Image Courtesy of Pixabay.com It's been a little over a month since I made the change in my 'day job' from pediatric home health to early intervention. For the most part, it's been a good change. I enjoy the challenge of mostly getting paid to think. But, as I said at work last week, I'mContinue reading "The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts"
Sixteen years ago today…
The aftermath of Hurricane Dennis in Florida - one of 27 named storms in 2005. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Hurricane Katrina came ashore in Mississippi. Katrina was the 12th named storm that year. Everyone thought New Orleans was spared until the levees failed in the aftermath. Everyone forgets Katrina went through South Florida as aContinue reading "Sixteen years ago today…"
Should the Part Be Separated from the Whole?
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com I recently made a change in my 'day job' - the one that pays the bills and lets me have time to muse about these things. I changed from pediatric home health to an early intervention position. Part of the reason for this change was to move from a per visitContinue reading "Should the Part Be Separated from the Whole?"
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 combineContinue 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 ideaContinue 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 shareContinue reading "Repeating Patterns…and Breaking Some Cycles"
Upcoming Presentations at the 2021 ASHA Schools Connect Conference
The 2021 ASHA Schools Connect Conference is taking place from July 14-26 virtually. I have two poster presentations at this conference. Teaching "Thinking Words": Extending Robust Vocabulary Instruction to Adolescents with High Functioning AutismJust Ask Me Again II: An Investigation of Response Patterns on the PPVT-4 (with my co-author, Rihana Mason) When the conference isContinue reading "Upcoming Presentations at the 2021 ASHA Schools Connect Conference"
When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear
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 makeContinue reading "When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear"
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 usedContinue 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 someoneContinue reading "Lost In Interpretation Download Now Available"
Outside The Box 