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Written by:
Jean Blosser
10/15/2009 11:29 AM
Share your ideas for helping teachers with your Progressus colleagues!
I’m sure that by now many of the teachers in your buildings are approaching you with questions about kids in their classes who are having difficulty in their classrroms. Red flags are probably rising as the fourth grade teacher notices that Johnny can’t organize his thoughts to tell a story, or Jennifer has difficulty paying attention, or Jamie loses balance and falls a lot. These kids may not be eligible for speech-language, occupational therapy, or physical therapy services, but they still can benefit from our expertise.
I’d love to hear your top 2 general suggestions to teachers when they ask you for assistance with kids who are struggling in their classrooms. For example, what do you recommend for helping students grasp a new concept, express their thoughts clearly, follow directions, attend longer, or engage more fully in classroom activities?
4 comment(s) so far...
Re: Share your ideas for helping teachers with your Progressus colleagues!
I absolutely encourage teachers to NOT use so many question, as we tend to grill our students with wh-questions. Also, with younger children and DD students I suggest reducing the length of utterance if the desired response is ellusive. With that is the suggestion that their availability for instruction is a good indicator of how well the language is being processed. It does no good to continue holding a lesson in the same manner when the students do not appear engaged.
By Anonymous on
1/5/2010 12:21 PM
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Re: Share your ideas for helping teachers with your Progressus colleagues!
Before I reinvent the wheel, does anybody have a letter they like to send home that addresses student's frequent refusals?
Thanks Team!
Veronica
By vpride on
1/5/2010 12:21 PM
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Re: Share your ideas for helping teachers with your Progressus colleagues!
Are you participating in RtI at your school? If so, is it functioning smoothly? I know that many different schools have many different approaches and we as hard working SLP's want to see our children succeed, however, as nurturing as we are and want to be, we need to make sure that the teachers are doing as much for the children who don't quite need Special Education, but may need a little polishing.
By Anonymous on
1/5/2010 12:22 PM
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Re: Share your ideas for helping teachers with your Progressus colleagues!
One additonal thing that I tell teachers that students may be able to process language better if he/she (the teacher) uses a sower rate of speech.
Rosalie Nabors
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1/5/2010 12:21 PM
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