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I just love helping SLPs implement literacy-based therapy, but I know from experience that it’s not always easy to find the perfect reading resource for your mixed group! Because I’m always on the hunt for amazing articles to use, I put together a series of blog posts that highlight my favorites. This week is all about using articles to target Language goals. Click through to make your therapy planning easier!

Best Articles for Language Goals

It’s not always easy to find the perfect book when you’re trying to implement literacy-based therapy with a mixed group. Because I know that struggle all too well (and am always on the hunt for amazing books to use!) I put together a series of blog posts that highlight some of my favorites. This week is all about: The Best Books For Later Language. Click through to find all 9 books, plus a brief description of each, over on the blog!

Best Books for Later Language

How can I possibly target all of my students’ goal in one speech therapy session? Check out how this SLP uses a pocket chart to target a variety of goals. Perfect for SLPs who are trying to make the most of mixed groups while using literacy-based therapy.

How to Use a Pocket Chart for Easy Literacy-Based Therapy

Struggling to find engaging activities for your therapy sessions? Check out these sites that have FREE nonfiction reading passages. They include a wide range of topics, and there’s bound to be something to engage the trickiest of students!

Top 5 Sites for FREE Nonfiction Reading Passages

Struggling with those following directions goals? Of course, Johnny can follow 2-step directions in the therapy room with 80% accuracy, but why does his teacher say he can't follow ANY directions?! Let's talk about some strategies to facilitate generalization and promote student success with this skill in speech therapy!

How to Teach Following Directions

Articulation Station is my favorite articulation app. It makes it easy to implement fun and engaging therapy. Click through to see how this SLP uses Articulation Station to target a variety of speech AND language goals!

How to Use Articulation Station for Language Therapy

Books provide an excellent means to target basic concepts in any SLP's speech therapy room. I share how I use books to accomplish this purpose in this blog post, so click through to read more and find links to research articles to back it up!

Using Books to Target Basic Concepts

Using books to target sequencing is an excellent way to bring in lots of tools and new techniques to your instruction - and your students will love the variety! I'm sharing my favorite ways to use books to target sequencing in this blog post, so give it a read and add in the comments how you use books for this purpose!

Using Books to Target Sequencing

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