by Brittany Brunell | Feb 20, 2014 | Fun Activities, General, SLP Life, Therapy Thoughts
I’m always on the hunt for new fun activities to do with my students. I came across an awesome tool to help facilitate games for students who are cognitively or physically impaired. The tool is a spinner made by Ablenet, a company that makes many assistive technology...
by Brittany Brunell | Feb 12, 2014 | Fun Activities, General, SLP Life, Therapy Thoughts
This year I started working in a group home for people who have multiple disabilities. Working with this new population who are more physically handicapped has forced me to adapt my usual activities and lessons. I want to share some of these fun ideas! These...
by Brittany Brunell | Feb 5, 2014 | Assistive Technology, Fun Activities, General, Therapy Thoughts
Staying up to date on the newest technological resources in education can be overwhelming! Blogs and Pinterest can be great sources of information to stay in the loop. I recently started using a new piece of equipment, the TAPit. TAPit (Touch Accessible Platform for...
by Brittany Brunell | Jan 29, 2014 | SLP Life
Working with the population of young adults who have disabilities there are bound to be times when awkward moments pop up. Over the past two years, I’ve had to learn how to handle these moments. Early on I learned that lessons rarely go the way you planned and its...
by Brittany Brunell | Jan 15, 2014 | For Parents, Fun Activities, SLP Life, Therapy Thoughts
This week I had one of those magical speech therapist moments, when you see your student succeeding in using something that you’ve taught them and you remember how awesome your job is. That moment is my inspiration for this blog post. It all happened because of a tool...
by Brittany Brunell | Jan 8, 2014 | SLP Life
As we move into January, I want to write down my resolutions for 2014. I’m not usually big into setting resolutions, but re-evaluating your clinical skills is part of growing into a better clinician. For me, it’s important to be challenged and to keep increasing my...
