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Presume Competence to Empower the Nonspeaking | Kidz Learn Language

3 No Prep Tips for Segmenting Words into Syllables for Early Literacy | Kidz Learn Language

Rhyme for Reading: | Kidz Learn Language

Phonological Processing in Early Literacy Skills Development | Kidz Learn Language

Speech Pathologists and Literacy Skills: 22 ideas for skill building activities | Kidz Learn Language

Core Vocabulary: Strategies for Teaching Core Words in AAC | Kidz Learn Language

AAC Beyond Requests: Unlocking a Variety of Communication Functions | Kidz Learn Language

Unlocking Successful Communication: Top Tips for AAC Implementation | Kidz Learn Language

Unlocking Communication: Mastering AAC Assessment Best Practices for Speech Pathologists | Kidz Learn Language

Unlocking the Power of Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Comprehensive Beginning Guide | Kidz Learn Language

Teaching Core Words for AAC? | Kidz Learn Language

Mastering Story Sequencing: A Guide to Enhancing Language Skills | Kidz Learn Language

10 Ways to Improve Staff Buy-In for Students' Augmentative Communication Systems | Kidz Learn Language

5 Tried and True Language Activity Ideas for Speech Therapy in Kindergarten and First Grade | Kidz Learn Language

Unlock the World of Answering Wh Questions | Kidz Learn Language

Barrier Games - The Only Time We Want Barriers in Language and Communication | Kidz Learn Language

Empowering AAC Communication in Schools: Beyond Basic Requests and Single Core Words | Kidz Learn Language

Empowering Nonspeaking Children: Introducing "Early Language Development for AAC" | Kidz Learn Language

All Aboard! Getting Everyone on Board with AAC | Kidz Learn Language

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Barrier Games from Afar - an Old Trick in the New Distance Learning | Kidz Learn Language

I recently suggested to another SLP that barrier games are perfect for telepractice and received a sort of questioning look.   But when yo...

3 Top Core Words Fun for Fall | Kidz Learn Language

It's that simple. So, get outside and have some fun. Use some core words. You've got this!

6 Fun Ways to Incorporate Core Words into the Morning Routine Through Sabotage | Kidz Learn Language

I know I’ve posted a lot about how important routines are for building language.   They are repetitive and provide lots of opportunities ...

Top 10 Tips for Being a Good AAC Communication Partner | Kidz Learn Language

I’ve  written multiple times about being a good partner to an AAC user, but it always bears repeating again. It’s not always easy to know ...

AAC Users Communicate While Sheltering in Place | Kidz Learn Language

The world has changed dramatically in the past few weeks.  And - overnight it seems - we’ve become instant homeschoolers.  I know many pare...

What Can You Do With a Book? | Kidz Learn Language

If you read this blog regularly, you’ve seen multiple posts about shared reading activities and the benefits of reading with children.   (...

Why Do We Play? | Kidz Learn Language

Speech-Language Pathologists are used to hearing, “All you do is play!” - as if that’s a bad thing.  But therapists know the benefits of p...

Are You Literate Enough? Are Your Students? | Kidz Learn Language

Last week I was talking about literacy   and AAC users and “Comprehensive Literacy for All.”   I talked about giving AAC users access to t...

10 weeks to 40 core words preview | Kidz Learn Language

I've been playing with some video introductions to some of my resources for AAC implementation.  Here is a video I just made for a resource ...

Literacy Skills and Older Students with Disabilities: Abandoning Sight Words and Juvenile Books | Kidz Learn Language

Almost 15 years ago Browder et al published a study about adapting and using grade-level literature to teach middle school students with mod...

Communicating Made Easy for Parents at Home During COVID-19 | Kidz Learn Language

So you’ve been cooped up with your children for more than a month.  Schools are closed, and you may not have your home therapists anymore. ...

I've Been Chosen: Top Homeschool Curriculum List Picks of 2020-21 | Kidz Learn Language

Yes, it seems now every parent is now a homeschooling parent, every speech-language pathologist is doing teletherapy and teachers are Zoomin...

Inclusion: Is it Good or Bad? | Kidz Learn Language

Of course, there is no right answer to that question. In spite of many years of pushes for inclusion of students with “special” or differ...

The Speech Pathologist’s Battle Cry: Model! Model! Model! | Kidz Learn Language

Modeling. We talk about it a lot when working with children with an assortment of “special needs.”  But I don’t think we ever really aggreg...

Did You Know? October is AAC Awareness Month! | Kidz Learn Language

October is AAC Awareness Month, so I've come out of my hibernation to make you aware. I'm sorry I've been largely absent this year. It's b...

Reading Foundations Skills Activities at Home with Magazines | Kidz Learn Language

A lot of families are feeling like their children are missing out on some key skills while they are home and engaged in distance learning....

How Did We Come to be Here? Adventures in Speech Pathology | Kidz Learn Language

While this blog has been around for about 7 years now, I have to admit to being largely absent for the past couple of years. Life does hav...

Do We Need the Alphabet? Yes! | Kidz Learn Language

I recently had a discussion with a SLP from a district I used to work with about literacy and AAC users with complex communication needs.  S...

2 Core Word Scavenger Hunt Ideas Right in Your Home | Kidz Learn Language

We’ve all been stuck inside for a long time now and it seems like we’ve run out of ideas for what to do here.   You may have already  trie...

Could You Use a FREE Digital AAC Resource? Sure You Could! | Kidz Learn Language

Distance learning; a term that conjures a variety of reactions in parents, speech pathologists, teachers, even students. One thing that is...