Category: January 2022

I hate that so many children are waiting so long for speech and language treatment. I wish I didn’t have a waiting list, but the alternative is sacrificing the quality of the treatment my business provides. I got curious and did some research. It turns out that SLP waiting lists are an international problem. Children …

With continued recommendations to maintain social distancing and patients whose parents are concerned about the vaccine I’m continuing to brainstorm games that actually include social distancing that I can use during speech and language treatment. All of these games can be used as rewards or breaks while using common speech and language techniques. Some of …

I made this FREE Minecraft “Create-A-Story” slideshow that you can download and use without even downloading Minecraft! I use it in “edit” mode and have the kids choose the setting from the left of the 1st slide and the characters from the right of the 1st slide. Then I copy-and-paste their selection to the 2nd …

For my patients who master the conversation trains I switch to multi-timers. Once they master the multi-timers I start using this FREE conversation hot cocoa slideshow – this shows them how many turns they’re taking compared to their peer or me. I start by showing them the first slide, which has ideas for conversation on …

For patients who are working on creating narratives, grammar, and/or fluency, I’ll have them make narratives in Toca Life World using the “movie” button. This button is only available in community locations (not in the houses you can customize). When you press and hold the button it will begin recording the video on the screen …