Even with her years of telepractice experience in the schools, SLP Helen Kennedy worried last spring when she was faced with serving her caseload of young, active students online, from their homes. As she scrambled to find fun new ways to gain her students’ attention, especially her youngest preschoolers, she stumbled upon virtual backgrounds and… (read more)
One of the advantages of having 70 specialists placed in 34 school districts across 4 states is the ability to see the public education landscape with a relatively wide lens. Our SLPs, School Psychs, and OTs serve students in settings ranging from one-room schoolhouses to some of the biggest school districts in the West. In… (read more)
Creating a schedule is an annual rite of passage for SLPs in the public schools. For me, the pressure to be efficient with my time is never greater than during the first weeks of school when I’m working on my schedule. I’ve tried google forms and post-it notes and whiteboards, but as many years as… (read more)
Our recent post with a social story and video to help kids wear masks has been so popular, we decided to take the tips that Christina shared in that post and make them into a single, downloadable page for sharing. Click on the image below to download a pdf, and stay safe out there! Make… (read more)
The learning curve for supervising remote staff can be a rather steep one, especially when living in a “building-the-plane-while-we’re-flying-it” reality. The good news is that, while remote work may be a new frontier for many in public education, it is a well-established practice in other industries. In fact, before the pandemic, fully one-quarter of the… (read more)
After 15 years in business, we have developed lots of great traditions around here. Many of our traditions are centered around coming together to celebrate or to learn, and as we all know, that “coming together” bit looks a little different these days. Despite the challenges presented by the need for social distancing, carrying on… (read more)