When I was in grad school, nobody talked about SLPs needing to involve themselves in literacy skills activities. That's changed, and rig...

Looking to add a tried-and-true resource to your toolkit for teaching students how to answer Wh-questions? Tired of endlessly creating lists...

I recently responded to a request for interesting and educational picture books for children.  The article was published recently , and I th...

I wrote last week about developing social skills and directly teaching aspects of the “hidden curriculum” to our students.  It is, as you w...

We all know that it takes many more exposures to words and concepts for our AAC users to learn them than typical students.  But do you know ...

One of the agencies I consult to has group homes for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.  One of the boys had been there for more th...

Some districts in the U.S. are already back to school. Some wait until after Labor Day.  Either way, I have one last bit of summer fun with...

Are you ready for one more way to have fun finding words?  Try a game of BINGO.  You can use any group of vocabulary words.  You can take t...

Are you looking to build your AAC user’s vocabulary some more? Try descriptive riddles.   Kids love riddles and jokes.  You can find a balan...

       Last week I talked about using stories with rich illustrations to find target words in students’ AAC systems.  Another activity you ...

As a speech-language pathologist I’ve been known to say, “I do language. I don’t do math.”  It’s mostly said tongue cheek, but to be honest...