What better way to get children excited to learn language and communication skills than a birthday party? Toca Boca's ''Birthday Party'' is an interactive app that provides numerous opportunities to help speech-language pathologists expand language use and teach social skills, as well as AAC skills, in a fun and motivating way. ...

During my first two weeks with the iPad, I used it solely during my individual therapy sessions. After having much success and feeling more confident about how to use the iPad appropriately, I decided to expand my horizons and try out my new passion in a group therapy session! In planning out the session, several questions came to ...

I wanted to share some of my favorite apps that I use for speech therapy. Please feel free to comment and tell me your favorite apps so I can add them to my wish list for the holidays!   My Play House by Shimon - This is an interactive play house that I use to work on play skills, turn taking, linguistic concepts, ...

In my last blog, I interviewed Dawn Hallett, iPad Coach at Warringa Park School in Melbourne, Australia. As you will soon learn from Dawn's experience, it takes a considerable amount of planning, training, and support to ensure the successful use of this new technology. Here is Part 2 of my interview ...

This fall at the preschool where I practice, we have had an unusually high number of children in need of full evaluations all for various reasons. For some, they were simply due for their re-evaluations which happen every 2 years at this age in our district. For others, we had decided as a team that several children were in need of a ...

In my last blog, I posted questions regarding the use of iPads in schools that many SLPs have.  I'm excited to interview Dawn Hallett from Warringa Park School in Melbourne, Australia. Dawn has been kind enough to share more about her role as an iPad coach and comment on many of the questions that have been raised.   Angela: ...

I am happy to share some good news for those of you who have been following the Speech in the Schools Blog over the past year. Last October in a blog post I recommended a book called ''The Spooky House of Horror'' by Charles Fuge, Ian Craig and Ron Van der Meer. I felt horrible to discover that it was a collectors' item and now costs a ...

A couple of blogs ago, I wrote about several new therapy techniques/strategies/programs that I was trying with my students this year. Now that it is nearly the end of the first marking period (Friday!), I think I've had enough time and experience trialing these programs to give you my opinion of each in this blog. One of the four new ...

The iPad has become a significant part of daily therapy use for many SLPs. Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Jordan Sadler who owns Communication Therapy P.C., located in Chicago, Illinois. Jordan has agreed to answer questions regarding the use of the iPad in her private practice.   Angela: Please describe the setting and ...

I bought my iPad when they first came out over 2 years ago and have used it everyday  since then with my students.  Should YOU buy an iPad?  The best way for me to answer this question is to explain the three major benefits I have found so far using the iPad with my students. Access:  The majority of my ...