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Category: Lessons in Life

Winter Ideas for Families to Build Speech and Language Skills

Do your parents ask for ideas to help their child build and maintain their speech and language skills? Are they tired of the extra homework? Check out these fun ideas that families can engage in while targeting articulation, language, and fluency.

Improve Quality Of Life By Teaching About Friends

As we all know, personal relationships are important and add quality to our life. While we have the family we are born into, friends become the family that we choose for ourselves. Friends add a HUGE amount of quality to our life. A couple of years ago, one of my

Solutions for Large Speech-Language Caseloads

For many of us, we have experienced the overloaded caseload. You know, the caseload consisting of 60+ students and all of them have Individual Education Plans with a lot of service delivery time to be upheld. How can we service them all successfully so that the students get what they

How to Use Speech and Language Stations Successfully!

The use of centers is not a new idea and it is completely easy to incorporate into your speech schedule! Using a centers approach is an easy way for students to successfully practice their speech and language skills while staying motivated and practicing additional skill sets (your Occupational Therapist will

7 things I learned as a NICU Mom that has made me a better SLP.

Bringing a child into the world is such a blessing. For me, it was a blessing beyond words since I had been told I would never get pregnant. We were beyond excited when we learned that we would be parents but then she sent me to the hospital in premature

Top 6 Tips for Successful SLPA Supervision

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on Top 6 tips for a successful year as a CFY Supervisor. A colleague had asked if I had tips and forms for working with an SLPA. I have been very fortunate on my path to becoming a Speech-Language Pathologist.

Top 5 Tips for SLPs Moving to a New State

Can you guess what I have been doing the past 6 months? I just completed a HUGE cross country move from Las Vegas, NV to Asheville, NC! If you are contemplating a big move too let me share some quick tips to make your life easier! 1. Start Packing

Best Thing I Learned This Summer

The Frenzied SLPs are hosting a Linky Party and they want to know…. What did you learn this summer? I had to think about that. What did I do this summer? What did it teach me? I learned a lot of interesting things at the TpT conference, how to

Meet Tamatha

Tamatha Cauckwell is an ASHA certified Speech Language Pathologist with experience working in a variety of settings. Prior to obtaining her Masters in Communicative Sciences and Disorders, she was an SLP Assistant, a Self-contained Special Education Teacher, and a Preschool Teacher and Director. Her combined professional career experiences have given her a unique outlook and understanding regarding behavior management and collaborative needs when working with other professionals, colleagues, and families.