By Ben Bond, Speech Pathologist (VIC), Liberator Pty Ltd I was walking around a corner the other day and I ran into someone. The bad type of running into someone, the type where you bang heads and get coffee spilt on you. With coffee on my shirt, I grumbled under my breath and offered a brisk apology and went on my not-s...

By Deanna Severson, M.S.,CCC-SLP One of the greatest side benefits of being a PRC consultant is becoming acquainted with a vast number of people who are not only clients but are the likes of teachers, aides, therapists and family members. Most often, they are generous, kind, bright and inspiring people who always seem to ...

Angie Sheets, Intense Interventions Teacher Nicole Wingate, MA CCC-SLP Amy Shane, SLPA Heather Stoppenhagen, SLPA_ After attending our State convention on assistive technology, my SLP, SLPAs and myself were pumped about attacking core vocabulary with our students. My classroom is comprised of 14 kindergarten through fourt...

Hi! My name is Kim Thompson. I am an Occupational Therapist by training and a mom of four by blessing. I have had the pleasure of working with both adults and children with disabilities for many years. When I became the mom of a child with a speech disorder however, I truly began to understand what putting it all into...

_ By Kim Bond Thompson, M.S. OTR/L_ Prepositions: Not Just Important in English Class I have to admit that I have a weird relationship with prepositions. When I was in 3rd grade, we had to learn the top 50 prepositions and then our teacher had a competition. Whoever could say all of the prepositions the fastest withou...

By Joan Sharp, B.Ed Over 17 years as a PRC Consultant, I have seen children grow year after year not just in size and age but in their communication abilities, and their ability to connect socially through their AAC device. I would like to shine the light on Stephanie Faso! She is a young 26-year-old woman who has grown ev...