How often have we sat in meetings with other professionals such as OTs, PTs, reading specialists, and diagnosticians, nodding our heads along with their descriptions of the goals that our shared clients and students are working on. Yes, we “share” children. To think...
Deciphering the Conjunction Fallacy – Overlap or Isolation of Disorders?
How often have we sat in meetings with other professionals such as OTs, PTs, reading specialists, and diagnosticians, nodding our heads along with their descriptions of the goals that our shared clients and students are working on. Yes, we “share” children. To think...
Family-Centered Practice for Speech-Language Therapy
I met Anne during a Wisconsin winter in 2002. She opened the door and welcomed me into her...
I am a Speech-Language Pathologist, and I Am Changed
I just got off the phone with John, a student from the University of Virginia taking an...
Hey Educators—What you say REALLY matters.
Self-esteem drives school performance I want to share a story of how the role of self-esteem was...
A Thousand Thanks from an SLP
TED Teaches I was listening to AJ Jacob’s TED Talk this morning on my drive into work. He began by...
Working WITH families, not against them.
I’ll be honest, I was supposed to write about using Non-Word Repetition tasks in the...
5 Tips for an Effective IEP Meeting
IEP Woes I had my first IEP meeting in the winter of 2003. My teacher was running late, my...