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speechlanguagepirates

Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist
TpT resource author/creator

Now pop tubes are a dime a dozen. And this low key

Now pop tubes are a dime a dozen. And this low key hurts my SLP heart.

🗣️What toy of yours is no longer exciting because everyone and their grandma owns 6 of them?

Teaching AAc/core vocab doesn’t have to stressfu

Teaching AAc/core vocab doesn’t have to stressful. If you feel like you’re reinventing the 🛞, cheat sheets can help!

You’ll get:
✅Cheat sheets for ways to target 15 core
words
✅No prep, cut and glue craft sheets for the
same 15 words
✅Toy companion posters listing several
phrases using core vocab for 12 common toys
✅List of core words, reminder handout, home communication page, and more!

🗣️Be sure you follow me then comment below and I’ll DM the link to you! (Must be following or the link won’t go through…)

#aac #corevocab #aacslp #SLPeeps #instaSLP #ASHAigers #SpeechTherapy #SLPonTpT #SLPsonTpT #Preschool #PreschoolSpeech #PreschoolTherapy #schoolSLP #SLP2b #Teachersfollowteachers #teacherspayteachers #teachersoftpt #tpt #teacher #teachers #iteach #iteachtoo #teacherlife #igteachers #teachersoninstagram #slpsfollowslps #SLPsonInstagram

The ultimate bag for literally any mom of young ki

The ultimate bag for literally any mom of young kids and/or SLP!

We use this bag ALLLLLLLL the time. Whether it’s for a two hour outing or a long road trip.

🩵My favorite part is that all of the sides stand up and don’t flop over as you’re filling it.
🩵It’s big enough to hold everything you need but isn’t too deep where everything falls the to bottom, never to be seen again.
🩵When not in use it weighs almost nothing (unlike the trendy bag most people carry around) and folds up so small! And folding it also isn’t a mental acuity test… if you’ve used a snap bracelet, you can fold this. Seriously - who knew snap bracelet technology could be so versatile and practical?!

I showed this bag in stories a while back but never got to show you everything I packed in it. When I knew I’d be packing a puddle jumper, I figured I had to show off how it and so much more can fit in one bag! 🤗

#mom #summer #summerbag #beachbag #poolbag #SLPbag

Are you even a pediatric SLP if you’ve never mad

Are you even a pediatric SLP if you’ve never made an absolute fool of yourself?

#SLPeeps #instaSLP #ASHAigers #SpeechTherapy #SLPonTpT #SLPsonTpT #Preschool #PreschoolSpeech #PreschoolTherapy #schoolSLP #SLP2b #Teachersfollowteachers #teacherspayteachers #teachersoftpt #tpt #teacher #teachers #iteach #iteachtoo #teacherlife #igteachers #teachersoninstagram #slpsfollowslps #SLPsonInstagram

Does AAC therapy leave you stumped and frustrated?

Does AAC therapy leave you stumped and frustrated?

I promise that using AAC while interacting with children is not as daunting as it may seem.

It also doesn’t mean a fancy, expensive app. Paper-based systems can be just as useful and robust! Core vocabulary is where it’s at for getting clients to use *functional vocabulary* -
not just “I want…” 😴

Whether you’re teaching a child/AAC user, parent, or staff members, these cheat sheets have everything you’ll need to make it a breeze!
They have:
✅Cheat sheets for ways to target 15 core words
✅No prep, cut and glue craft sheets for the same 15 words
✅Toy companion posters listing several phrases of only core vocab for 12 common toys
✅Word list, reminder handout, home communication page, and more!

🔗Comment below if you want me to DM you the link! (But make sure you’re following me first or the DM won’t go through.)

#Maycember is more like “May-Junecember” when

#Maycember is more like “May-Junecember” when you live on Long Island…

When I hear all of the other parents (both in person and online) lament about all of the PTO and unpaid time required of parents of young kids right now I’m SO thankful for my flexible schedule.

I’ve been lucky enough to do all of these duties and be at all of these events without stressing. And that is one of the biggest privileges in my motherhood 💗

#TheyreOnlyLittleOnce

***GIVEAWAY OVER*** Winners are @_fabulous_78 @cki

***GIVEAWAY OVER***
Winners are @_fabulous_78 @ckindice @bda_slp & @dreamreaderkids

Today is my 40th birthday 😳😱🥳
I started this business when I was in my 20s! I’m so honored to have had so many of you with me through so many decades and phases of life.

🎁As a thank you, I’d like to give 4 people 4 resources from my store. To enter:
💛Like this post
🏷️Tag a friend in the comment. (One tag per comment. Each tag is an entry.)
🗣️Leave a comment
📚Share to stories for 4 extra entries! (Be sure to tag me so I see it.)

Winner announced Monday 6/9 at 9PM EST

This is the third set in one of my most popular do

I was in a meeting the other day where a student (

I was in a meeting the other day where a student (whom I didn’t know) was approved for an iPad with Proloquo. It almost certainly wouldn’t arrive until the fall. Two well-meaning professionals in that meeting suggested “doing PECS” in the meantime.

The parent was willing to purchase “whatever” until the device could arrive. I’d hated the idea of her buying an expensive, extensive PECS book for two months of use. I’d also hated the idea that it seemed no one knew PECS is actually a very specific set of steps for learning/teaching in which one should be trained before implementing. *It’s not just laminated pictures of items the child likes placed in a binder. It’s also not a magic 💊 when handed to a student.

Instead I suggested printing the Home Screen of Proloquo and beginning to teach that to this student.

Paper-based options are completely valid and feasible. I’d say, even essential to introduce in case a device is dead or breaks.

The ease with which this parent could give her child a “head start” on AAC via printing a screenshot is far and away more than what buying a whole PECS book would entail.

We as SLPs should be doing this. We should have these on hand. While waiting for a device and also while using one. And tell parents. Maybe they go on vacation and forget the device/printed piece. Show them how easy it is to google and print themselves! 🙌🏻

And please, can we stop referring to all collections of picture cards in a binder “PECS”…? 🥴🫠

(I have a funny feeling by “better” you just m

(I have a funny feeling by “better” you just mean *cheaper*… 🙄)

#SLPeeps #instaSLP #ASHAigers #SpeechTherapy #SLPonTpT #SLPsonTpT #Preschool #PreschoolSpeech #PreschoolTherapy #schoolSLP #SLP2b #Teachersfollowteachers #teacherspayteachers #teachersoftpt #tpt #teacher #teachers #iteach #iteachtoo #teacherlife #igteachers #teachersoninstagram #slpsfollowslps #SLPsonInstagram #AAC #PECS #AACSLP #CoreVocab

When did tangible, cheap, plastic trinkets being s

When did tangible, cheap, plastic trinkets being sent home for every holiday, from every kid in the class AND the teachers, become a thing we do?

It’s no secret that I hate all of the $ store junk my kids come home with. My “hack” is to dump it all in a bag and use it for the non-edible, allergy friendly candy in my Halloween bowl. Some kid is gonna get a 💜 pop-it that says “Happy Valentine’s Day, love Brayden” when they trick or treat at my house but 🙃 oh well!

Instead my speech kids go home with:
✅the “end of the year memories” book, tailored to speech therapy, that we completed
✅a simple one-page homework sheet for their sound that their parent will actually be able to use and not be overwhelmed by enough to ignore it all summer
✅a wave, high-five, or a hug
AND THAT’s IT!

Comment below if you want the link to these!

Do you give your students EOY gifts?

The number of hours I wasted standing at the copie

The number of hours I wasted standing at the copier making giant summer speech homework packets in my first couple years working makes me 😵‍💫
Especially since I’m confident the majority of those pages weren’t even looked at.

Until I made a one page instruction sheet with simple, parent-friendly instructions for how to accurately produce sounds… parents were very appreciative!

If you’ve got students/caregivers requesting work over the summer to prevent loss of articulation skills, these one page, black ink only, no prep sheets have:
✅a mouth model visual
✅concise written instructions for production of 12 phonemes
✅words in initial, medial, and final with visuals
✅sound-loaded phrases
✅sound-loaded sentences

Comment below if you want a link!

So I’ll still have a room or….? What’s the

So I’ll still have a room or….?

What’s the worst you’ve ever come back to after summer break?

Audio inspired by a ride with @codyrigsby

Before my oldest started school, I swore I wasn’

Before my oldest started school, I swore I wasn’t going to do this trend. I figured teachers thought it was a pain and I hate Dr Seuss books.

Then my cousins, both of whom are HS teachers, told me how much they love writing in and reading their students’ books and that I just HAD to do it.

Once I found other book options, I was into it! 😍 I have 3 kids and they all have different books.

❓Parents: do you do this for your own kids? What book do you use?
❓Teachers: how do you feel about writing in these books?

🗣️Comment below if want the link to my book list! 🔗 (But make sure you’re following first or the DM won’t go through.)

End of the school year
Teacher signatures
End of year traditions

There’s lots of new faces around here, so I thou

There’s lots of new faces around here, so I thought I’d show you mine again and introduce myself!

I’m Denise, a pediatric SLP, wife, mom of 3 humans (9, 6, & 3) and 1 black lab. I live on Long Island and am currently working as a preschool/EI transition evaluator.

My favorite communication skills to target are early language, articulation, and core vocabulary!
I love cheese, margaritas, photography, and trash TV (Bravo).
I hate feet, olives, and weather below 70 degrees. (I’m chronically cold.)

It’s just me, myself, and I behind this account and I’m SO grateful for every like, comment, share, story reply, link click, and purchase in my TpT store!

Do we have anything in common? Tell me below! 👇🏻

I volunteered at my own children’s book fair to

I volunteered at my own children’s book fair to help the kids shop. I *may* have spent the majority of the time scouring the shelves for new core word-filled books 🤷🏻‍♀️

Did you know I have an Amazon list of full of books I use to target core vocabulary? Comment below if you want to check it out! You might just find something to add to your toolbox 🙂

Teaching AAC is just language therapy - and that’s the 🗻 I’m willing to die on!

Want my cheat sheets to make it *that* much easier??? Comment below for the link - because they’re 25% off today and tomorrow!!!!

Resource contains:
✅Toy companion posters listing several phrases of only core vocab for 12 common toys.
✅Cheat sheets for ways to target 15 core words naturally throughout the day
✅No prep, cut and glue craft sheets for the
same 15 words
✅List of core words, reminder handout, home communication page, and more!
***MUST BE FOLLOWING ME TO RECEIVE THE LINK***

End of the year memories aren’t just for classro

End of the year memories aren’t just for classroom teachers!

I love recapping the year with my students. It’s actually a great way to plan for next year, since we’re lucky enough to have many repeat students from year to year.

🔗 Check it out at bit.ly/EndOfSpeech or comment below if you want me to DM the link to you! (Make sure you’re following in order to receive the DM!)
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#SLPeeps #instaSLP #ASHAigers #SpeechTherapy #SLPonTpT #SLPsonTpT #Preschool #PreschoolSpeech #PreschoolTherapy #schoolSLP #SLP2b #Teachersfollowteachers #teacherspayteachers #teachersoftpt #tpt #teacher #teachers #iteach #iteachtoo #teacherlife #igteachers #teachersoninstagram #slpsfollowslps #SLPsonInstagram #EndOfTheYearMemories

The teacher appreciation sale starts tomorrow! My

The teacher appreciation sale starts tomorrow! My whole store will be 25% off with code THANKYOU25

What are you shopping for during the sale?

I was evaluating a 2 year old. He said “no” to

I was evaluating a 2 year old.
He said “no” to *every* prompt in the receptive section.
He started banging the spoons together.
I flipped everything upside down and made a drum set.
We played the drums together.
It elicited language. Unique 3 word phrases!

This is play. This was fun.

He continued to tell me “no” but at least he wasn’t miserable the entire time 🙃

🗣️Tell me below the most unconventional (“non-functional”) play you’ve used. Let’s help each other out!

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speechlanguagepirates

Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist
TpT resource author/creator

Now pop tubes are a dime a dozen. And this low key

Now pop tubes are a dime a dozen. And this low key hurts my SLP heart.

🗣️What toy of yours is no longer exciting because everyone and their grandma owns 6 of them?

Teaching AAc/core vocab doesn’t have to stressfu

Teaching AAc/core vocab doesn’t have to stressful. If you feel like you’re reinventing the 🛞, cheat sheets can help!

You’ll get:
✅Cheat sheets for ways to target 15 core
words
✅No prep, cut and glue craft sheets for the
same 15 words
✅Toy companion posters listing several
phrases using core vocab for 12 common toys
✅List of core words, reminder handout, home communication page, and more!

🗣️Be sure you follow me then comment below and I’ll DM the link to you! (Must be following or the link won’t go through…)

#aac #corevocab #aacslp #SLPeeps #instaSLP #ASHAigers #SpeechTherapy #SLPonTpT #SLPsonTpT #Preschool #PreschoolSpeech #PreschoolTherapy #schoolSLP #SLP2b #Teachersfollowteachers #teacherspayteachers #teachersoftpt #tpt #teacher #teachers #iteach #iteachtoo #teacherlife #igteachers #teachersoninstagram #slpsfollowslps #SLPsonInstagram

The ultimate bag for literally any mom of young ki

The ultimate bag for literally any mom of young kids and/or SLP!

We use this bag ALLLLLLLL the time. Whether it’s for a two hour outing or a long road trip.

🩵My favorite part is that all of the sides stand up and don’t flop over as you’re filling it.
🩵It’s big enough to hold everything you need but isn’t too deep where everything falls the to bottom, never to be seen again.
🩵When not in use it weighs almost nothing (unlike the trendy bag most people carry around) and folds up so small! And folding it also isn’t a mental acuity test… if you’ve used a snap bracelet, you can fold this. Seriously - who knew snap bracelet technology could be so versatile and practical?!

I showed this bag in stories a while back but never got to show you everything I packed in it. When I knew I’d be packing a puddle jumper, I figured I had to show off how it and so much more can fit in one bag! 🤗

#mom #summer #summerbag #beachbag #poolbag #SLPbag

Are you even a pediatric SLP if you’ve never mad

Are you even a pediatric SLP if you’ve never made an absolute fool of yourself?

#SLPeeps #instaSLP #ASHAigers #SpeechTherapy #SLPonTpT #SLPsonTpT #Preschool #PreschoolSpeech #PreschoolTherapy #schoolSLP #SLP2b #Teachersfollowteachers #teacherspayteachers #teachersoftpt #tpt #teacher #teachers #iteach #iteachtoo #teacherlife #igteachers #teachersoninstagram #slpsfollowslps #SLPsonInstagram

Does AAC therapy leave you stumped and frustrated?

Does AAC therapy leave you stumped and frustrated?

I promise that using AAC while interacting with children is not as daunting as it may seem.

It also doesn’t mean a fancy, expensive app. Paper-based systems can be just as useful and robust! Core vocabulary is where it’s at for getting clients to use *functional vocabulary* -
not just “I want…” 😴

Whether you’re teaching a child/AAC user, parent, or staff members, these cheat sheets have everything you’ll need to make it a breeze!
They have:
✅Cheat sheets for ways to target 15 core words
✅No prep, cut and glue craft sheets for the same 15 words
✅Toy companion posters listing several phrases of only core vocab for 12 common toys
✅Word list, reminder handout, home communication page, and more!

🔗Comment below if you want me to DM you the link! (But make sure you’re following me first or the DM won’t go through.)

#Maycember is more like “May-Junecember” when

#Maycember is more like “May-Junecember” when you live on Long Island…

When I hear all of the other parents (both in person and online) lament about all of the PTO and unpaid time required of parents of young kids right now I’m SO thankful for my flexible schedule.

I’ve been lucky enough to do all of these duties and be at all of these events without stressing. And that is one of the biggest privileges in my motherhood 💗

#TheyreOnlyLittleOnce

***GIVEAWAY OVER*** Winners are @_fabulous_78 @cki

***GIVEAWAY OVER***
Winners are @_fabulous_78 @ckindice @bda_slp & @dreamreaderkids

Today is my 40th birthday 😳😱🥳
I started this business when I was in my 20s! I’m so honored to have had so many of you with me through so many decades and phases of life.

🎁As a thank you, I’d like to give 4 people 4 resources from my store. To enter:
💛Like this post
🏷️Tag a friend in the comment. (One tag per comment. Each tag is an entry.)
🗣️Leave a comment
📚Share to stories for 4 extra entries! (Be sure to tag me so I see it.)

Winner announced Monday 6/9 at 9PM EST

This is the third set in one of my most popular do

I was in a meeting the other day where a student (

I was in a meeting the other day where a student (whom I didn’t know) was approved for an iPad with Proloquo. It almost certainly wouldn’t arrive until the fall. Two well-meaning professionals in that meeting suggested “doing PECS” in the meantime.

The parent was willing to purchase “whatever” until the device could arrive. I’d hated the idea of her buying an expensive, extensive PECS book for two months of use. I’d also hated the idea that it seemed no one knew PECS is actually a very specific set of steps for learning/teaching in which one should be trained before implementing. *It’s not just laminated pictures of items the child likes placed in a binder. It’s also not a magic 💊 when handed to a student.

Instead I suggested printing the Home Screen of Proloquo and beginning to teach that to this student.

Paper-based options are completely valid and feasible. I’d say, even essential to introduce in case a device is dead or breaks.

The ease with which this parent could give her child a “head start” on AAC via printing a screenshot is far and away more than what buying a whole PECS book would entail.

We as SLPs should be doing this. We should have these on hand. While waiting for a device and also while using one. And tell parents. Maybe they go on vacation and forget the device/printed piece. Show them how easy it is to google and print themselves! 🙌🏻

And please, can we stop referring to all collections of picture cards in a binder “PECS”…? 🥴🫠

(I have a funny feeling by “better” you just m

(I have a funny feeling by “better” you just mean *cheaper*… 🙄)

#SLPeeps #instaSLP #ASHAigers #SpeechTherapy #SLPonTpT #SLPsonTpT #Preschool #PreschoolSpeech #PreschoolTherapy #schoolSLP #SLP2b #Teachersfollowteachers #teacherspayteachers #teachersoftpt #tpt #teacher #teachers #iteach #iteachtoo #teacherlife #igteachers #teachersoninstagram #slpsfollowslps #SLPsonInstagram #AAC #PECS #AACSLP #CoreVocab

When did tangible, cheap, plastic trinkets being s

When did tangible, cheap, plastic trinkets being sent home for every holiday, from every kid in the class AND the teachers, become a thing we do?

It’s no secret that I hate all of the $ store junk my kids come home with. My “hack” is to dump it all in a bag and use it for the non-edible, allergy friendly candy in my Halloween bowl. Some kid is gonna get a 💜 pop-it that says “Happy Valentine’s Day, love Brayden” when they trick or treat at my house but 🙃 oh well!

Instead my speech kids go home with:
✅the “end of the year memories” book, tailored to speech therapy, that we completed
✅a simple one-page homework sheet for their sound that their parent will actually be able to use and not be overwhelmed by enough to ignore it all summer
✅a wave, high-five, or a hug
AND THAT’s IT!

Comment below if you want the link to these!

Do you give your students EOY gifts?

The number of hours I wasted standing at the copie

The number of hours I wasted standing at the copier making giant summer speech homework packets in my first couple years working makes me 😵‍💫
Especially since I’m confident the majority of those pages weren’t even looked at.

Until I made a one page instruction sheet with simple, parent-friendly instructions for how to accurately produce sounds… parents were very appreciative!

If you’ve got students/caregivers requesting work over the summer to prevent loss of articulation skills, these one page, black ink only, no prep sheets have:
✅a mouth model visual
✅concise written instructions for production of 12 phonemes
✅words in initial, medial, and final with visuals
✅sound-loaded phrases
✅sound-loaded sentences

Comment below if you want a link!

So I’ll still have a room or….? What’s the

So I’ll still have a room or….?

What’s the worst you’ve ever come back to after summer break?

Audio inspired by a ride with @codyrigsby

Before my oldest started school, I swore I wasn’

Before my oldest started school, I swore I wasn’t going to do this trend. I figured teachers thought it was a pain and I hate Dr Seuss books.

Then my cousins, both of whom are HS teachers, told me how much they love writing in and reading their students’ books and that I just HAD to do it.

Once I found other book options, I was into it! 😍 I have 3 kids and they all have different books.

❓Parents: do you do this for your own kids? What book do you use?
❓Teachers: how do you feel about writing in these books?

🗣️Comment below if want the link to my book list! 🔗 (But make sure you’re following first or the DM won’t go through.)

End of the school year
Teacher signatures
End of year traditions

There’s lots of new faces around here, so I thou

There’s lots of new faces around here, so I thought I’d show you mine again and introduce myself!

I’m Denise, a pediatric SLP, wife, mom of 3 humans (9, 6, & 3) and 1 black lab. I live on Long Island and am currently working as a preschool/EI transition evaluator.

My favorite communication skills to target are early language, articulation, and core vocabulary!
I love cheese, margaritas, photography, and trash TV (Bravo).
I hate feet, olives, and weather below 70 degrees. (I’m chronically cold.)

It’s just me, myself, and I behind this account and I’m SO grateful for every like, comment, share, story reply, link click, and purchase in my TpT store!

Do we have anything in common? Tell me below! 👇🏻

I volunteered at my own children’s book fair to

I volunteered at my own children’s book fair to help the kids shop. I *may* have spent the majority of the time scouring the shelves for new core word-filled books 🤷🏻‍♀️

Did you know I have an Amazon list of full of books I use to target core vocabulary? Comment below if you want to check it out! You might just find something to add to your toolbox 🙂

Teaching AAC is just language therapy - and that’s the 🗻 I’m willing to die on!

Want my cheat sheets to make it *that* much easier??? Comment below for the link - because they’re 25% off today and tomorrow!!!!

Resource contains:
✅Toy companion posters listing several phrases of only core vocab for 12 common toys.
✅Cheat sheets for ways to target 15 core words naturally throughout the day
✅No prep, cut and glue craft sheets for the
same 15 words
✅List of core words, reminder handout, home communication page, and more!
***MUST BE FOLLOWING ME TO RECEIVE THE LINK***

End of the year memories aren’t just for classro

End of the year memories aren’t just for classroom teachers!

I love recapping the year with my students. It’s actually a great way to plan for next year, since we’re lucky enough to have many repeat students from year to year.

🔗 Check it out at bit.ly/EndOfSpeech or comment below if you want me to DM the link to you! (Make sure you’re following in order to receive the DM!)
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#SLPeeps #instaSLP #ASHAigers #SpeechTherapy #SLPonTpT #SLPsonTpT #Preschool #PreschoolSpeech #PreschoolTherapy #schoolSLP #SLP2b #Teachersfollowteachers #teacherspayteachers #teachersoftpt #tpt #teacher #teachers #iteach #iteachtoo #teacherlife #igteachers #teachersoninstagram #slpsfollowslps #SLPsonInstagram #EndOfTheYearMemories

The teacher appreciation sale starts tomorrow! My

The teacher appreciation sale starts tomorrow! My whole store will be 25% off with code THANKYOU25

What are you shopping for during the sale?

I was evaluating a 2 year old. He said “no” to

I was evaluating a 2 year old.
He said “no” to *every* prompt in the receptive section.
He started banging the spoons together.
I flipped everything upside down and made a drum set.
We played the drums together.
It elicited language. Unique 3 word phrases!

This is play. This was fun.

He continued to tell me “no” but at least he wasn’t miserable the entire time 🙃

🗣️Tell me below the most unconventional (“non-functional”) play you’ve used. Let’s help each other out!

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