RISD SLP Virtual Meeting Place

Happy Better Hearing and Speech Month!! Thanks to our wonderful group of SLPs for all that you do to support students with speech impairments across RISD! Please consider taking this opportunity in May to educate others about our profession and the early warning signs of a speech impairment! ASHA provides great resources to assist SLPs in this effort! Please click here to access these resources: https://www.asha.org/bhsm/ Throughout the month of May, please share all of the wonderful things you are doing on your campus to support Better Hearing and Speech Month on the blog and on Twitter! #BHSM

Berkner HS supports Autism Awareness!!  We made some T-shirts to sell as a fundraiser for our DLC students and used the Cafeteria to post fun facts about Autism on puzzle pieces that students taped onto the wall.  #AutismAwareness  #SLPs

I added an activity for making pizza on Google Drive!  It's in the therapy by theme folder and also in the Aug Com May ULS folder.  I'm using it in my DLC classes with the Let's Grow a Pizza Garden story. Five more weeks, y'all! -Kristin

Hi all, I just heard this in a department chair meeting and wanted to make sure you were informed. The department chairs were asked to schedule revision ARDs for the students who did not pass the first administration of STAAR to discuss participation in the second and third round of STAAR prior to the second administration of STAAR. This ARD will lay the groundwork for decision making based on if students pass the second and third round of STAAR. You can discuss participation in the following STAAR rounds and projected decisions based on if students will or will not pass so you can call parents to inform them of next steps without having to have an ARD after the second or third round of STAAR. Every student who does not pass the first round of STAAR will need an accelerated instruction plan whether or not they will be promoted to the next grade level. This includes students who are receiving only speech therapy services who do not pass STAAR. Information about this will als...

Hi all – It is almost May!  We are on the home stretch!  Here is your May AL/CORE Supplement.  The theme is Plants grow.  Many of the supplemental materials for last month still apply – so  if you didn’t use them – check out April’s Supplemental materials as well.  We are still adding some materials so make sure you check back periodically because your colleagues might have added something good.   (Someone added something to April just last week!) The current event this month is Mother’s Day.  If you have questions or concerns – please contact Corinne or I.  Thank you to everyone who took the survey.  We appreciate all your feedback! Folder https://drive.google.com/open?id=11xXecPrwvR168cX_z9EWhPJ2d9fkxzjQ Combined Supplement https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Xoi6OgZnFFf-OQxt7kB76JYixrEZSCMvOdjatMNfwqo Active Learning Words https://drive.google.com/open?id=1y6JLW3Jx8dK2UCnKYYbhzrnIrkS2P4ROTY29cVEH5M0 AT ...

If I have loaned you articulation cards this year (below) and you still have them can you e-mail me? :) Many thanks, Kathleen

If you missed it on ESpEd, our very own Nichole Brezel will be PRESENTING at a social thinking  conference this summer!

As Autism Awareness Month is coming to a close, I would love for everyone to share and post pictures of the amazing things that you and your campuses have done to LIGHT IT UP BLUE! You might just get a great idea for next year! -Natalie

Hi SLP’s!  After our great round-table discussions a few weeks ago, one initiative we are moving forward with is a web-based location for parent recourses.  As we work toward building this, we need your help with recourses you use to help parents.  This can be anything from a worksheet, articulation video, handout you have made, language games you send home, summer activities, visuals, research articles, AAC, etc.  We will be putting a file in the SLP Google Drive entitled “Parent Generalization”.  Please put any of those recourses in that file next week.  We hope this helps parents and helps you not re-invent the wheel! Please email email Allison Domlovil or Sarah Little with any questions! 

Is anyone doing anything awesome on their campus for Better Hearing and Speech Month? Anyone do anything in the past that was successful--or not--that you'd be willing to share? I'd like to do something  to help my campus better understand why I'm there and what I (can) do! I'm thinking... Speech bubbles posted around campus with QR codes that lead to quizlets, factoids, videos, etc. related to speech/language A raffle for teachers with multiple opportunities to earn entries by answering questions related to speech/language Maybe asking if any staff members are comfortable sharing their speech therapy stories from when they were in speech as kids. Making a bulletin board of famous people or historical figures who had speech therapy Anyone else?

Does anyone have any handouts in Spanish related to Social Thinking concepts that I could share with a parent? - Tanya Johnson, WRE

Hi All! Does anyone know of any articulation summer camps/classes for a 7 year old?  Thank you! - Whitney Lymer

Now is the time to register for the GROW RISD Conference!! We will once again be bringing you great SLP staff developments (including CEUs!!!) and we also encourage you to branch out and see what else might peak your interest! This is a great way to take care of your non-duty staff development hours before the school year even starts!! Never fear if you are added to the wait list, all will be welcome to attend! Is there something you are interested in presenting? Contact me and let's talk!! - Natalie

We are having trouble tracking down our CELF-P test kits. If you have one, can you please email Christina Regan asap? Thank you!

Hi Everyone, Please check your True North Logic transcripts to ensure you have completed your 18 hours for the current school year by April 20th. If you have attended professional developments during non-duty time to earn CEUs and have received a certificate of completion, it is possible to submit these to True North Logic for credit. Please also email a copy of certificates you have uploaded to your SLP Lead so they aware that your professional development requirements have been fulfilled. Thanks! Mandy

We have seen an increase in Auditory Processing Disorder evaluations. These are tricky evaluations and research on the test we have ( The Test of Auditory Processing ) states is not a pure auditory processing test. It also tests Short Term Memory, Long Term Retrieval, and Crystalized Intelligence. Due to this, the test is more closely considered a cognitive test than a pure test of auditory processing. We have been working on an evaluation plan for these students so please contact your lead/supervisor when you are in the process of an APD evaluation so we can assist you. -Nichole

Hi All! This is a reminder that the deadline to administer Corrective Reading Placement Tests is this Wednesday, April 11th. Identified students were provided to SLPs at our meeting on 3/23. Detailed directions, student copies and demonstration videos are posted on the google site: https://sites.google.com/g.risd.org/sss-reading-intervention/corrective-reading/placement-tests After you have completed placement tests, please enter results here:  http://tinyurl.com/y9zaoe2a Once you have completed this task, please place all hard copies of tests into the "protocols" section of the student's sped folder. If you have any questions or feel that you will not be able to complete this task by April 11th, please contact Natalie asap. Thanks!

UTD Callier Center is providing a FREE CEU opportunity on assessment and treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech, led by Dr. Edythe Strand. To access the training, you must send an email request to UTD. If you watch the videos and receive at least a 70% on the post-test, you can receive 4.5 clock hours of credit. Click  HERE  for more information and instructions for how to receive access to the videos.

Hell All :)  If you are serving a drop-in student and they are NOT enrolled i.e., they are not showing up in Focus ( esped is not a good indicator as they can be manually added), please contact Natalie for next steps. Best, Kathleen

Hi all - Thank you so much to those of you who have already completed the survey.  Feedback is always appreciated and helps us work smarter!  PLEASE - if you work with students that utilize the Unique Learning Systems curriculum (ULS) - PLEASE take a moment and do a quick survey on the Supplement!  I promise – that it won’t take long! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-8w69xHSh8W_c2AYhLvSls3s7YJWJQ1sYUyuRLVG0a0 Thank you so much!! Tina and Corinne PS - If you use part of the supplement with PPCD or other students - please take the survey and indicate that as well!

Hi All, Listed below are some FREE community events for children with sensory needs!  Dallas Zoo: Sunday, April 15th, 8-11 http://www.dallaszoo.com/education/education-events/ Nasher Sculpture Center: Wednesday, April 18th, 9-11 http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/engage/event?id=579 Dallas Museum of Art: Saturday, April 28th, 9-11 https://www.dma.org/programs-access-programs-visitors-autism/autism-awareness-family-celebrations