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Looking for ways to support engagement during virtual and in-person therapy? Check out these free online, print-and-go, and material-free games.

Free Speech Therapy Online Games and In-Person Activities

This is a list of go-to speech-language therapy apps and how they can be used for interactively targeting communication skills.

29 Apps for SLPs to Target Communication Skills

Semantic mapping is also called semantic feature analysis. It is an evidence-backed vocabulary intervention technique that helps students map out how words are related to each other and develop a deeper understanding beyond labeling.

Vocabulary Approach: How to Use Semantic Mapping & the Research Behind it

Review four evidence-backed approaches to target summarizing (previewing texting structure, integrating graphic organizers, teaching summarizing strategies, and encouraging self-monitoring).

Summarizing and Main Idea Intervention: A Practical Review

This is the definitive guide for SLPs offering teletherapy. We'll review technology, environmental supports, and virtual assessment/intervention considerations.

The SLP’s Guide to Virtual Speech Teletherapy & Language Assessments

Given the importance of complex syntax in the classroom, SLPs may target expanding sentence length beyond the simple sentence framework with younger students. The blog post breaks down the evidence and provides practical strategies.

Evidence-Backed Strategies for Complex Syntax Intervention with Younger Students

SLP Summit: A Crash Course in Literacy-Based Therapy for Teletherapists

Best FREE Reinforcers for Teletherapy

In this episode of the SLP Now podcast, Sarah Lockhart shares her experience as a teletherapist. She provides a realistic overview of the benefits and challenges of telepractice and shares a variety of practical tips, strategies, and words of wisdom. This episode will help SLPs who work in this setting up their organization game, and help SLPs who are considering making the switch determine if telepractice is the right move for them.

#040: A Crash Course in Telepractice for SLPs

SLP Summit Recap: 5 Evidence-Based Strategies for Effective Vocabulary Intervention

We're continuing our series about Articulation Therapy over on the blog by diving into a case study that highlights the Complexity Approach. You'll be introduced to Sophie, a five-year-old preschooler who scored in the 1st percentile (Standard Score = 63) on the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation (GFTA-3). We introduce the speech sound difficulties she struggled with, along with the targets we identified, goals we set, and activities to help her achieve them using the complexity approach. Check it out!

The Complexity Approach for Articulation Therapy: A Case Study

We've been diving into a review of Articulation Approaches on the SLP Now blog, and this post is all about the Cycles Approach. Some studies have found that the Cycles Approach results in improved consonant production in conversational contexts, and that children with less severe phonological and language impairments improve in both domains when the Cycles Approach is used. Click through to learn about Jayden, a four-year-old preschooler whose speech difficulties were creating frustrations for him, and how the Cycles Approach improved his intelligibility.

The Cycles Approach for Articulation Therapy: A Case Study

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