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Kmart Love
By now if you follow me on Instagram you know that I am a Kmart tragic. I can’t get enough of their affordable and sturdy clinic room supplies. My private practice with 20 Speechies, 10 OTs and 5 locations means that we are constantly on the look out for...
Compound Words are my favourite!
Compound words are my favourite word set to practice phonemic awareness skills of segmentation blending and manipulation. They also highlight the need for strong language skills so that children can separate the meaning of words into word segments. So, it's no...
Literacy Journey
My private practice is involved in a fantastic project. We are working with Prep classrooms and their feeder Preschool classrooms to develop Oral Language and Phonemic Awareness skills for the outcome of increased literacy skills in grade two. Speech pathologists,...
Let’s talk Boom Cards
A couple of months ago, I knew only a little about Boom Cards. They weren't part of my therapy resource inventory, but they were on my 'must learn more about that' list. Then COVID-19 arrived and the learning significantly increased in so many areas. Not only did my...
Another week done right – Telepractice
Another week of telepractice done! In my last newsletter, I was feeling thankful for the amazing way that our community was adapting to the COVID-19 situation. I wanted to share with you a few things people wished they knew before COVID-19 I wish I knew just how...
Tele therapy – a new journey
Well, it has been an interesting week. I can’t believe how much new information I have read, processed and developed. Within my private practice, I am in the process of developing our service delivery options for families. This includes telehealth. Interestingly I...
The brilliance of Sarah Ward and Kristen Jacobsen
Do you have Speech Pathology crushes? I do! I want to share my latest.Celebrating the work of Sarah Ward and Kristen Jacobsen.As a Speechie was I was a little late coming to the idea of executive function and my role in supporting it in sessions. However, over the...
Feed Fuzzy – great speech game for high repetitions
Let's Feed Fuzzy the Squirrel One thing about games for speech is that you can find them anywhere. We are not restricted to just the language area! This game's original purpose is working on Maths concepts. Feed Fuzzy comes with heaps of acorns which are feed to the...
Let’s talk Hierarchies
Isolation to conversation We are all aware of the hierarchies we work through when working with speech and language tasks, but are we good at explaining these to parents and … do you stick to them? I have had parents who return after the first therapy session and when...
How to pick a great toy?
As a speech pathologist, one of the questions I am often asked is “What toys will help my child talk?” The toys on this list include many of my “must-haves” for working with early language learners, as well as those that I would generally recommend to parents of young...
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