I got this awesome FREE handout from Social Thinking. It’s a great way for parents to help their kids figure out what to do with their boredom during the summer. I bet my older kids could actually use it without their parents’ help. You can find the handout here. You can also find other FREE …
These toddler-friendly lava lamps might be my favorite regulation tool yet. I can’t tell you how many times they’ve been dropped now, but they haven’t broken yet! 🤞 They can be over-stimulating and distracting for some of the kids so I’m mindful of who has access to them during treatment activities.
I love the Ninja Life Hacks books! Some are more helpful than others, but Feelings Ninja is my favorite. In it Feelings Ninja teaches about the use of feelings thermometer to help us figure out helpful reactions to each feeling. Some of my kids find this a lot easier to handle than the entire Zones …
I’ve been loving this 5-finger retell strategy since I found it a couple years ago. Since kids have their hand with them at all times they can use it to tell their parents stories about their day! Here are the steps I usually use with this strategy… Here’s a link to my FREE 5-finger retell …
I opened Speech & Language A to Z, LLC, 10 years ago today! It’s hard to believe how much has changed in the last decade! I thought a great way to commemorate this achievement would be to compile some photos of my journey. 2016 In my original office I had a tune-in corner, parent area, …
I’m trying to streamline my intake process so I’ve created a new intake form that will help families get started before I send them the plethora of intake forms I need before our evaluation. Here are the new steps for my intake process: Read More From the SLP A to Z Blog
I’ve been trying to “up my barrier game game” lately. Here’s a quick explanation of barrier games and their variety of uses in speech and language treatment. I’ve always had a complicated relationship with barrier games – while they always give me skills to work on with my patients (who I prefer to call “my …
As if I wasn’t giving Disney enough money by using Disney shorts and using 5-Minute Disney Stories while treating children (especially online) I also got into Disney Doorables. These miniature figures come from a variety of Disney movies and shows. They’ve been great for my themed sensory bins and they’re easily used for treatment in …
This is, by far, the question I get asked most frequently. It’s a bit of a loaded question for me as a neurodiversity-affirming therapist. I don’t see my job as helping children who “need” treatment – I see it as helping children learn new choices for how they communicate. That being said (or typed?), whether …
I’ve been considering boycotting social media ever since a social media site prioritized free speech over my safety back in 2013. As we often do, I shrugged off the incident as an isolated event and personal failing, but since reading The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt I can no longer shake my misgivings about social …
