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Can Your Students Give and Follow Directions? More Barrier Game Fun

Last week I talked about an app that provided lots of opportunities for building language in intervention or at home.  I also talked a bit a...

Barrier Games, Following Directions, Giving Descriptions - Is There an App for That?

Apps are appearing more and more in classrooms and intervention settings.  Kids’ engagement is often higher with technology and animated app...

Automating Use Of Different Layouts With Different Hardware Keyboards

Users who would like to try having their keyboard layout switch automatically depending on which of two hardware keyboards they are using (e...

Word For Mac Now Does Connected Arabic

After applying an update of 8/11/2015, my Word for Mac 2016 suddenly displays connected Arabic script in a new document (not a doc created b...

Speaking with Their Eyes

Back to school is upon me.  This week starts a brand new school year and, for me, a new year of staff training, consulting, and evaluations....

One of These Things is Not Like the Others - or is it?

One of the pivotal language skills that speech-language pathologists work on is categorization of vocabulary.  We spend a lot of time workin...

No English Language support in the Writing Centre Aug 10th to 14th

There is no English support in the Writing Centre August 10th to 14th. If you need help, make an appointment to see me in my office, 255/211...

What Are the 2 Things That Need to Happen in Classrooms with AAC Users?

Anyone who has seen my article in the ASHA Leader magazine this month or who has followed this blog or listened to me preach (  - I mean ...