Toca Boca World is a FREE app that’s loved by many of the children I work with. When I use it for following directions I give my in-person patients one of my iPads with Toca Boca World on it and then tell them what to do (mostly in single-step, but with some 2-step directions, too). …
I often get into a “groove” while working. While this means I’m able to complete my work faster than when I started, it also means I become less mindful about the purpose behind my work. I find it really helpful to take a step back a couple times each year and examine why I’m doing …
If you’ve seen any of my past posts you already know I LOVE Toca Boca World! In my “Toca Office” I set up a room for irregular past-tense verbs. I only have to prepare the room once (unless the game crashes, which happens only once or twice a year and only after I download a …
I often get parents who are family, friends, and colleagues asking me whether their child needs speech & language treatment. I honestly can’t answer without more information. Usually before a child receives treatment the following steps are made: Rather than just tell concerned parents that I don’t know whether their child could receive speech and …
One of my patients requested we play the “Donkey Hodie™ Froyo Stand” game during their reward/choose time. I was blown away to realize: “This is a GREAT multi-step directions game!” It’s FREE, it can be played on the iPad’s PBS Kids app, the android PBS Kids app, or even on the website! This means parents …
October is ADHD awareness month and while I talked about incorporating your patients’ interests in my other post, in this post I wanted to include a related self-care tip: “incorporate your interest.” Individuals with ADHD experience hyperfocus with their interests and “hypo-focus” with many things outside their interests. For this reason, incorporating interests can be …
October is ADHD awareness month! I actually learned very little about ADHD’s effects on communication as a graduate student and it wasn’t until I began seeing lots of patients with ADHD that I started to wonder about the connection between the disorder and speech and langauge. Since then I’ve had the opportunity to work with …
Toca Boca World is a FREE app beloved by many of the children I work. When I use it for following directions I give my in-person patients one of my iPads with Toca Boca World on it and then tell them what to do (mostly in single-step, but with some 2-step directions, too). For the …
Volume modulation is a common struggle for those with ADHD. I’ve found the best way to address it is with in-the-moment feedback from an outside source. The Too Loud app is my favorite way to accomplish this. This app is FREE and is customizable enough to change the sensitivity and dampening levels. I find that …
In the fall of 2020, after 6 months of completing all 25 of my weekly appointments through telepractice/telehealth/video calls with my patients’ highest attendance rates recorded, I experienced my first ocular migraine. It was extremely unpleasant and I hoped it was just a fluke. When I had another a couple months later I immediately made …
