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Literacy-Based Therapy

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

Best Books for Early Language

I love sharing tips and tricks to help SLPs implement literacy-based therapy, but it’s not always easy to find the perfect book for you mixed group! I’m always on the hunt for amazing books to use in therapy, so I put together a series of blog posts that highlight my favorites. First up is: The Best Books For Grammar! Click through to find the full list of 24 books on the blog.

Best Books for Grammar

The 2019 SLP Summit was SUCH a great online conference! Marisha McGrorty represented SLP Now and presented a session about teaching grammar in speech therapy. This blog post gives a recap of the SLP Summit grammar talk, so click through to find out what was discussed!

SLP Summit Recap: All About Grammar

Mixed groups can be a challenge, including figuring out how to use books with mixed groups. How do you hit all of your speech students' targets with one book?! This blog post from an experienced SLP shares how to use books with mixed groups in speech therapy. Click through to read it!

Using Books with Mixed Groups

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

How to Get Free Books for Literacy-Based Therapy

How to Get Free Books for Literacy-Based Therapy

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

Once our students learn all of these great vocabulary words, how do we make it stick? This blog post explores vocabulary generalization and provides ideas for helping students use their vocabulary words in other settings. Click through to learn more about how SLPs can teach vocabulary in speech therapy.

How to Teach Vocabulary: Working Towards Generalization

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

A fun and engaging way for SLPs to spruce up vocabulary instruction is to use vocabulary journals. I'm sharing ways speech pathologists can use journals to teach vocabulary in meaningful ways. Read the post to get all of the tips and ideas shared!

How to Teach Vocabulary: Journals

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

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