Tough times call for tough measures, and SLPs are no exception. With all students at home these days due to COVID-19, how do you face the challenge of continuing your therapy sessions or, at least, progressing your students towards their goal? Enter Google Classroom.

In this episode, I'll share tips on how SLPs can utilize Google Classroom effectively. If you're new to Google Classroom, just remember your goal: It's all about keeping everyone safe and healthy while still making things work - even when we're in a less than ideal situation.

If you're up to the challenge of learning new strategies for teaching remotely, don't miss this episode!

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With quarantine still going on, are you stressed as to how to take on the challenge of delivering quality lessons remotely, providing students a level of normalcy, and adjusting to life being stuck at home?

In this episode, I have something different for you. I was recently a guest on Be The Exception Podcast with Dawn Ellis, creator of Cultivating Exceptional Minds. Dawn is a qualified educational specialist with 10 years of special education experience, published journal articles, and is an awesome podcaster. She has a website and podcast where she provides valuable tools and resources to help teachers perform at their best while becoming confident in wearing the many hats that come with being a SPED teacher. 

Join us as I share our conversation about the e-learning phenomenon that we are all a part of right now. I will answer questions about Boom Learning, distance learning, and utilizing technology with your students at this time.

Amidst all the chaos and stress, I hope by listening to this episode you get a little bit of inspiration and creativity!

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/boomlearning

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Some SLPs like change, others don't - how about you? Have you been trying the same strategies with your students year after year? Are these strategies giving you amazing results?

In this episode, let’s talk about why doing the same thing, again and again, is INSANITY. We will identify the underlying reasons why our students are not making progress when it comes to vocabulary, inferencing or sequencing despite all their practice. I will also share how you can do things differently to achieve a breakthrough.

If you want to embrace change and let go of insanity, don't miss this episode!

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We've all been guilty of this: Setting a bunch of goals at the beginning of a school year for several students and then forgetting about them or running out of time to actually complete them.  Forgive yourself, it happens! 

In this special episode, I'm having my very first guest on the show and she is incredible.  Maureen Wilson has been a school-based SLP for 10 years. She's the author of the blog, The Speech Bubble SLP. Maureen speaks all over the country about her passion for literacy-based therapy. We will also talk about a brilliant tool that will empower you to stay on top of your goals and objectives.

Maureen is going to set us up with a game plan to make goals achievable! 

Goals look cute on paper, but how you set them up and the action you take determines your success. Don't miss this eye-opening episode!

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In this critical time of quarantine and lockdowns, more and more schools are using technology to bring education to students outside of school. SLPs are no exception to this. Question is: Are you up for the challenge of doing teletherapy?

To give us the confidence and tech know-how, I've compiled tried and tested tips from 5 teletherapy bloggers who've been doing it for years and have had huge success: Stacy Crouse, Lucy Stone, Stacey Pfaff, Theresa Koelsch, and Venita Litvack.

Listen in and see which tips you think will work best for your students. Times are tough, but be flexible and trust in your skills as an SLP. We will all get through this together.

I hope you enjoy this special bonus episode!

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/teletherapy

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Do you love using YouTube in your speech therapy? You know I do! But using videos can take a ton of time to prepare since you have to take note of cues, think of what questions to ask and so forth.

This episode is very special to me because I'm finally sharing my all-time favorite free tool that will cut down your prep time for videos, help you achieve your speech goals, and engage your students to interact. You just do it once and you have it forever - it's that simple to use.

If you want to know about this tool, don't miss this episode!

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You can take any activity in your classroom, but what is the goal? And how are you going to teach it differently than what your students have already been exposed to? Enter Mystery Doug.

For today's inspiration, I'm going to introduce you to this wonderful online tool where you can use short, non-fiction videos that will get your students inferring, asking questions, and drawing conclusions. I will share tips and tricks on how to use this medium to help your students overcome their language struggles and make them feel successful in the classroom to boost their confidence. Because, hey, this is what SLPs are for, right?

Join me today as we breakdown this new tool that's very flexible and easy to prepare, don't miss this episode!

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Don't you just wish you can be that birdie who's always on your student's shoulder to help them with words? Too bad you can't! What you can do is teach them strategies that will help them succeed with language, even when you're not around.

In this episode, let's talk about a strategy that will help your students handle unfamiliar words when they see them: Context clues. Instead of just drilling synonyms and antonyms or push them to memorize lists, you can use this method to help your students analyze the gist of entire texts and build their confidence and succeed in and beyond the classroom.

Catch my tips and tricks and a lot of freebies.  Don't miss this episode!

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Are you hoping to incorporate more literacy-based therapy ideas in your speech therapy room without overwhelming your students with too much text? You're in for a treat!

In this episode, let's talk about another time-saving tool for us tireless SLPs: Wordless picture books! Listen in as I share different strategies on how you can use this tool for any language goal or target group. Discover ways you can introduce wordless picture books to your reluctant readers and make it motivating and exciting.

If you want to see your students make smart guesses and their language blossom, I challenge you to apply these methods and get better results!

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Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets

Your students are getting exposure to skills like inferencing and sequencing in the classroom, but it's not sticking. What can you do?

In this episode, I will share my favorite tool that helps our students make things more explicit, more visual, and helps them remember things that they hear and know what to listen for to take that processing overload away. 

Listen in and discover how you can do things differently for the success of your students. Check out this episode and have fun teaching and learning!

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/6

Subscribe today and get access to my secret podcast filled with my juicy secrets for planning with ease for secondary speech students. 6 quick episodes that you can quickly listen to and feel refreshed and inspired! https://speechtimefun.com/secondarysecrets