by sashabro89 | Sep 4, 2023 | AAC, Autism, Childhood Apraxia, Uncategorized
When a parent or caregiver is first starting out with their child’s communication device, they may find it complicated and overwhelming. Adding to this challenge is the fact that many speech-language pathologists do not see caregivers as often as we would...
by sashabro89 | Apr 26, 2022 | AAC, Autism, Uncategorized
While I often write about serving students in regular education classrooms or learning support, today I’d like to discuss supporting our students in the autism support classrooms- particularly those who are non-speaking or minimally speaking without mastery of...
by sashabro89 | Sep 5, 2021 | AAC, Autism, Uncategorized
Today’s post is all about AAC apps and how parents/families can easily obtain and set up their child’s communication device. While I highly encourage families to meet with a speech-language therapist that specializes in augmentative & alternative...
by sashabro89 | Jul 16, 2021 | Childhood Apraxia, Uncategorized
I’ve recently been refreshing my knowledge of childhood apraxia of speech. It is amazing how so much free information is available on apraxia-kids.org and childapraxiatreatment.org. I also love how you can watch an entire DTTC training by Edith Stand on...
by sashabro89 | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Working with middle and high school students, I know how challenging it can be to find functional WH-question activities that are not babyish. I am also keenly aware that the picture sets we use for WH-questions are not always the most functional; in other words,...
by sashabro89 | Feb 19, 2021 | Uncategorized, writing
Resource shows that sentence combing is a really effective way to expand and improve syntax or sentence structure for our adolescent students with Specific Language Impairment; however, *finding* free or low-cost and easily accessible activities that target this skill...
