As you most likely know by now, I don’t work with adults. But, every once in a while an app comes along that is just too good not to talk about. If I worked with adults, this (these really) would be must haves. As it is, these are great skill builders for my students that are a bit older (or who annoyed me and now have to work without a game! wait…did I say that outloud?).
Author Archives: Mary Huston, PhD; MS, CCC-SLP
Adventures with Teachers Pay Teachers
Are you one of the super creative SLPs that always has a project going on? The SLP that uses themes for therapy and never has to grab a game at the last minute? If so, this post is most likely not for you.
However, if you are like me, and have lots of ideas but very little carry through, or wind up grabbing whatever game off the shelf at the last minute, or (shudder) end up playing candyland for sessions on end because it’s “so versatile” then keep reading…
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Adventures with ASHA, Smarty-Ears, and Pediastaff
It’s hard to believe that it’s only two weeks until ASHA 2012. Things have been absolutely swamped for me.
I’ve only just returned from New Mexico. I was blessed (and honored) to be invited to present at the New Mexico Speech Hearing Association (NMSHA). I presented on using iPads in therapy – and demonstrated many apps. I was lucky enough to have several app codes to give away to some lucky winners too! Let me tell you too… Those people at NMSHA they know how to … Continue reading
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Adventures with HearBuilder Following Directions – Part 3
Also known as… What…I Knew I Could Do It!
Earlier this summer, I was blessed enough to receive a copy of Super Duper Inc.’s HearBuilder Following Directions CD. My life (well…okay, THERAPY life) has not been the same. Continue reading
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Adventures with Tenses – App Review
I am currently attempting (and I mean attempting) to teach the concept of tenses to a couple of my students. So, when I was approached by the President of the Mobile-Education Store, to review their newest release Tense Builder, I couldn’t help but accept. When I saw all it could do, I nearly wept for joy.
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Adventures in Hoop Jumping
Also known as: Therapy, Therapy, Who has the Therapy…
As a school-based SLP it seems as though there are regulations for everything. There are rules for how many days documents can be unfinalized, how many days between meetings, and who can receive services. In fact, North Dakota has adopted speech-language guidelines to help determine who qualifies for services and who doesn’t. These are very thorough and great guidelines written by the Department of Education and a group of SLPs.
A recent discussion on ASHA’s School-Based Issues SIG Forum made me think..are there times when it’s actually illegal to help someone? There may be…
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Adventures with Pediastaff
No…This is not a plug for Pediastaff’s job finding services. It’s not even a plug for their newsletter even though I’ve subscribed to it for years. If you don’t already, you can sign up for it here. It’s usually full of lots of different ideas from the (and for the) trenches. In fact, this post is only peripherally about Pediastaff at all…however wonderful they are (and they are wonderful!). But it is a plug for something near and dear to my heart.
What it is for is to let everyone know of something really cool…that Pediastaff and a few others just happened to create.
***updated 10/7/12 There are now 2 stores!!! One with shirts, one with keychains. Check the blog to see where!
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Adventures in Assessment
Almost everyone is familiar with the need to assessment for eligibility for special education. Some areas require 1.5 or 2 standard deviations below the norm. Some areas require as little as a discrepancy between scores and the SLP’s recommendation. Assessments can take as little as a half-hour to as long as 10 hours and are completely dependent on the student and the assessments required. For instance, in my school, a student who is being considered for a learning disorder would most likely under go an ability test (1-2 hours), an achievement test (1-3 hours), and language testing (2-4 hours). Of course, it would be broken up over several days, but it is still a significant number of hours missed from the classroom instruction. Just language testing alone with no need for achievement testing can be time-consuming.
In the states, students receiving special education must undergo a comprehensive evaluation every three years.
Or do they?
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Adventures with Advanced Medical
This blog post brought to you by our friends at Advanced Medical:
Advanced Medical, a travel therapy company that provides great nationwide opportunities for traveling Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists in the specialty of your choice. Search their travel SLP jobs on their site and know that their goal is to make your travel therapy experience an enjoyable and memorable one.
This blog post is also known as…OH MY GOSH someone wanted to interview me!
Alternately known as Resistance is Futile…just give in already!
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Adventures in Burlesque
I was recently flipping through the channels on TV and came across Cher’s movie Burlesque. Now, this is not my “typical” movie type to watch… I like Cher, I like singing an dancing…but uhm…wow! There is a very definite difference of “normal” in the movie. Of course, the movie is rated PG-13 so it can’t be that bad…right?
Are you wondering how this ties into speech and language?
Speech Adventures 