The 10 Minutes that Ultimately Spawned Pocket SLP

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I was a meandering young college student unhappy with the previous 2 majors I had chosen. I’ve always enjoyed working with children but wasn’t sure I wanted to be a teacher. One night at a Halloween party I sat down on some steps next to a girl I had never met before. The usual “so what’s your major” question arose…

Bring Some Cute Animals into Your Next Speech Therapy Session

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One of my favorite websites to visit after a hard day’s work is CuteOverload.com. For those of you who don’t know, CuteOverload.com is a fantastic site that features daily pictures of cute animals that make even the grumpiest of people say, “Awwww!” Not only is this site extremely entertaining, but it’s also one heck of an…

10 Questions About Dog Basketball Your Students Will Love

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It isn’t every day that you get to see a DOG playing BASKETBALL! Wow, I sure was impressed when I came across this 1 minute video on YouTube so I felt the need to share it with with my 3rd grade students. I believe that incorporating audio-visual media into the speech therapy session really helps children who have language difficulties.

5 Great Ways to Teach Children About Opposites

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The possibilities are endless when we decide to teach our little ones all about opposites. We have a fantastic ability to create a ton of fun speech activities that can help improve children’s understanding of opposites. Here are some of the wacky things that we here at Pocket SLP love to do with our speech kiddos: Socks and Gloves You might be viewed as one WACKY speech teacher,

Jet Packs, Magic Wands, and Time Machines in Speech Therapy

As a speech-language pathologist, I am sure you can agree with me when I say . . . sometimes our job can get a bit crazy. Huge caseloads, wacky IEPs, how do we even do it all? I often like to imagine how the job could be a smidge easier if we were able to have some “out if this world” items at our fingertips. Check out the top 3 things that we…