Helping Students with Hearing Loss Learn Language and Self-Advocacy to Help Themselves
1/1/18 By the time December of this school year came around, I decided I needed some new materials to liven things up. In June, 2017 I attended the AG Bell Listening and Spoken Language Symposium where I heard Rehab Audiologist Lynn Wood give an excellent presentation on her favorite games. So I dug up that […]
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11/4/17 Did you know that the cochlear implant companies have free materials on their websites? Let’s look at the wealth of materials offered by Med-el. In addition to their online activities, sets of materials are periodically posted that can be downloaded, printed, adapted and used in articulation, language and auditory skill development. The latest lesson […]
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October 15, 2017 I see these buttons everywhere around schools. Then I read about some fun ideas on using them in speech-language therapy from SLP Talk with Desiree. Her blog and video describe how she uses them in phonological awareness, language and articulation activities. I thought they sounded like a lot of fun for the kids. […]
Read MoreOctober 11, 2017 Here is another post following up on the all-important retrieval practice – a learning strategy where the student tries to recall information from memory. It’s effectiveness and variations have been explained in this book Make It Stick by Peter Brown, et al. See this previous blog post for more information. Rule the School’s […]
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October 7, 2017 My last post explained the research and effectiveness of Retrieval Practice from the book Make It Stick. Retrieval Practice is simply trying to answer questions or explain words without looking at the answer first. Research has shown it to be the single most effective study strategy! Rule the School has several products […]
Read MoreOctober 5, 2017 A few years back I wrote a post about a great book that pulled together the research and strategies on how we learn best. Research showed that retrieval practice is the best way to learn material. What does that mean? Retrieval practice happens when a student answers questions about material to be learned […]
Read MoreSeptember 4, 2017 I’m gradually getting my self and my binders organized for this year. I have 3 schools on A-B day schedules this year which makes it difficult to make a schedule for service delivery. Last year I was in the same situation so I made a schedule every Friday for the next week. […]
Read MoreAugust 26, 2017 Here is a brief activity that I developed to use with students who are new to me. Print the Getting to Know You Cards and laminate. The student and I take turns picking cards and answering. You can either both answer the same question or just the one you select. These questions are not […]
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