Today Thanks to the generosity of Lavelle Carlson of SpeechPathologyApps.com I am giving away multiple copies of their newest app “Are You Sleeping”.
Author: Tatyana Elleseff
Tatyana Elleseff MA CCC-SLP is a bilingual speech-language pathologist who specializes in working with multicultural, internationally & domestically adopted as well as at-risk children with complex communication disorders in a hospital, school, and private practice settings. She has been published in several magazines including Adoption Today, Adoption Advocate, Advance for Speech Language Pathologists as well as ASHA Perspectives on School-Based and Global Issues. She has also presented for a number of medical, academic and non-profit organizations as well as speech language hearing associations including Speechpathology.com, American Academy of Pediatrics: Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship, New Jersey Taskforce on Child Abuse and Neglect, New Jersey, Long Island, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Wayne County, and Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Associations, New York City Department of Education, Greenwich Public Schools, Speech-Language & Audiology Canada as well as North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC).
IGetItApps Giveaway: I see-quence Social Skills Stories, My Shedules at School and at Home
Thanks to the wonderful generosity of Amy from IGetItApps I am able to bring you the following Mega Giveaway:
3 copies of I see-quence Social Skills Stories
3 copies of I see-quence My schedules at School
3 copies of I see-quence My schedules at Home
So enter the Rafflecopter Giveaway below and don’t forget to comment on which app you would like to receive if you win! Continue reading IGetItApps Giveaway: I see-quence Social Skills Stories, My Shedules at School and at Home
Guest Post: How to Jazz up your Speech Therapy Sessions on a Shoestring Budget
Hello Smart Speech Therapy readers! My name is Lindsey and I started a blog called Word Nerd SpeechTeach in December 2012. I love creating products and sharing the activities that I do with my kids in speech therapy. Today, I am bringing you a blog post about great dollar store finds to jazz up your therapy sessions!
I love the dollar store when it comes to therapy activities. I can’t leave the store without some awesome finds to incorporate into therapy sessions. Recently, I stopped at my local dollar store and (surprise, surprise) found some great items to spruce up my therapy sessions!! Continue reading Guest Post: How to Jazz up your Speech Therapy Sessions on a Shoestring Budget
App Review and Giveaway: Verbal Reasoning by Virtual Speech Center
Today I am reviewing a great app, which targets verbal reasoning skills in children and adults. Verbal Reasoning by Virtual Speech Center was created to target the following:
Adults with cognitive deficits caused by TBI, stroke, or other brain injuries as well as with Aphasia
Children with autism
Children with language disorders
It is intended for individuals ages 12 and up and includes such activities as: Continue reading App Review and Giveaway: Verbal Reasoning by Virtual Speech Center
What is practice effect?
Practice effect is the change in performance resulting from repeated testing. In other words if a test is given to the child too soon, then his/her performance may improve due to the practice effect (remembering the test items).
Why do we need to know about practice effect? Its important to know regarding practice effect because following retesting we need to know whether the child’s performance has actually improved or is the improvement a result of retesting provided too soon.
When can the same test be readministered to a child? Major testing companies such as Pearson and Pro-ed use a 2 week interval between readminstrations of developmental tests for the purposes of test-retest reliability. Why do they do that? Well if you wait too long they can’t tell “if differences in scores are due to the test being unreliable or due to developmental factors.”
So how long should we wait to readminister the same test to a child?
Review the test-retest reliability in the manual. Based on those results you will see that if you wait more than two weeks (e.g., 3-4 weeks) following original test administration it should eliminate the practice effect. For more information regarding the practice effect in speech language testing click here
Articulation Assessment ToolKt
I have been looking for a good articulation assessment instrument for quite some time so when Sunny Articulation Test app came my way I was very excited to put it into action by using it with some of my clients. I wanted to see how this “test” app compared with traditional articulation tests such as Goldman Fristoe Test of Articulation-2 or Photo Articulation Test-3.
So here we go:
When you log in the first thing you do is set up a client profile. The process is very simple all you have to do is add the name and birthday and the app will calculate child child’s exact age in years and months. To protect client privacy you may only do the first name without the last name. Continue reading Articulation Assessment ToolKt
Social Quest App Review by Smarty Ears
I’ve recently got an opportunity to use the Social Quest App by Smarty Ears with my clients. After using the app for a while I decided to write a review because I really like what the app has to offer, especially because there aren’t that many apps targeting social pragmatic skills in upper elementary, middle school and high-school aged students.
What I like about this app:
Social Quest uses photographs with real life situations. Essentially students go on social problem-solving quests in various locations such as community, home, and school and earn up to 70 “rewards” linked to social competencies.
You start with the main screen offering you several choices: Settings, Select Students, Report Card, Help Continue reading Social Quest App Review by Smarty Ears
New Giveaway: Creating a Functional Therapy Plan: Therapy Goals, Objectives & SOAP Note Documentation
Recently I did a series of lectures for a graduate speech language pathology program regarding how to create the most effective therapy plan following the client’s assessment. The learning objectives for the presentation were as follows:
1. Identify the difference between goal and procedure
2. Describe three phases of intervention planning and the nature of goals and procedures at each phase
3. List differences between LTG’s, STG’s and SG’s
4. Explain how to write brief and functional SOAP notes
The slides included information on the following: Continue reading New Giveaway: Creating a Functional Therapy Plan: Therapy Goals, Objectives & SOAP Note Documentation
iMix- Scramble words Giveaway
Today I am doing a giveaway of iMix- Scramble words, a cute game of mixing and matching parts of different characters and the syllables attached to them.
Great for toddlers and preschoolers.
Touching each syllable will pronounce it, while touching the large speaker icon will pronounce the full name of each character.
How can SLP’s ‘appdapt’ it for speech language therapy purposes? Continue reading iMix- Scramble words Giveaway
Book Review and Giveaway: My Toddler Talks
Today it is my pleasure to review a book written by a NJ based, fellow SLP, Kimberly Scanlon of Scanlon Speech Therapy LLC entitled “My Toddler Talks“.
What it’s NOT! As Kimberly points out this book is definitely NOT a replacement for speech language therapy. If you are a parent and are concerned with your child’s speech language abilities you should certainly seek appropriate consultation with a qualified speech language pathologist.
What it is! A nice and functional collection of suggestions on how caregivers and related professionals can facilitate language development in children between 18-36 months of age (give or take). Continue reading Book Review and Giveaway: My Toddler Talks