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I can’t believe February is already over! Right before Winter Break I was so stressed out! So, I had decided in December to try something new with my kids come the first of the year. I made these cool signs. One said “Look what I can do…” and then there are 2 skills on each of the other posters (supine flexion/prone extension; jumping jacks/ski jumps; table/crab; sit ups/push ups; jump rope/juggling).

In my school district, we are not supposed to pull students for therapy sessions during lunch or recess times, but sometimes this guideline gets overlooked. At a recent IEP meeting, I was recommending reducing a student’s PT service frequency because she had made so much progress in PT. I told her parents...

Here are some more useful websites I have found that work well with the netbook in therapy sessions. Most are interactive to some degree, others are just free materials that you can use online which may not be interactive but can still be used during sessions on a netbook.

Are you approaching your career with a positive attitude? Are you a positive person? If not, any task is going to be more difficult. Your job performance is directly influenced by the way you think and feel. The more you can remain positive and motivated the more success you're likely to have. This month, I want to provide some advice and insight about staying positive borrowed from a few great thinkers and leaders in this world.

Now that we are settled into the New Year, if you are like me, you are starting to think about getting some of your CEU requirements out of the way. You may be trying to meet the requirements for your professional association such as ASHA or your state licensure requirements. I have found one of the most efficient ways to accomplish this task is using www.speechpathology.com.

One of last year's New Leader's assignments was to reach out to an expert in the field whom we admired and ask them questions about their career path and tips for success. The interaction with the expert I selected was very positive. I remember Dr. Jean Blosser coaching us and encouraging us to never be intimidated to seek guidance from professionals whom we perceived to be accomplished and well established in the field.

How can you magically create more time and avoid feeling burnt-out?   As typical of many “therapist-types,” it is easy to get excited about opportunities to help others and it’s very difficult to say “no” even though you may not have the time to add more responsibilities. Admittedly I haven’t been very good at the “just say no” part but I have discovered that I can get more people helping on projects than I realized. The project suddenly becomes much more manageable.

Recently, I was observing a preschool classroom. They were participating in a circle-time activity with a silly song that had motions for the students to follow. I found myself looking on in amazement; my students were attempting to participate and imitate the motions. I wondered why they were doing so much better in circle time than they do in my pull out therapy sessions. Could it be the music?

Brrrrr – it’s cold outside! And in some parts of the county that means the winter blahs! It’s a great time of year to create a “new look” for your therapy room. Add some pizzazz by creating some new bulletin boards. You can create bulletin boards that are seasonal, reinforce the skills you are targeting, or motivate students to perform well

With the start of the new year, I have been hearing so much about organization and decluttering. And, as a result it got me thinking about CASELITE. I have been a school based therapist for 11 years and I have always done my schedule the traditional way. After seeing a Caselite demonstration and actually speaking with one of the founders of the program, I decided that I was going to take the leap of faith this year to make life less hectic and more organized.