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SLP Trivia Night: Round Three

1. FASD is an umbrella term for the range of effects that can occur due to maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy which may create physical, cognitive, behavioral, as well as learning/language deficits. It is NOT a clinical diagnosis. Please list at least 3 CURRENT terms under the FASD umbrella.

2. Name at least 3 characteristics of infants/toddlers with alcohol related deficits.

3. Since behavioral problems become more pronounced during the school years, many researchers found that the primary deficit of school aged children with FASD is in the area of ____________

4. Finish the following sentence: adolescents with FASD have significant —DIFFICULTY LEARNING FROM _______

5. Why is early detection of alcohol related deficits important?

Place your responses under this blog post and number each response for clarity.

The first person to get all answers correct will have their choice of product from my online store.

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Birthday Giveaway Day Thirteen: Corduroy Book Companion

corduroyIt’s DAY 13 of my Birthday Month Giveaways and I am raffling off a giveaway by Gold Country SLP , which is a  Corduroy Book Companion. 

This delightful 49 page packet is based on the book Corduroy by Don Freeman and designed to accompany it by targeting receptive and expressive language skills based on the content of the book.
Product Contents:

  • Vocabulary cards
  • Definition cards
  • Story Sequencing cards
  • Sequencing words cards (first, next, then, etc.)
  • Comprehension Question cards
  • Social Skill/Pragmatic Questions & Scenarios
  • Story Props for retelling
  • Game board
  • Yes/no questions with icons designed to enable a point-to response
  • Story maps for different levels of function
  • Grammar activities targeting pronouns: has/have

You can find this product in Gold Country SLP TPT store by clicking HERE or you can enter my giveaway for a chance to win.
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Analyzing Discourse Abilities of Adolescents via Peer Conflict Resolution (PCR) Tasks

A substantial portion of my caseload is comprised of adolescent learners. Since standardized assessments possess significant limitations for that age group (as well as in general), I am frequently on the lookout for qualitative clinical measures that can accurately capture their abilities in the areas of discourse, critical thinking, and social communication.

One type of an assessment that I find particularly valuable for this age group is a set of two Peer Conflict Resolution Tasks. First described in a 2007 article by Dr. Marylin Nippold and her colleagues, they assess expository discourse of adolescent learners. Continue reading Analyzing Discourse Abilities of Adolescents via Peer Conflict Resolution (PCR) Tasks

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Birthday Giveaway Day Nine:If You Take a Mouse to School Book Companion and add-on

On DAY 9 of my Birthday Month Giveaways I am raffling off a giveaway by The Speech Bucket, which is a  “If you take a mouse to school” book companion AND an Add-on Activity. That’s right not one but two great activity packet’s with everyone’s favorite mischievous mouse.

If you take a mouse to school 17 page packet includes activities that target sequencing, story retell and comprehension (with and without picture support), basic language concepts, following directions, and much more (e.g., board game, bingo, writing, etc.)

Add-on Activity has adorable pictures that go with what the mouse sees when you take him to school, beach, and farm.  In short these 2 activity packets have lots of nice materials to last you at least several sessions.

You can find these products in  The Speech Bucket TPT store by clicking HERE and HERE or you can enter my one day giveaway for a chance to win.
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Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) for Evidence Based Practice

Last year a new Facebook Group was launched for SLPs interested in evidence-based practice in speech-language pathology. It was created for clinicians to explore and make sense of a myriad of intervention promises and questionable treatments in the fields of health care and education.

The group was established specifically for the purpose of research inquiry.   It has now reached almost 10.5K membership and contains numerous threads on a variety of scientific and pseudoscientific methods, assessments, and interventions for a wide variety of conditions.

Please join us in our efforts of continually improving the quality of services for clients in our care! 

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SLP Trivia Night: Round One

1. Name at least 3 characteristics of child directed speech

2. What is the critical period hypothesis?

3. Name at least 3 functions of communicative behavior during infancy

4. Name 2 types of echolalia

5.  What is jargon and up until what age is it appropriate in children?

Place your responses under this blog post and number each response for clarity.

The first person to get all answers correct will have their choice of product from my online store.

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Tuesday July 30th is Trivia Night!

This Tuesday is my turn to host SLP Trivia Night. Created by Kristine of Simply Speech (graphic by Carrie of  Carrie’s Speech Corner),  Trivia Night involves different SLP Bloggers hosting a night of trivia SLP related questions on their respective Facebook pages.  Jen of Speech Universe did it on July 16, Jocelyn of Ms. Jocelyn Speech did it on July 23rd and now it’s my turn.

Tomorrow (Tuesday, July 30th) I will be hosting this event on my Facebook Page at 9:00 p.m EST.  I am going to have three different rounds at

1. 9:00 pm: First round is on Early Child Development

2. 9:15 pm: Second round is on Internationally Adopted (IA)  Children

3. 9:30 pm: Third round is on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

Each round will consist of 5 questions on each of the above topics. Each set of questions will be posted on my blog with a link provided on my Facebook Page.

Contestants will be asked to answer ALL 5 questions under the blog entry for a chance to win.

In each round the first person to get all 5 questions correct will have their choice of products from my online store.  I hope to see you all there for SLP Trivia Night!