Halloween is this week, and with that lots of excitement for all of us at school! I've been having fun with some free Halloween iPad apps . My favorite so far is Millie's Book of Tricks & Treats! Kids knock on a door, it opens and behind the door, there is a cute dog doing a trick or getting a treat! There's a photo of Millie the dog ...

 As we all know, America has been in the midst of an economic downturn for several years now. Our federal government is currently facing over a $16 trillion dollar deficit, which has caused many government programs to recently lose significant funding. Although I personally believe the government needs to desperately curb its spending and as ...

Over the years I have blogged several times about the differences between ''pushing'' in vs. ''pulling'' out when seeing children in an educational setting. In the past I was often VERY encouraged to see all (or definitely most) of the children on my caseload within their classroom setting, also known as ''push in'' therapy. As I have also ...

Over the last four weeks, I have been posting the results from my Early Intervention Parent Survey. The survey questions focused on both the Birth to 3 and the 3 to 5 programs in order to compare and contrast the reactions parents have to both, as well as to look thoroughly at the entire early intervention experience from a parent's perspective. ...

In my last blog, I wrote about a little boy I met who had been given an iPad by well meaning grandparents. After meeting with this little boy, 2 other SLP's from my district and I decided he is not ready to use the iPad for communication, but can use it to build language in other ways. This time, I want to share about another little boy, let's ...

I have loved reading about SLPs' experiences with the iPad over the last year, and am enjoying the ADVANCE AAC and App review blogs. I am still a newbie when it comes to the iPad, and am looking forward to an iPad workshop and having one to use at school in the fall. Over the last two weeks I have had the opportunity to meet 2 very different ...

In my blog on May 31, The Power of a Talking Stick, I gave you the solution if a child with autism or any language disorder is non-verbal or if they are a motor mouth. There were several comments about this blog so I felt it worth a re-visit and another ''Kathie strategy'' for the SLP bag of tricks. The Talking Card and Talking Stick are: FUN ...

Welcome to the first post of what I hope will be an ever useful blog resource for those of you incorporating the iPad and technology into your therapy sessions. First a little bit about me, I have been working for non-profit school for special needs and outpatient clinic for the last five years and before that I worked in the schools. I have been ...

Last week I posted the first half of my interview with a trained speech language pathologist who is now using her speech and language skills in a new role, as an Assistive Technology Consultant/ Professional Development Specialist. Today I would like to share the second half of my interview where my guest provides instructive and helpful ...

Flash back about 25 years. To a school-based SLP, he'd be described as a child who stutters. There appears to be a genetic component to his stuttering, as his oldest sister demonstrated some mild stuttering at his age. He is the youngest of four children. It's a noisy household with lots of competition to talk and be heard. The severity of his ...