SLP resources

The Importance of Play

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Play is the foundation for a child’s learning, especially speech, language, and social skills. This handout explains why play is so paramount in shaping a child’s language development.
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The Goal-Plan-Do-Review Treatment Strategy

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The Goal-Plan-Do-Review strategy is helpful to identify a person’s strengths and areas of assistance with executive function abilities. This resource includes are step-by-step areas to guide how to approach accomplishing a new goal.
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The Dysphagia Outcome Severity Scale (DOSS)

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The Dysphagia Outcome Severity Scale (DOSS) is a scale studied and created at Hartford Hospital to systematically improve functional rating severity of dysphagia following an objective swallowing evaluation. This resource provides information regarding the scale and how to determine which level accurately describes a person’s swallowing function.
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The Brain and Swallowing

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Swallowing is a complex automatic process we often take for granted until this daily activity becomes difficult. This material provides some insight into how the brain stem and brain work simultaneously to make swallowing happen safely.
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The /s/ Spider

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This sssssspecial spider is designed to address the /s/sound in structured therapy. 6 of the spider’s legs feature vowel sounds to provide a visual and tactile way for a child to participate in syllable practice.
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Temporomandibular Dysfunction and What to Expect

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can be a source of jaw pain and stiffness. This handout is useful for clinicians who frequently treat TMJ disorders and for people who suffer from them. It includes causes of TMJ pain, what to expect, and what to do about TMJ pain.
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Techniques for Achieving the /R/ Sound

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The /r/ sound is notoriously considered to be one of the most difficult phonemes in the English language to articulate. This is a resource for therapists, parents, and caregivers who are looking for ideas to help their children achieve /r/ production—specifically in the initial position of single syllable words.
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TED.com for Language Treatment

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
TED.com can be used as a language treatment tool for individuals with aphasia. The videos can be used to address verbal expression, auditory comprehension, written expression, and reading comprehension goals with familiar and new topics. This handout explains how to address the patient’s treatment goals with this online resource.
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Teaching Vowels to Toddlers: Long Vowels Race

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Vowels may be introduced during the toddler years. However, difficulty with differentiating between short and long vowels may persist into childhood. This game is a fun, interactive tool to help with early awareness of vowel varieties through the identification of long vowels. This game may be played with up to 3 children per round.
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