Rocking in my School Shoes

Don't we all love Pete the Cat?  He has found his way into the hearts of many of my students.  A great back to school activity is to read this story, and share the song with it from http://www.petethecatbooks.com/songs/ .  You will be singing it in your head all day long.

A little activity that my students enjoy is to "load the bus" at the end of the session with all of their friends.  This is a great activity to incorporate use of PECS book  to make choices of who is going to go in the bus.

Keeping up with all those picture cues!

It is the beginning of the year, and my plan is to be organized!  It will last for maybe two weeks, but I can hope right?  One of the most difficult things to keep organized are my picture cues for PECS, visual schedules, and activities. One of the most organized people I know, Brittany Clark, let me share her organization tool.

Here is an example of how she organizes her core vocabulary words.  

Each category located in the notebook is identified by color.  For example if you are looking for food cues you would go to the blue pages.  You can also make pages for specific activities that you do during the year.  For example,  your notebook could have 100 day snack page.  Brittany is a fabulous SLP.  She has many ideas and activities to share on her blog.  Please go visit her at http://missclarkschitchat.blogspot.com.

Visual for you to consider when making decisions about AAC devices

I think that Ruth Morgan and Ashley Robinson nailed it with this article about AAC implementation.  There are so many things to consider when making decisions about AAC devices.  I am sharing the graphic they used, but please go check out the article that they have written.  It has some great links!

http://chapelhillsnippets.blogspot.com/2016/06/aac-devices-its-merely-tip-of-iceberg.html

Welcome!  My name is Gandy Britt.  I am a Speech Language Pathologist that has worked in public education for 21 years. Wow, that  is hard to believe!! During my journey, I have had many experiences, and have worked with all types of students with language and speech delays.  In the last 6 years, I have really spent a great deal of time working with students with Autism.  I have to say it has been some of the most challenging and rewarding experiences I have had in my career.  With the challenges, I have found social media to be so helpful in inspiring me with ideas.   I hope that some of the ideas shared on this blog will inspire you to help your students connect their pieces of the puzzle.