Speech-language pathologists have a significant role in children’s communication success, learning and development. We are skilled at evaluating students with learning challenges and identifying those with communication disorders. We have the responsibility to provide speech-language therapy services using research based strategies and techniques to improve the communication and language abilities of children and adolescents. It is …
Play is a natural part of development for children that do not have learning delays. However, many of the students we work with in speech-language therapy have underdeveloped play skills. Play skills influence cognitive, social, communication, and language development. Speech-language pathologists are an important part of the school team that can help facilitate children’s and …
I hope that you are having a good week at work so far. I want to help you improve your work efficiency as a pediatric SLP. In my last post, I shared tips for improving your efficiency or quality of your day as a therapist. Today, I want to share 10 reasons to enhance your SLP work …
I frequently think of ways to improve the work efficiency of speech-language pathologists. Why? If you are like me, I know you love working with your speech language therapy students each week. After all, that’s why you were led to work in a service profession. I believe speech-language pathologists are truly called to positively influence the …
As a school based speech language therapist, I know that there is always plenty of work to do. Just remember that you make a difference everyday while working with all your lovely speech-language students. Their progress represents the fruits of your labor. So, what is productivity really? I am sure that you may think, “Of …
As speech-language pathologists, we do so much at work to serve special needs children and their families. The work is challenging yet very rewarding when you see the progress made by children with communication, developmental disorders, and/or language based learning disabilities. It is important to remember to keep a positive mindset at work. This is an integral key …
Over the last three and a half years, I have gathered an extensive collection of informal assessments and learning activities from Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT). Most speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and educators know that TPT is an educational website that has a massive amount of instructional products for elementary through high school aged students. These activities …
It’s official. This has been my busiest year working in the school system EVER! I have evaluated numerous students, provided direct speech-language therapy services for children in 1st-5th grade, served as one of my district’s team leaders, supervised a new SLP for her Georgia license. It’s been a great year overall despite it being hectic …
The job of a speech-language pathologist truly varies based on her work setting and it is essential to know how to skillfully balance and complete tasks. For SLPs in the school setting, I have learned ways that make it easier to get the job done with excellence. After all, you need to have the energy, …
Many children with language disorders struggle with understanding the skill of categorization. Pediatric speech-language pathologists frequently write objectives for children to improve their ability to name items in categories, name categories when given items in the group, and identify what items do not belong in a category. SLPs select these objectives in therapy often because …
