Articulation Station App Review

Articulation Station App Review

Articulation Station is a comprehensive articulation app that I use quite a bit in therapy.  You can choose to purchase each consonant deck separately to save on cost. As you can see from this screen shot, I haven’t purchased all of the sounds myself; however, I did purchase ‘l’ ‘r’ and ‘s’ because those decks also contain blends, which I do use a lot in therapy.I chose ‘P’ for the

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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, book of the month

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, book of the month

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie is a knockoff from the classic children’s song, “I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.”  This is a great repetitive book I use with the kids to get ready for Thanksgiving.  The book chronicles a lady who goes through and eats certain Thanksgiving items.  In therapy, I have cutouts of all the various items that the kids hold.  When

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IEP on the other side of the table

So yesterday we had Ashlynn’s initial eligibility meeting.  I am so used to be the one running the meeting and telling parents the results of testing, that it was a little surreal to be on the other side of the table.  I have to say that the entire process was underwhelming and I left less than impressed.  You would think that knowing I am an SLP for a neighboring school

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Video tutorials

I’ve decided I have to turn this unique situation as an SLP and a mother to a child with apraxia into a positive experience.  I can’t keep sitting around feeling depressed and worried.  I”m a believer in signs from God, and I believe this a big one that has the potential to positively impact others’ lives.  I’ve decided to make videos of Ashlynn for two purposes: one is for me

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Baby development screens

Baby development screens

When I held my baby, and even when she was in utero, I had visions and dreams of her being this incredibly verbose child with a large vocabulary.  In fact, I dreamed she would be like me.  The first few months brought all the regular milestones: tracking with her eyes, smiles, giggles, and even rolling over. However, she did have a case of very pointy toes.  So pointy in fact,

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2.5 years

On my Spring Break, my daughter was 2 1/2.  Before that week I was home full time she had about 5-10 core words; however, she was just labeling things like mama, dada, and doggie.  By the end of Spring Break she was requesting juice, water, and milk with one prompt!  My mom and mother in law immediately noticed and told me how great it was she was talking more.  I

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