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Six Facts About School Speech Services You Need to Know

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. All month, organizations like E-Therapy are working to raise awareness about our students’ communication disorders and virtual speech therapy treatments available during their time away from school due to Covid-19. The continued disruption of school is causing concern among parents worried that their children will not continue to receiveContinue reading “Six Facts About School Speech Services You Need to Know”

Personifying Emotions and Body-Based Regulation Techniques

The following is an excerpt from The Big Picture Therapy, a blog run by on of E-Therapy’s professional Occupational Therapist (OT), Jasmine Erazmus. With the feeling of trauma and tension and recent shootings, it seems like a good time to share a therapy tip I have for working on emotional regulation and anxiety. As of late myContinue reading “Personifying Emotions and Body-Based Regulation Techniques”

Fun Child-Tested Phonological Awareness Activities For Parents

As an SLP and mom of a very active, just-turned-3 year old, I can say that early speech and language development is incredibly important to me. I want to ensure that my kiddo is supported in learning how to produce speech sounds correctly and in developing those critical pre-reading skills like Phonological Awareness. Develop pre-readingContinue reading “Fun Child-Tested Phonological Awareness Activities For Parents”

7 Powerful Mental Health Tips To Manage Stress At School

Although some degree of stress is inevitable, there are many ways to manage your stress level and even transform it into positive action. In today’s guest blog post from the folks at bold.org, you’ll find strategies to deal with the stress and anxiety that ongoing events and even everyday life can cause us. For students ofContinue reading “7 Powerful Mental Health Tips To Manage Stress At School”

Summer Activity Calendars For Teletherapy

by Megan Magee Summer break is just around the corner. Are you prepared to help your students maintain their skills over the summer months? We’ll tell you how to create and implement fun summer activity claendars – a spin on bitmoji rooms! Monthly activity calendars are a great addition to teletherapy sessions, brick and mortar therapyContinue reading “Summer Activity Calendars For Teletherapy”

Online Therapy Activities And Games: June 2021

Summertime is here! We know that this school year has been a unique adventure through uncharted waters. In the spirit of helping you sail smoothly into summer, we’d like to make your last few days as stress free as possible when it comes to planning your teletherapy sessions. We’ve got your planning covered with plentyContinue reading “Online Therapy Activities And Games: June 2021”

Are You Set For Extended School Year Services?

After a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, school leadership are still navigating the aftermath. Special education administrators across the country are working to identify students with disabilities who have regressed and/or missed extensive amounts of related services. They know students have had difficulty recouping skills from school closures, so are considering anContinue reading “Are You Set For Extended School Year Services?”

End-of-Year Teletherapy Reflection Activity

I’m never sure which is more exciting; the start of a school year, fresh with all the new possibilities the year has to offer or seeing the joy on students (and teachers) faces as they head off for several well deserved weeks of summer relaxation. I remember as a kid loving the last few daysContinue reading “End-of-Year Teletherapy Reflection Activity”

Phonological Awareness And Articulation Therapy For SLPs

Early in my career as a Speech Language Pathologist I worked on some research projects related to phonological awareness and literacy development. After pouring over countless studies and research articles, a consistent theme began to emerge. I began to see a strong link between phonological awareness, reading skills, and speech-sound disorders (here is where myContinue reading “Phonological Awareness And Articulation Therapy For SLPs”

Using Speech Targets To Increase Articulation Productions During Teletherapy Sessions

Two important keys to improving a child’s productivity during articulation therapy, in both onsite speech therapy and teletherapy sessions, is to 1. increase the quality and quantity of target sound, minimal pair, or maximal pair practice in varied contexts, and 2. give specific feedback to help them get closer to their target or goal ActivitiesContinue reading “Using Speech Targets To Increase Articulation Productions During Teletherapy Sessions”