Words that give me mixed feelings: Back To School! Summer is coming to an end and it is time to get ready for the beginning of a new school year. While I’ll miss sleeping in, I’m also excited to see my colleagues and, of course, the kids! To help you get ready for the new year, I’ve linked up with… Read More
Archives for July 2014
Informal Assessment! That’s where it’s at!
Old McDonald Deep Test More and more often we are being asked to provide informal assessment data to justify services—especially in the area of articulation. There are many deep tests for /R/ going all the way back to the “OLD McDonald” Deep Test. Do any of you remember it? Probably not. <sigh> I’ve been in practice for 30 years and… Read More
Roll A Bingo….a New Twist on an Old Game!
What? You have groups of students with different goals? In the SAME group? YIKES! Itinerant SLPs KNOW what this is like! You have numerous artic students on your caseload. You often have no choice other than to group them together. Sometimes, often in my case, students with mixed goals are seen at the same time. It is possible to have… Read More
Organization 1A …. YOU can DO it! Go paperless!
Today I’m linking up with Busy Bee speech and we are discussing organization! If you are an itinerant SLP, you KNOW what a nightmare keeping everything organized can be! You have IEP meetings to schedule, phone calls to make, emails to send, assessments and therapy to track. HOW do you do it? Here is my situation and what I did!… Read More