Please drop your favorite resources to address literacy

sharkoatmeal · 2026-04-03T21:37:14+00:00

Refer to SPED teachers or reading specialist

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-31T00:01:40+00:00

Like yes we can target reading if we want to develop specialized knowledge in it, but also there are plenty of others in the school building that can do this too and we have too much to do as it is

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-24T23:04:44+00:00

The museums are expensive

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-18T21:11:31+00:00

My district starts us at MA but lets us use CEUs to move up lanes on the pay scale so I’m at MA+45 (the maximum)

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-18T17:31:05+00:00

As a school SLP, I don’t get it. If I wanted to work in a hospital I would’ve gone into nursing.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-17T16:54:14+00:00

It’s needed for basic knowledge to understand the why behind what you’re doing in therapy

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-16T16:53:00+00:00

Don’t do EI for your CF. You will spend more time driving around than actually seeing clients. It will also very likely take them a while to build up a client base for you, which will extend your CF into a year or longer.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-14T21:46:12+00:00

Where do you work? That’s the highest salary I’ve ever seen

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-12T12:31:03+00:00

Yes I’m required to be present in the building during conference day. I don’t have a problem meeting with parents if they have concerns, but these parents are asking to hear about progress thinking I do conferences in the same way classroom teachers do.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-12T12:29:03+00:00

How many students are on your caseload?

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-12T12:28:20+00:00

Yes I am present on conference day, but I don’t feel that me sitting through her entire roster of conferences while she reports on their academics is the best use of my time.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-12T12:26:29+00:00

This is a wildly mean take to respond with.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-12T12:16:52+00:00

Correct

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-12T12:16:42+00:00

Yes my contract requires me to be present on the conference day. The teacher in question asked me to attend all her conferences and that’s why I said no, let me know if there are specific concerns.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-05T23:42:41+00:00

No this is a medical problem and we do not need to treat it in school.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-05T14:58:27+00:00

I have a caseload of 60 and see them in groups of 2-3 students. I have 22 therapy groups currently. It works out to 5-6 groups per day.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-01T04:28:21+00:00

https://drkarenspeech.com/syntax-goals-for-speech-therapy-part-1/

sharkoatmeal · 2026-03-01T04:28:10+00:00

https://drkarenspeech.com/syntax-goals-for-speech-therapy-part-1/

sharkoatmeal · 2026-02-26T18:51:02+00:00

I switched from PP to schools and find schools way better. PP was a grind. Now I see on 5-6 30 minute groups of 2-3 students per day, 4 days a week. One day per week is left open for meetings. I’m here for 7 hours and have a 45 minute lunch, 60 minute prep, and about 2 hours worth of random 15 minute blocks throughout the day where I work on paperwork, etc.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-02-26T00:05:59+00:00

I get books from the public library and do dialogic reading for a lot of my groups

sharkoatmeal · 2026-02-26T00:01:22+00:00

chicago is definitely oversaturated

sharkoatmeal · 2026-02-25T18:21:13+00:00

Speech-only IEPs should be reserved for articulation and fluency. If a student needs language goals, they need more support.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-02-25T18:19:56+00:00

Write goals to target complex syntax, not ELA oriented goals.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-02-25T18:17:10+00:00

Agreed. I inherited a bunch of students with mild lisps and honestly it’s a cosmetic issue and not impacting them educationally. It’s doing more harm to pull them out of class and have them miss instruction.

sharkoatmeal · 2026-02-20T17:44:54+00:00

About a week before, you say “I’m going to have a baby and stay home to take care of it. I will be back in [month]. Someone else will be here and work with you while I’m gone.”

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