Kids born during the early part of the pandemic are turning 3 and entering my caseload!! So darned cute!! #PreschoolSLP #SchoolSLP

AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) can feel difficult and overwhelming but if the guidelines for planning, use and monitoring are followed properly it can be pretty easy to teach and use. #AACSLP #SchoolSLP

Chasing down one last parent consent for an IEP. Then I’ll be all done with my legal obligations for the school year that just ended. 😅 #SchoolSLP

Indoor recess in May. 😵‍💫 #rain #california #SchoolSLP

Back to school tomorrow. I’m in assessment hell along with my colleagues. 🙀😈#specialeducation #SLP #SchoolSLP

Try explaining to #preschoolers that penguins are birds even though they can’t fly. 😄 #SLP #SchoolSLP

I love going through classrooms and observing the self management tools teachers use. 👍#specialeducation #SLP #SchoolSLP #EBPs

This calendar is cute and multifaceted. It teaches days of the week, months, counting and patterns. #preschool #SLP #SchoolSLP

First day of school in 2023 done and I’ve been wanting to sleep since 7pm. #SchoolSLP

@Carliehearts I tell families that #AAC users also have the right to roll their eyes (whatever) and use swear words. 😇 #AACSLP #SchoolSLP

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Language learners speaking Indian languages - local people understand if they mix up forms. But some Indian languages also have cases like in German and Latin so one can really mess up if the forms are not learned properly. I wonder if the younger Koreans are challenging the status quo in their society and how that would play out for #AAC users. Even with English speakers here I get push back for adding age level “slang” to their kids’ devices. #AACSLP #SchoolSLP

@SpeechTherapist sending all you #schoolslp luck going back! I’ve been working all break, but somehow it feels different when I’m not shepherding 3 kids off to school and then going to work myself.

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Yes. Formal levels exist in so many languages but I rarely find myself thinking about them because English dominates so much!! Good thing you brought it up! I will be thinking about this as I go back to school and start working with my #AAC users again. #AACSLP #SchoolSLP

In 2020 and 2021, it was only COVID, COVID, COVID. All the other germs disappeared. Now they’re all back + others that weren’t usually around but we knew about them. So many emails about who is going to be out with what this upcoming week of school…🤒🤕🤧🤢🦠😵‍💫 #SchoolSLP

Schools reopen tomorrow and people have already started sending work email. 🧐 The question is: why am I reading work email before tomorrow morning?
#SLP #SchoolSLP

I visited an elementary classroom last week and saw this. Such a useful visual support. All the kids in that class can independently blow their noses! 🤧😊Visual Supports work. Visual Supports are an evidence-based practice. #SLP #SchoolSLP #EBP #autism #specialeducation

I looked it up and apparently researchers are developing a Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue (ZEF) scale. 👍 It’ll be helpful. #SLP #SchoolSLP #meetings

There are lots of days when I feel like #specialeducation is collapsing. Today is one of those days. 😓 We lost another #specialeducationteacher this morning. Don’t know why they’re gone because I’m working remotely for a couple of days before flying back to #california Now more pressure on specialists to support that specific program. 😵‍💫 #SLP #SchoolSLP

Many of us in Special Ed have started following the idea - “It is better to ask for forgiveness than permission” because the red tape to get simple things like placing an AAC banner on a school campus is so mind boggling. It is better to just find places that are accessible and put them up than to wait forever for permission from school administrators. 👍🤓 #AAC #SchoolSLP #specialeducation

Trying to put up as many AAC banners like this one on various school campuses as possible. I really like how it has a little script and also letters + numbers. #AAC #SLP #SchoolSLP