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An overview of The ASHA Leader: November 2016

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  • Monica Faherty is a “strong believer in developing self-advocacy skills in DHH students.” She suggests taking a photo of their device so that they can learn the names of the different parts and components.

 

  • ASHA develops a statement for clinicians regarding action to take if they are concerned about the potential violation of laws, regulation, and policies in their facilites.  Read it here.

 

  • Virtual/online schools must comply with IDEA

 

  • Rhonda Thomas, founder of Communikids (private practice) says that she uses music in newborn/baby feeding sessions.  She states that it soothes them and helps them form  a sucking pattern.

 

  • New ICD-10 codes for medicaid are much more specific.

Read it all in THE ASHA LEADER.

Using Political Cartoons to Meet our Students Goals

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Real life and politics are anything but boring these days.  We can use political cartoons as a template for language lessons with our students.

Related Goals:

inferencing, describing, understanding humor, answering questions, asking questions, vocabulary.

Click here for a great selection of political cartoons from Upfront (scholastic) for free.  These are difficult to download so copy and paste them to a new word document.

Here are some examples of cartoons:

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The cartoons have a blurb underneath them.  Have students circle unfamiliar words.  Then use the questions provided at the bottom. Most of the questions could be characterized as HOTS questions.  These questions require higher order thinking skills.  You can create your own simpler “wh” questions if that would be more appropriate for your students.

 

example:

Last week, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had to suddenly leave a 9/11 ceremony because she was feeling ill. Later, it was revealed that Clinton had been diagnosed with pneumonia several days before the ceremony but had kept it secret from the public. That raised questions about whether Clinton has other health conditions. It has also put the spotlight on her Republican rival, Donald Trump, who has been just as reluctant to release detailed information about his health. Questions about the candidates’ health are expected to come up in the first presidential debate, on September 26.

 

  1. Who are the people in the cartoon, and where is it taking place?
  2. Why is there a treadmill in the middle of the stage?
  3. How does the cartoonist use humor to illustrate a point about the candidates’ health records?
  4. Previous presidential candidates, including Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, hid medical conditions from voters. Do you think that health information should remain a private issue, or should citizens be allowed to demand medical information about presidential candidates?
  5. Do you think a health condition could hurt a candidate’s chances of being elected? Explain.
 Editors Note:
The Hamodia Newspaper has 2 full pages of political cartoons, you can cut those out and create your own questions as well.

Book Review: Goodnight Gorilla

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Peggy Rathman
P.G. Putnam
2/21/1996
Board Book
32 Pages
Amazon.com

In this adorable book, a zookeeper tries to lock up the zoo and head to bed.  The Gorilla is up to his funny tricks and he unlocks all of the animals from their cages. Can the zookeeper get to bed with all of the animals on the loose?

This adorably illustrated book for kids has no words.  Allow students to develop storytelling and expressive language skills as they flip through the pages in this book.

This book is geared towards preschool age students, however people of all ages will enjoy flipping through the pages.

Watch an animated version on vimeo for free by clicking here.

Take a look at our pinterest board with activities related to this book by clicking here.

Social Communication Group for Self-Contained Classroom: Basic Games

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It was back to the basics with this social communication group.  The lesson was based around 3 popular games that kids (usually) love to play.  They are Tic-Tac-Toe, Connect the Dots, and Rock, Paper, Scissor, Shoot.  All of these games require joint attention, problem solving, reasoning, and discussion.

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Tic-Tac-Toe

  • Students communicate with each other to determine who will be X and who will be O.
  • Students must engage in perspective taking to try and infer the next move that their opponent will make.
  • Students need to discuss if there was a winner or a cat’s game.

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Dot-To-Dot

  • This game can be harder to explain
  • On each turn, a player draws one straight line between any 2 black dots
  • Students win each box that they complete by putting their initials in the box
  • This game usually takes time and students often wind up chatting as they complete the board

 

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Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot

  • In this game, students must discuss the rules beforehand and remind themselves during each round
  • Rock beats Scissors, Paper beats Rock, Scissors beats Paper
  • It is also important that both players make their move at the same moment to ensure fairness. This is a great skill to enforce.

 

Using these games in Social-Communication Groups has many purposes:

  1. These games are fun, students are more likely to engage when they are involved in a fun activity.
  2. These games reinforce important skills.
  3. The ability to play these games will be a life-long tool for these students as they are fairly common games.

Enjoy!  Please tell us about simple and common games that you have incorporated into your Social Communication Groups.

 

Site Review: Internet 4 Classrooms

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imgres-5Internet4classrooms.com targets many of the goals that SLP’s are targeting in their sessions.

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This is what the homepage looks like, Click ‘grade level help’.

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Click on the ‘Language Arts Skillbuilders’ section for the grade you desire.

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Choose a skill to target.  In this case it was ‘following directions‘.

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Preview beforehand and choose an appropriate activity from the page.  Try it out and let us know how it goes in the comments section!!

 

 

 

Web Extension Review: Grammerly

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What is Grammarly?
Grammarly is the world’s leading automated proofreader. It checks for more than
250 types of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.  It enhances vocabulary
usage and suggests citations.
How do I use Grammarly?
1) Copy and paste any text into Grammarly’s free online editor. Simply go to grammarly.com.
2) Install a free browser extension for chrome and safari
(** This is amazing because then Grammarly automatically kicks in for your documents, emails, and other things.)
3) Upgrade to a premium account for advanced checking.  Prices start at $29.99 a month or $139.99 a year.  It’s quite pricey.
Screenshots
This is the Grammarly editor found at grammarly https://indegenerique.be/ach..gique/.com
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 This is a sample document from Grammarly editor
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Click-the-red-and-green-to-fix.   When there are multiple choices for a typo, then choose the one that you intended.
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When you install Grammarly extension in your browser a green icon should show up.
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Once it is installed grammar has access to your writing in multiple locations.  When it detects an error a red circle with a number will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of the document.
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Click-to-fix.

Journal: G is for Graduate School

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Already a month into grad school, and BH so far so good!

K..backtrack…this was a long month.  Smartest thing was coming a day in advance to practice the drive and get student ID, parking decal…all the important things that add to the grad school spirit.

Anyways…the first day of school was full of introductions, and repeating what inspired each and every one of us to begin the journey of becoming an SLP.  (In case you aren’t so sure at this point, everyone else will give you good ideas..i left this class feeling very uplifted).  The syllabi are generally posted on blackboard in advance of the first day so I had the general idea of what to expect. And then we began learning!

I have to say that classes in graduate school are very interesting!! It’s amazing to watch Professors who are so animated about their subjects, give it over in their own personal way.  So thankfully I was stocked up on school supplies (the big Q: laptop vs. pen and paper) and ready to write down every last word that came out of their mouths!!

The teachers are all really nice and fountains of knowledge.  I love listening to their stories about clinical experience and their practice in the field.  Really makes all the theory come to life.  And the best part is how every teacher is convinced that their class is the secret to being a successful SLP!!

BH with yuntif coming up, I have lots of work I need to get a head start on so I don’t fall behind.   The hardest part of school is learning to juggle work, school, school work, and regular living time.  The classes are intense and we are expected to make school a priority.  Which it of course is.  Looking forward to successfully completing the semester!!!

So after approximately one month in grad school..i would say…

  1. still have lots to learn
  2. thank Heavens clinic doesn’t start till spring
  3. dates can be on Sunday, Monday, or Thursday- school is a priority right now;)
  4. BH I’m up to the point of grad school, and IYH I will get through this!!!

 

K’siva V’chasima Tova everyone!!!!

-I. Schnitzler

I. Schnitzler is a first-year graduate school student at Adelphi University in Long Island.  She can be contacted at admin@theraschmooze.com.