I'm not sure how many speech-language pathologists have heard this from teachers, their friends and family, and others. But I know it...
A Picture Builds 1000 Words
You have heard me talk before about creating personal experience books to use for building language and literacy skills. It's not a new...
New appointment times for MBA English Support
I hope your semester is going well and you are enjoying the sun! I have changed the MBA ES appointment times to try to match students' s...
40 Days of Summer Communicating
Do your emerging communicators need a little extra practice over the summer? Every summer I put together communication calendars or activit...
Appointments and Drop In Available
If you have course assignment issues or language concerns, please contact us at englishsupport@viu.ca . We can offer appointments in the li...
Do You Like a Sale? 28 Reasons to Like This One.
It's Teacher Appreciation time at Teachers Pay Teachers. While we're not exactly teachers - we're not in our own classes - SLPs...
Can You Make 200 of Them?
Research indicates that we need to provide at least 200 opportunities each day for aac users to become effective communication system users....
Don't Miss Talking About These!
The weather is getting warm again everywhere. Here in Southern California it’s almost always time to go outside, but I do remember those co...
Do You Celebrate the Earth?
Believe it or not, I can still remember the very first Earth Day celebration in 1970. It was a beautiful day (even in the Northeast) and pe...
Top 2 Things Many Kids with Disabilities Love: Want Some Warm, Fuzzy Technology?
The concept of a soft, fuzzy stuffed animal ‘friend’ to read to you, teach you, and talk to or for you is a great one. When my son was very ...
Semester is drawing to a close - let us help you close it out.
The final two weeks of classes are upon us. This is just a quick reminder for students who utilize our support services: the ELS team is ea...
The Number 1 Reason Why We Need Fringe Vocabulary - Learn From My Mistakes
This is a cautionary tale for those who support augmentative-alternative communication (AAC) users. We spend a great deal of time talking a...
International Student Appreciation Day - March 30th, 2016
Next Wednesday is a special day on VIU's campus. It is International Student Appreciation Day! Are you interested in joining in? When: 1...
iOS Update 9.3: New Language Features
The 9.3 update to iOS released March 21 includes two language improvements: +addition of Spanish (Latin America) to the system language choi...
If Your Student Can't Speak Well, How Can He Read and Write?
I am actually away this weekend, celebrating my 60th birthday. Someone told me that 60 is the new 40. Does that mean I get an extra 20 yea...
March 17th is Earth Hour
It's Earth Hour today! The mural/sculpture below, located out side VIU's Bookstore, was inspired by the Ist Nation's belief tha...
Building World Knowledge with ELS on Facebook
The ELS Facebook page now has interesting 3-5 minute talks that can help build your world knowledge. Also, these make excellent listening p...
English Language Support Tutorials
Here's some news about where to find useful tutorials for reading and research. If you go to YouTube , you'll find tutorials on libr...
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