If you missed the post on my Facebook page, Jenna over at Speech Room News nominated me for Best New Blog for the Edublog Awards.  I made it through to the “short list” and am in the voting rounds! Now, this is where you all come in… I need your help!!I am so honored to even just be considered for… Read More

My birthday was last Thursday (December 5), but I’ve been celebrating with different friends and family in different ways every day for the last 4-5 days! Tomorrow I’ll be celebrating with a friend who couldn’t celebrate with me last week, and that will be the last of the birthday celebrations… I didn’t have anything birthday-related going on tonight, though, but… Read More

It’s been a little while since I’ve done a Movin’ Mondays post, but it’s back and with a Christmas theme this time! I was browsing Pinterest for some winter/Christmas therapy ideas and came across this pin: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/21040323233050339/  I loved the idea of decorating the tree for a therapy activity, so this activity was born! It’s just green bulletin board paper cut out… Read More

Fact:  December is the best month out of the year. Not only does it mean Christmas and New Years, but it also means my birthday!! Woo hoo! 🙂 I am always asked for a birthday and Christmas list for gift ideas, and this year, I started adding lots of SLP-related ideas to my wishlist.   I think it’s fun when you… Read More

I’m pretty sure a love of shopping was programmed into my genetic makeup at birth. I get it from my dad, who probably enjoys shopping more than I do… My parents always used to go out at 4am on Black Friday when all of us kids were younger, in order to get the best deals on toys and games. I… Read More

Pivot phrases (or carrier phrases, depending on your preferred terminology) can be *so* beneficial in working with kids not only with apraxia, but with a lot of young language-delayed kids in general.  Pivot/carrier phrases are phrases where the one part of the phrase (i.e. the first two words) stay the same throughout the activity, but the last word changes.  Some… Read More