Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Spoiler alert – the larger picture in this text, not the photo above… I’ve recently begun working with a culturally and linguistically diverse adoptive family. Mom is an immigrant. Dad is Latino. And, the adoptive child is Caucasian. The family is middle-class. Both parents are bilingual (in different languages) and haveContinueContinue reading “What’s Wrong With This Picture?”
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Vocalic-Consonantal /r/ Phase 2 Now Available on Boom Cards
Now available on Boom Cards – search for loribslp The Phase 2 – Sentence Level deck is now available on Boom Cards. Click here or search for loribslp on Boom Cards. This deck features the same word pairs as Phase 1, but the difficulty has been increased. In addition, I’ve embedded other words containing consonantalContinueContinue reading “Vocalic-Consonantal /r/ Phase 2 Now Available on Boom Cards”
Happy New Year
Image Courtesy of Pixabay.com Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year, filled joy, and light in this new year. May you find enlightenment and fulfillment in your journey.
New Addition to the Outside the Box Boom Cards Store
Screenshot of Vocalic-Consonantal /r/ Word Pairs on the Outside the Box Boom Cards store. I’m proud to announce the creation and addition of this Phase 1 deck of word pairs for those clients/students who just can’t quite figure out the correct placement for vocalic /r/ but can correctly produce /r/ as a consonant syllable initially.ContinueContinue reading “New Addition to the Outside the Box Boom Cards Store”
In Gratitude
Image Courtesy of Pixabay.com In the United States, today is Thanksgiving. We as a country need to recognize that the holiday’s origins are not as clean, and frankly, whitewashed as we were taught in school. However, it is a day for mindfully giving thanks for the people and events in our lives which have takenContinueContinue reading “In Gratitude”
Third Party Payor Systems as Systems of Change
Image Courtesy of Piabay.com It’s ASHA season. That means I’ve been trying to cram in as much CEU credit as I can for the price of admission. There have been some amazing presentations. First, I’d like to say thank you to the presenters for their presentations and being willing to share their expertise and information.ContinueContinue reading “Third Party Payor Systems as Systems of Change”
So, It Turns Out There’s a Label for My Frustrations
Image Courtesy of Pixabay.com This weekend is the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association being held in Washington D. C. in a hybrid format. (Given the votes going on in Congress right now, I’m a little sad I’m not there. I’m hoping the early childhood education and universal preschool programs survive the United StatesContinueContinue reading “So, It Turns Out There’s a Label for My Frustrations”
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Language Intervention
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Did you know kittens born in the same litter can have different fathers? That’s one evolutionary strategy to ensure genetic diversity! If you’ve been following the last several weeks (months, really) of posts, then you know that DEI in the evaluation and treatment of language disorders has been on my mindContinueContinue reading “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Language Intervention”
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Early Intervention – Service Provision Part 1
In the last two posts, I’ve discussed my concerns about how eligibility is determined in early intervention. There are multiple issues – from the overreliance on outdated protocols that are not appropriate for children growing up in culturally and linguistically diverse environments to procedures that rely on (at best) shaky statistical methods to arrive atContinueContinue reading “Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Early Intervention – Service Provision Part 1”
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Early Education – Determining Eligibility Part 2
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Last week, I wrote about the problems with the evaluation tools used to determine eligibility in early intervention. The full post is here. But, the highlights are: 1) the primary protocol used is more than 10 years old, the secondary protocol is 8 years old; 2) the primary protocol does notContinueContinue reading “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Early Education – Determining Eligibility Part 2”
Outside The Box 