2021 ASHA Schools Connect Follow Up

Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com Thank you to everyone who attended the conference. I know that I got a lot out of the presentations I attended! For those who weren’t able to attend and/or who weren’t able to download the slides, I’ve uploaded a copy for you here. The next step is to combineContinueContinue reading “2021 ASHA Schools Connect Follow Up”

Readiness

Green Means Go, Image Courtesy of Pixabay.com What Is Readiness? Dictionary.com defines readiness as: a developmental stage at which a child has the capacity to receive instruction at a given level of difficulty or to engage in a particular activity. Vygotsky (1935, 1978) referenced this idea as the zone of proximal development. It’s the ideaContinueContinue reading “Readiness”

Repeating Patterns…and Breaking Some Cycles

Image courtesy of pixabay.com Nature is full of repetition – and patterns Nature very much operates on the adage, ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ This adage leads to a lot of repetition and redundancy. It’s why a 5-digit forelimb like our hands is actually a very old structure in evolutionary terms. We shareContinueContinue reading “Repeating Patterns…and Breaking Some Cycles”