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Therapy planning doesn't have to be a headache. Wait, what?! I know, I know -- it sounds like crazy talk, but it's true! In this blog post, I go into detail about why therapy planning makes you a better SLP and helps you provide better speech therapy for your students. The power of planning is real, and it will make your life easier! Click through to read all of my suggestions and insight.

Why Plan: The Power of Planning

Let’s take some time to chat about therapy planning! And yes… I know what you must be thinking ...
It’s an excellent idea for SLPs to use themes to organize book units in speech therapy, but it can feel like a daunting organizational task. This blog post dives into a tutorial about how to organize a book unit using the materials available in the SLP Now membership. Click through to get insight on how to shorten your planning time!

How to Organize a Book Unit

If you love literacy-based therapy as much as I do, then you’re probably also on the hunt for ...
We practice a lot of skills and strategies in speech therapy sessions, but is what we're doing with our speech students really setting them up for success in the game of language and life? In this blog post, I explore an analogy for SLPs to consider, one that makes an argument for a contextualized approach to literacy-based therapy. Click through to read the post!

Set Students Up to Win in the Game of Language and Life

Take a deep breath. What I’m about to tell you will take a leap of faith: It’s time ...
It can be very easy to feel like you’re working alone when you’re a school-based SLP. Sometimes it’s hard to collaborate with your teacher colleagues, for a variety of reasons. This blog post shares an interview with a school-based SLP who figured out how to make teacher collaboration work for her. Click through to read her insight!

Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone with Teacher Collaboration

I’m so incredibly excited to hear from six amazing SLPs volunteered to share their experience when overcoming a ...
As an SLP, you're all too familiar with goals, but you're usually talking about goals in the context of your speech therapy students. Now, you need to think about goals for yourself! This post is all about how to set and achieve SLP goals so that you can feel confident as a speech therapist. Click through to get these awesome tips.

How to Set and Achieve Your SLP Goals

I’ve been saying this all week, but the best way to build confidence is to set goals! By ...
Working as an SLP is a rewarding career, but sometimes it feels isolating when we feel that our role is misunderstood or when there’s a disconnect with other school staff. This blog post shares six steps to successful communication with teachers to help you work hand-in-hand with the teachers of your speech students!

6 Steps to Successful Communication with Teachers

Establishing successful communication with teachers can be quite the undertaking. There are so many reasons why it shouldn’t ...
Do you need to work on your organizing skills in your speech room? This blog post is all about how I organized my tools and materials in my speech therapy room -- all as inspiration for you! As SLPs, we can accumulate a lot of stuff over the years, so speech room organization is a must in order to keep our little rooms from getting too crazy. Click through to learn more organizing skills for your speech room!

Speech Room Organization: Skills

I was running around like a headless chicken. I was spending countless hours prepping every week, and I ...
Looking for tools to help you with evidence-based vocabulary intervention? This post shares our top 9 vocabulary apps to help SLPs deliver strong vocabulary instruction! Check out this post to get ideas for vocabulary apps to use and why speech therapy is more effective with their use.

How to Teach Vocabulary: Apps

As SLPs, we have quite a bit on our plates, don’t we? I love using apps in therapy ...
Selecting vocabulary targets can be a real challenge because there's no one-size-fits-all approach to vocabulary instruction. This post explores different ways for SLPs to select the right vocabulary targets in speech therapy, so click through to see what the research says about this topic.

How to Teach Vocabulary: Selecting Targets

One of the most common challenges with vocabulary intervention is selecting targets. After all, there are hundreds of ...
There are a lot of strategies for SLPs to attempt when it comes to teaching vocabulary to students. This blog post explores the do's and don'ts of how to teach vocabulary with a few simple steps for evidence-based vocabulary practice in the speech room. Click through to read the entire post and get all the tips!

How to Teach Vocabulary: Do’s and Don’ts

Whew! There’s a lot to dig through when it comes to vocabulary intervention. Where in the world do ...
Wondering where to start with vocabulary intervention? This blog post walks through a framework that speech-language pathologists can use when targeting vocabulary goals.

How to Teach Vocabulary: A Framework

You know that Johnny is struggling with vocabulary. He scored below the 4th percentile on subtests, including vocabulary. ...
Make generalization easier for your speech students, their parents, and their teachers with these four tips! We work hard to help our students master their speech and language skills and reach their goals, but sometimes that hard work isn't generalized outside the speech room. This blog post gives you ideas for making that generalization easier and more likely to happen, so click through to read it!

Working Towards Generalization with Literacy-Based Therapy

You’re working really hard to provide awesome therapy to your students. You prepped those amazing activities. You attended ...

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