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Let’s talk about something that scares many SLPs… progress reports. ****

Progress reports may make some SLPs sweat, but hopefully there are others (like Marisha!) who think of it as a fun opportunity to celebrate student progress. After all, the point of working smarter is to have more time for the fun stuff, right?!

Marisha actually thinks it’s kind of cool to look back at the data and realize how far her students have come. Getting to write up all the progress goodness and share it with the students’ parents is just the sprinkles on the progress cake.

At the same time, Marisha knows that the process can be a little bit overwhelming. That's why she wanted to share her three step process for writing progress reports and notes on this week’s episode of the podcast.

From collecting session data to setting up your progress note template and reviewing goal progress — at the end of this episode, you’ll be just a few clicks away from a stress-free progress reporting experience!

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Full show notes at slpnow.com/180

This month we're diving into all things narratives, a topic that's so closely connected with academic achievement. But before we get there, I am excited to introduce the newest addition to the SLP Now team, Monica! Monica is a lead SLP for a school district in Southern California and comes with a broad range of experience, including literacy-based therapy and functional social and language therapy.

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Wow, I cannot believe we're wrapping up this month of curriculum-based therapy content! There is so much to dive into. This week, we are working with secondary students and the sample goals for this group include identifying facts vs. opinions, identifying the main idea and key details, summarizing, producing sentences with 3 or more clauses, and determining the meaning of words using affixes.

I hypothetically have a group of 6th graders who are working on answering questions, defining multiple meaning words, and summarizing text. So in this episode, we're continuing to follow the curriculum-based therapy theme using a literacy-based therapy framework. Let's dive in!

Let's continue on the curriculum-based therapy train with early elementary. Some of the goals I'm targeting with this group include answering questions, identifying key details, defining tier two vocabulary words, and producing compound or complex sentences.

I cannot tell you how much I've been looking forward to this month's content. We're diving into all things curriculum-based therapy for preschoolers. This is a great way to step up all of the literacy-based therapy strategies that we've been talking about and embed them into the classroom.

Now we get to dive into something different for our older students. Teaching them how to identify the main idea, key details, and how to summarize are incredibly important skills for them to learn as they move forward in life.

Let's dive into some therapy plans for later elementary students. We will focus on how to target narratives using a literacy-based therapy framework. We'll explore goals around answering questions about story grammar elements, retelling a story, and generating narratives.

Let's dive into some therapy plans for our early elementary students. This week, we are focusing on narratives. Teaching story grammar elements will increase student comprehension and provide them with a meaningful framework.

This week, we are diving into all things preschool and all things narratives, which are important skills for young students to master. This is the episode for you if you're working on answering questions about a story, sequencing, describing picture cards, or retelling a story.

This month, we are focusing on all things vocabulary and diving into Dr. Ukrainetz's five-step literacy-based therapy framework, and integrating that with all of the research that we found on vocabulary. So, we're super excited to share the nitty gritty, yet practical details in this week's plan.

For all my SLP organization aficionados out there, join me today as I dive deep into tips and resources that will streamline your paperwork processes, especially for educators and therapists. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by deadlines and data, this episode is tailor-made for you. Let’s get started!

In the episode, we cover:

• Mapping Out Due Dates: Learn how to organize your due dates, from IEPs to evaluations.
• Organizer & Checklists: Employing a laminated checklist system helps track and manage the progress of individual IEPs. Combined with a hanging file organizer, your paperwork is always organized and at your fingertips.
• TextExpander: A software that allows you to generate frequently-used texts with shortcuts. Imagine typing in a shortcut and having a full breakdown of an assessment tool appear in your document!
• Find & Replace Tool: Ensure personalized content like student names and pronouns are correctly inserted, ensuring every document feels tailored.

SHOW NOTES

Check out the full show notes and transcript at slpnow.com/179

This month, we are focusing on all things vocabulary and diving into Dr. Ukrainetz's five-step literacy-based therapy framework, and integrating that with all of the research that we found on vocabulary. So, we're super excited to share the nitty gritty, yet practical details in this week's plan.

This month, we are focusing on all things vocabulary and diving into Dr. Ukrainetz's five-step literacy-based therapy framework, and integrating that with all of the research that we found on vocabulary. So, we're super excited to share the nitty gritty, yet practical details in this week's plan.

This month, we are focusing on all things vocabulary and diving into Dr. Ukrainetz's five-step literacy-based therapy framework, and integrating that with all of the research that we found on vocabulary. So, we're super excited to share the nitty gritty, yet practical details in this week's plan.

This month we are getting super practical and sharing therapy plans for a variety of grammar goals. We dive into the research and integrate that with an amazing 5-step, literacy-based therapy framework to give you tons of practical tips and resources that you can use to target a variety of goals across your caseload. Let's dive in!

This month we are getting super practical and sharing therapy plans for a variety of grammar goals. We dive into the research and integrate that with an amazing 5-step, literacy-based therapy framework to give you tons of practical tips and resources that you can use to target a variety of goals across your caseload. Let's dive in!

This month we are getting super practical and sharing therapy plans for a variety of grammar goals. We dive into the research and integrate that with an amazing 5-step, literacy-based therapy framework to give you tons of practical tips and resources that you can use to target a variety of goals across your caseload. Let's dive in!

This month we are getting super practical and sharing therapy plans for a variety of grammar goals. We dive into the research and integrate that with an amazing 5-step, literacy-based therapy framework to give you tons of practical tips and resources that you can use to target a variety of goals across your caseload. Let's dive in!

This month we are getting super practical and diving into some literacy-based therapy plans for hypothetical therapy groups. These were submitted to us by SLPs in the SLP Now community. This was first aired as a speech therapy PD webinar. You can head to speechtherapypd.com to access the full course.

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This month we are getting super practical and diving into some literacy-based therapy plans for hypothetical therapy groups. These were submitted to us by SLPs in the SLP Now community. This was first aired as a speech therapy PD webinar. You can head to speechtherapypd.com to access the full course.

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This month we are getting super practical and diving into some literacy-based therapy plans for hypothetical therapy groups. These were submitted to us by SLPs in the SLP Now community. This was first aired as a speech therapy PD webinar. You can head to speechtherapypd.com to access the full course.

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Welcome to the final instalment of our Literacy Based Therapy Bootcamp series! Today we’re talking about parallel stories — which just might be Marisha’s favorite part of the whole literacy-based therapy framework.

Parallel stories are an incredible way to integrate all of the skills that we've targeted throughout our literacy-based units. The goal of this activity is to pull the vocabulary, sentence structures, and plot elements from the story you’ve been using, and then use them to create something new.

This is a lot like story generation, but we have a jumping off point to draw inspiration from thanks to the previous story. We can use those building blocks to integrate the skills that we’ve targeted in a fresh — and fun — way.

In this episode, Marisha talks about:

• Getting student buy-in, and why they love this step so much
• Using visuals like a graphic organizer to piece together story grammar elements
• Creating a parallel story for “Snowman at Night”, replacing the snowmen with cacti
• Extending the activity by creating something students can take home and share

Remember: The most meaningful practice our students can get happens outside of the speech room, and in the context of their real lives. Our job is to help them develop their language skills — so they can tell (and retell!) a story they’re proud of.

SHOW NOTES + RESOURCES

Find the full show notes and links to resources mentioned at slpnow.com/178

This month we are getting super practical and diving into some literacy-based therapy plans for hypothetical therapy groups. These were submitted to us by SLPs in the SLP Now community. This was first aired as a speech therapy PD webinar. You can head to speechtherapypd.com to access the full course.

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It’s time to get into focused skill activities!

So far, this Literacy-Based Therapy Bootcamp podcast series has covered choosing a book, pre-story knowledge/reading, and post-story comprehension.

Today we’re getting into the fourth step of the framework, and start getting that focused practice in.

In the episode, Marisha talks about:

• Increasing goal awareness, connecting with students, and getting their buy-in
• Using visuals to break the skills down and make them easier to learn
• Targeting multiple goals at once and using fewer materials
• How language-rich activities can help you target almost any goal

There are so many ways you can get creative and combine focused skill activities. You’ll get more done with less prep and less stress — so you can make the most of the time you have with your students.

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Show Notes: SLPNow.com/54 - In this podcourse, Liliana shares strategies to help SLPs navigate assessment and goal writing when working with English language learners. She also shares tips to improve communication with parents who don’t speak English. SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to provide more effective intervention when working with bilingual students.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/53 - In this podcourse, Kristie shares a crash course in voice assessment and treatment. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes, SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to "work smarter" when tackling voice disorders in the schools.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/52 - In this podcourse, Jessi Andricks shares her story of SLP burnout, leaving the field, and eventually finding her way back. With a focus on practical tips and resources, speech-language pathologists will walk away from this episode with strategies to better manage their stress.

In today’s episode of the podcast, Marisha shares three different strategies she uses to embed comprehension activities into her literacy-based units.

She talks about her approach to assessments — plus examples of scaffolding support based on the data collected — so that you know exactly how to put this information to work in your practice. 💪

In the episode, we cover:

• Starting the session with a probe.
• This helps Marisha collect data that informs the course of treatment and the type of support to offer.
• Using your clinical judgment as an SLP.
• Combining internal and external evidence with clinical experiences helps you make an informed choice.
• Examples of scaffolding support.
• Marisha shares a few ideas of how she would scale support during the session depending on probe data.

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Show Notes: SLPNow.com/51 - In this podcourse, Marisha shares the three steps she uses when organizing her speech therapy materials. With a focus on facilitating more meaningful outcomes for students with autism and streamlining the therapy planning process, SLPs will walk away with practical tips and strategies to "work smarter" in their speech therapy sessions when working with early learners with autism.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/50 - In this podcourse, Kirstin Bowers from Kiwis Speech introduces growth mindset and shares practical tips for implementation. She presents an easy-to-follow framework so that SLPs can seamlessly implement growth mindset strategies in their therapy sessions.

Show Notes: SLPNow.com/49 - In this podcourse, Dr. Lyndsey Zurawski shares her experience as the past president of her state association and other advocacy roles. SLPs will walk away with practical (and actionable) tips to advocate for change at the local, state, and national levels.