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I created this Blog to provide strategies and tools for Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students. Put these in your SLP toolbox. They are not recommendations. You are the future of our great profession. Empower yourself. As my amazing mentor at Temple University, Ken Thurman, reminded me often “May Your Life Unfold Gently.” Priscilla Danielson, PhD, CCCSLP, ATACP

AAC Summer Camps at the CCD

May 13, 2024

The Center for Communication Disorders at RMUofHP in Provo, Utah is again sponsoring two AAC Summer Camps. The first camp is from June 3 through June 6, 2024 and is for children between Kindergarten and 5th grade. The second camp is from June 10 through June 13, 2024 and is for campers from 6th through 12th grade. The camps run from 9-12 pm.

Review the attached Flyers. There is a Qualtrics link on the Flyers to allow parents/caregivers to register.

Please contact me at priscilla.danielson@rm.edu with any questions.

Share the opportunity.

Happy Day.

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Resources for Parenting After an Acute Neurological Event

May 13, 2024

Please access and share the information contained within the Padlet cited below. These are resources for spouses and families of individuals who experience an acute neurological event during young adulthood. This Padlet was designed and is maintained by Marjorie Pehrson a graduate student clinician in the MSMEDSLP program at the Center for Communication Disorders at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. Marjorie designed the Padlet as part of her Capstone project for graduation requirements. Marjorie recognized a significant gap in support services for the spouses of patients who were also parents of small children. Marjorie has already been invited to present this content to the staff at a Utah rehabilitation center in Salt Lake City, UT. Marjorie can currently be contacted at marjorie.pehrson@rm.edu. https://padlet.com/marjoriepehrson/additional-rsources-for-parenting-after-an-acute-neurologica-2htmorgypwlxfhpj
ADHD in Girls/Women

May 10, 2024

I try to understand all disorders from the perspective of the literature. What the literature does tell us is that some populations are under-represented in studies. These areas or gaps are great opportunities for graduate students to be thinking about for research. Faculty are supportive in helping students grow research. An area that is getting more attention is ADHD in women and girls. As SLPs we work with students presenting ADHD who may be exhibiting weaknesses in social language and higher level language skills. An interesting article came within my emails. You may want to take a look. Happy Day. Priscilla

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AAC Summer Camps at the CCDMay 13, 2024

The Center for Communication Disorders at RMUofHP in Provo, Utah is again sponsoring two AAC Summer Camps. The first camp is from June 3 through June 6, 2024 and is for children between Kindergarten and 5th grade. The second camp is from June 10 through June 13, 2024 and is for campers from 6th through 12th grade. The camps run from 9-12 pm.

Review the attached Flyers. There is a Qualtrics link on the Flyers to allow parents/caregivers to register.

Please contact me at priscilla.danielson@rm.edu with any questions.

Share the opportunity.

Happy Day.

younger-aac-camp-flyer-2024 Download

older-aac-camp-flyer-2024 Download
Resources for Parenting After an Acute Neurological EventMay 13, 2024

Please access and share the information contained within the Padlet cited below. These are resources for spouses and families of individuals who experience an acute neurological event during young adulthood. This Padlet was designed and is maintained by Marjorie Pehrson a graduate student clinician in the MSMEDSLP program at the Center for Communication Disorders at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. Marjorie designed the Padlet as part of her Capstone project for graduation requirements. Marjorie recognized a significant gap in support services for the spouses of patients who were also parents of small children. Marjorie has already been invited to present this content to the staff at a Utah rehabilitation center in Salt Lake City, UT. Marjorie can currently be contacted at marjorie.pehrson@rm.edu. https://padlet.com/marjoriepehrson/additional-rsources-for-parenting-after-an-acute-neurologica-2htmorgypwlxfhpj

https://padlet.com/marjoriepehrson/additional-rsources-for-parenting-after-an-acute-neurologica-2htmorgypwlxfhpj
ADHD in Girls/WomenMay 10, 2024

I try to understand all disorders from the perspective of the literature. What the literature does tell us is that some populations are under-represented in studies. These areas or gaps are great opportunities for graduate students to be thinking about for research. Faculty are supportive in helping students grow research. An area that is getting more attention is ADHD in women and girls. As SLPs we work with students presenting ADHD who may be exhibiting weaknesses in social language and higher level language skills. An interesting article came within my emails. You may want to take a look. Happy Day. Priscilla

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-research-needs-women/?ecd=wnl_additude_240510_cons_adhd_best&goal=0_d9446392d6-0d1b18a716-308621538
Good Afternoon.April 23, 2024

Keeping up with the literature is a challenging and often overwhelming task. A strategy to keep your speech-therapy brain cells working is to listen to the ASHA Voices podcast. It is available on multiple platforms and covers varied topics. Check it out at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asha-voices/id1478037013 or https://open.spotify.com/show/3rL2giRM22PfxH4KtAAhQg

Happy Day.

Priscilla
Developmental GuidelinesApril 14, 2024

One of the tools you will refer to often are developmental guidelines. There are many resources you can use. A favorite of mine are those published by the CDC.

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html

Happy Day!
Information for Public School TherapistsApril 5, 2024

You can refer to the link below for information about Medicaid services within the public schools. All therapists in the public schools have a responsibility to document services if a student is receiving Medicaid services and the school can bill for these services. This information is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicaid School-Based Services (SBS) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to support State Medicaid agencies, State educational agencies, and local education agencies in operationalizing Medicaid SBS.

https://www.medicaid.gov/resources-for-states/medicaid-state-technical-assistance/medicaid-and-school-based-services/medicaid-school-based-services-frequently-asked-questions-faqs/index.html
Writing SentencesJanuary 26, 2024

Writing sentences can be a challenge for individuals presenting disorders in written language, reading, STM, word recall and organization, and ADHD.

A recent article reviewing the literature in on instruction in sentence writing has been published. You can find this article at the following citation:

Ritchey, K., Coker, D.L., Meyers, M.C. & Zhang, F. (2023). Teaching students to write sentences: A review of the literature. Topics in Language Disorders, 43, 317-332. DOI: 10.1097/TLD.0000000000000323
NarrativesJuly 26, 2023

Let’s start with a few of the reasons why Narratives have a place in your toolbox: a) Narratives provide information about sequencing–sequencing of events, thoughts, sentences, words; b) Narrative allow the individual to tell a story–something about them–something we cannot see during a formal assessment; c) Narratives complement other assessments; d)Narrative acknowledge a listener, someone who hears the story and then will respond; e)Narratives can show growth in language; and f) Narratives can give us insight into how the individual uses aids to communicate. Narratives can be written or spoken. Maybe a combination of both.

One of my favorite spots on the net for “Narratives” are Ted Talks. Listen to this story about accessibility. https://www.ted.com/talks/kings_floyd_the_cost_of_failing_to_design_accessibly

Think about the structure and movement of the story. How can you structure building narratives for your clients/students–sometimes they need a word, a thought, a place etc. As always, give the client/student TIME to think and then begin building a visual map of connected words and thoughts. A narrative develops.

Enjoy the Journey

PMD
NarrativesJuly 6, 2023

Greetings. I have been away from the blog for a period of time. Sometimes, as you know best, life overwhelms us and we start to compartmentalize. When we come out of that time, we are able to focus again on more than one thing.

I am going to spend the next few postings focusing on narratives. Narratives are a powerful diagnostic and therapy tool. They are not bound by literacy skills, expressive language skills or receptive language comprehension. Individuals of all ages and disorder presentations can use narratives as a way of connecting to language structure and language expression.

To get started, I would recommend review of the following article. Spencer, T. & Peterson, D. (2020). Narrative intervention: Principles to practice. Language Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools, 51, 1081-1096. This article is directed primarily at the use of Narratives in the educational setting, however, some of the research presented about narrative development is an excellent start for understanding the process. A quote from the first paragraph will start this series of postings:

“Narrative intervention is one of the most powerful approaches to language intervention that school- based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can use. We define narrative intervention as any language intervention that involves children telling or retelling stories that have specific language-related features purposefully targeted by the interventionist (Petersen, 2011).”

Enjoy the journey.

PMD

Blog of Interest

A slight diversion from narratives, which by the way I am still trying to get to. A great blog for anyone working with individuals who use AAC, particularly those who need creative and specific access is that of Control Bionics. The blog will highlight a user, inform you about Control Bionics products, and give you examples of how Control Bionics products work. Control Bionics Newletter at https://www.controlbionics.com/news-blog/.

Enjoy the journey.

PMD
It is Multimodal–AACJune 8, 2023

When you are introducing AAC to anyone, remember communication is multimodal. If the client verbalizes “purple”, you as the therapist will recast verbally or on the SGD, “purple car”. We do not ask the client to then access “purple” on the SGD. This is redundancy and not how natural language interactions move forward. AAC is about language learning–not about performance.

Make AAC fun!

AAC Summer Camps at the CCD

Resources for Parenting After an Acute Neurological Event

ADHD in Girls/Women

Get in touch

Thank you for your response. ✨

Blog of Interest