The anticipation of Halloween is something any speech-language pathologist can capitalize on in speech therapy (with students who celebrate, of course). From candy to costumes, SLPs can use the Halloween theme to evoke excitement, engagement, and participation in October teletherapy sessions. Working virtually doesn't mean Halloween speech therapy sessions are any less festive. This blog post includes tons of fun activities to take your Halloween theme from ho-hum to ooh-ahh

Imagine this– You greet your students at the beginning of a speech therapy session when one of them exclaims, "It's my birthday!" Eeek. Wish you'd known sooner. You feel a little guilty as you scramble to find a way to recognize your student's special day. So it probably doesn't take a ton of imagining, because like every SLP ever, this has probably happened to you. Student birthdays come around pretty regularly... thanks to most SLPs' caseload size. As SLPs, we often pivot.

I00% dog person here, folks. National Dog Day is August 26th, and I've got your speech therapy sessions more than covered for a dog theme! Full disclosure– I probably won't be your go-to for National Cat Day ideas (is that a thing?), but check out these doggone good finds from around the web to engage your students with this great theme at the end of August... or any time! Why use dog-themed activities in speech therapy? A dog-themed speech therapy unit is a fun, engaging wa

Summer speech therapy means feeling the pull between wanting to keep sessions meaningful and fun, yet not wanting to spend hours planning a Pinterest-perfect thematic unit. Just because it's summer doesn't give speech-language pathologists endless time to create themed lesson plans, so we need activities that catch attention and facilitate engagement without a lot of extra effort. That’s where an ice cream theme comes in. It’s simple, fun, and easy to adapt for both younger s

For school-based speech-language pathologists, summers off are sacred. But, if there is one thing that might make SLPs wish they could provide summer sessions, it's the fun themes. ALL the heart eyes for high-interest summer themes like ice cream, ocean animals, and the 4th of July! With Independence Day approaching, it's the perfect time to utilize some fun Fourth of July activities with your virtual or in-person summer school students. Check out these speech and language ac