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Printable story maps for stronger narrative language skills

Narrative language helps children explain what happened, retell experiences, understand stories, and participate in classroom conversations. These skills…

The SLP’s role in supporting selective mutism at school

A child with selective mutism may speak freely at home yet remain silent, whisper, gesture, or avoid eye contact at school. This pattern is not a choice, a…

Writing measurable IEP goals for articulation

Articulation goals should give a clear picture of what a student will do, under which conditions, and how the speech-language pathologist will determine…

How to conduct a dynamic assessment for a child with a suspected language disorder

A dynamic assessment examines how a child learns when an adult provides support, rather than measuring only what the child can do independently. This approach…

Using Movement Breaks to Improve Attention During Speech Sessions

Attention is an active skill, not a fixed trait that a child either has or lacks. During speech therapy, a learner may understand the task and want to…

The SLP’s Guide to Building Literacy Through Language Therapy

Literacy begins long before a child reads an independent sentence or writes a recognizable story. It grows through everyday experiences with sounds, words,…

Building a Social Skills Group Curriculum for Elementary Students

A well-designed social skills group gives children repeated, supported opportunities to understand other people, communicate clearly, manage emotions, and…

Helping Young Children Use Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Young children often learn regular past tense forms by adding -ed: jumped, played, and washed. Irregular past tense verbs follow different patterns. A child…

How to Use Visual Schedules to Reduce Transition Meltdowns

Moving from one activity to another can be surprisingly difficult for children who have language delays, autism, attention differences, sensory needs, or…

Creating a functional communication profile for a nonverbal preschooler

A functional communication profile gives adults a practical picture of how a preschooler communicates across people, places, and activities. It moves beyond…

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