I must admit I am not always the best at using Evidence Based Practice (EBP), but it’s a personal goal of mine to become better. It’s hard enough to take the time to reflect on sessions (or eat lunch), never mind find the time to read through research papers. I’ve...
Category: Therapy Thoughts
Tips for Parents – How to Work with your Child’s Speech Therapist
As an SLP, I sometimes get so focused on helping my students hit their goals that I forget to take a step back and take a look at the big picture. The fact is, I’m only with each child for a limited number of hours every week. Parents interact far more each week than...
Tracking Progress – Get a Grip on your Data!
At a recent speech staff meeting, we had a lengthy discussion about keeping data during our sessions. Methods of data collection vary, especially depending on the subject. Keeping data on language and social goals can be really difficult because the concepts are...
Writing IEP’s 101
IEP goal writing is another topic that comes up often at my staff meetings. With the standards for goals constantly changing it’s important to stay flexible and know that at any moment there may be a new way of writing goals. My schools haven’t started incorporating...