Image Courtesy of Pixabay.com Those of you who have been owned by a cat already know there is a lot we can learn from these very interesting creatures who choose to share their lives with us. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned from the cats who’ve been in my life is to makeContinueContinue reading “When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear”
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Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
Image Courtesy of Pixabay.com This summer, I’ve had the chance to work with a group of public school Bachelor’s level speech-language therapists who are completing their Master’s degrees in speech-language pathology. One of the themes that has come up is the use of repetition in therapy. To this point, most of the cohort hasn’t usedContinueContinue reading “Repetition, Repetition, Repetition”
Lost In Interpretation Download Now Available
Image Courtesy of Pixabay.com A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away – last month anyway – my colleague and I had an article published in The Teaching Professor. The topic was how to make the higher education classroom more inclusive for speakers of all dialects, not just Mainstream American English. As someoneContinueContinue reading “Lost In Interpretation Download Now Available”
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The CLOUDS Approach & A Free Sample
Out on a sturdy limb. Image courtesy of pixabay.com Or, How Did I Decide to “Go Big or Go Home” When It Comes to Intervention Targets? Thank You First, I need to take a moment to thank the people who came before me and who helped me on my own path. I was incredibly fortunateContinueContinue reading “The CLOUDS Approach & A Free Sample”
If “learnable” is the way to go for phonology, what about the other areas of oral language?
The Fab 5 Areas of Oral Language are… If you’re a former student of mine and you happen to be reading this – quickly remind me, what are the Fab 5 Areas of Oral Language? They would be: Syntax: The word order rules of a given language (e.g., English’s Subject-Verb-Object order)Semantics: Words and the meanings/conceptsContinueContinue reading “If “learnable” is the way to go for phonology, what about the other areas of oral language?”
New Publication
Image courtesy of Pixaby.com One of my passions is supporting non-Mainstream American English speakers in the classroom – whether that is a K-12 or higher ed classroom. This op/ed, how-to piece was published in The Teaching Professor on 5/3/21. If you would like a copy of the document without registering for an account with TheContinueContinue reading “New Publication”
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