. There is actually evidence to support that we should not neglect to include strengths in our reports as well. “Providers are considered a guide […]
Back To School Speech Therapy Activities For Older Students
Struggling to come up with activities for back to school for your older speech therapy students? We spend our summers visiting the Target Dollar Spot, browsing Pinterest, and coming up with cute back to school themed therapy ideas. But we always tend to forget about the older ones. If you only work with older […]
How To Keep Older Speech Students Motivated
Are you worried about your older speech students and their motivation? I will share with you how I keep my students motivated! Older speech students can be tough! They might have been getting speech for many many years or they are just well aware of what their peers might think. It helps to understand their […]
My 5 Best Tips For Behavior Management In Your Speech Room
Struggling to have a behavior management system that will work in your speech room? Here are my 5 best tips! 1. Know Your Students Yes. This may be obvious. But I don’t just mean their names, classrooms, and IEP goals. I mean what do they enjoy, what do they not enjoy, what is their attention […]
The BEST questions for SLPs to ask when you are starting at a new school
Starting at a new school? I have the questions you should ask! A new school year, a new school, that can be scary! Over the years, I have had the experience to start at new schools and new districts. I sometimes asked the right questions and sometimes I did not. I gathered questions based upon […]
Why I Decided To Use The Erin Condren Planner
There are so many planner options! How did I decide on the Erin Condren planner? As SLPs in the school, we have a lot to keep track of! I write everything down. Even though I like to go digital and use my iPhone calendar, I like to jot down notes for what I plan to […]
Best Year Ever! TpT Sitewide Sale Information for SLPs and more!
Hoping to have the best year ever? Here are some ways you can! As you can tell…there is a HUGE tpt sale coming up! You can get 28% off my entire store by using the promo code BESTYEAR on August 1st and 2nd! But before we talk about the sale…let’s share some tips for having […]
