Old McDonald Deep Test More and more often we are being asked to provide informal assessment data to justify services—especially in the area of articulation. There are many deep tests for /R/ going all the way back to the “OLD McDonald” Deep Test. Do any of you remember it? Probably not. <sigh> I’ve been in practice for 30 years and… Read More
Archives for 2014
Roll A Bingo….a New Twist on an Old Game!
What? You have groups of students with different goals? In the SAME group? YIKES! Itinerant SLPs KNOW what this is like! You have numerous artic students on your caseload. You often have no choice other than to group them together. Sometimes, often in my case, students with mixed goals are seen at the same time. It is possible to have… Read More
Organization 1A …. YOU can DO it! Go paperless!
Today I’m linking up with Busy Bee speech and we are discussing organization! If you are an itinerant SLP, you KNOW what a nightmare keeping everything organized can be! You have IEP meetings to schedule, phone calls to make, emails to send, assessments and therapy to track. HOW do you do it? Here is my situation and what I did!… Read More
Thrifty Finds for SLPs!
Today I’m linking up with Jenna over at Speech Room News where we are talking about thrifty finds! So, what do you do when you have no funding to buy supplies for your speech room? And what if you have 2 or more schools to serve? YIKES! That was and IS my situation. We have not had any funding for… Read More
Happy Summer FREEBIE!
Friday FREEBIE!! The school year has ended and now it is time to focus on FUN things! To help you get into the mood for summer, I’m linking up with Speechie Freebees and I have a great FREEBIE for you! This simple game board features a camping theme and is appropriate to use with PK through elementary-aged kids. I’ve had… Read More
A Review of: SPEECH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN by Tatyana Elleseff, M.A. CCC-SLPSmart Speech Therapy LLC Whether you work in the school system or in private practice, there are MANY tests that can be used to assess a student’s speech/language difficulty. Lots of tests. And very little time-if you work in the school system. So how do you choose which… Read More
http://goldcountryslp.com/a-review-of-speech-language-assessmen/