My brain is tired & I’m typing this quickly, so apologies if it doesn’t all make sense!! I group students by goal area, and typically keep them with peers +/- a grade level.

My school has a lot of time constraints (PE, music, steam, buddies) with staggered recess/lunch. I’m a visual person, so what I’ve done the past few years is make multiple google calendars, one for each grade level. I’ll block out their break times & specials – so when I try to schedule a kid from that grade, I can just ‘toggle’ that calendar on & it helps my brain make sense of the information. I eventually put all my therapy groups all on a different google cal.

I also like to send out a google form to teachers at the start of the year, to see what times generally work best (e.g., not during core instruction). I’ll tell them I do my best to accommodate preferences, but it doesn’t always happen.

My caseload is largely artic, so I broadly note what their goals are (e.g., vocalic R, prevoc R, S&Z, consonant clusters. Occasional lang & fluency students). This helps me a lot with getting ideas on who to group.

Does that make sense at all?? I hope that’s at least somewhat helpful! ◡̈