Explore tools like Inference Pics for teaching and practicing these skills with visuals and cues, benefiting learners of all ages — For children and adults, inferencing skills are needed everywhere. Whether it is interpreting the facial expression of a friend or partner, figuring out the motives behind a co-worker’s action, or interpreting your own reasons for doing something, we are constantly using inferencing in our daily lives.

Considerations about problem solving in education for students with learning challenges — I love problems. I should probably restate that- I like solving problems. While this skill set benefits me in some cases, like helping students in my school, it can also backfire. I’ve been told that I don’t need to solve every problem that arises, but that’s a story for another…

Using Voluntary Stuttering to Make a Difference — “I bet you can’t stutter better than me!” It’s hard to imagine what it would be like to have your communication skills halted. I don’t want to, but I can imagine a physical injury that prevented me from moving the way that I do, but imagining the fluent flow of…

Exploring AI’s role in creating accessible, engaging listening comprehension passages for students, emphasizing the need for teacher intervention. — There are tons of commercially available materials in the market for teachers and special educators. Some of these materials meet your needs while others can be…let’s just say that they are not an effective use of school or personal resources. The field of speech and language therapy is no different…

The giggles get louder and louder. I know that I am supposed to enjoy that sound. My kids are playing; they’re laughing; they’re doing what they are supposed to be doing. Laughing, playing, having fun, and being children. Yet, here I am, not seeing the moment for what it is. …

Education is unique in that the years have distinct borders to them. You start in late summer/early fall and end in late spring/early summer of the next year. 10 months, give or take. 40 weeks, pretty much. Can you think of another job that has such clear time parameters? Friends…

“Tell me what to do…” We had spent the last 90 minutes in this room together. We had talked and we had listened. We had experienced special education advocates talk about their ideals. We had explained. We had talked about reading levels and grade levels. We had talked about attention…

As I watched the iPad fly through the air, there was an initial shock. After all, it’s almost $500 of glass, aluminum, and silicone wrapped in rubber and plastic. The rubber and plastic did it’s job: there were no pieces to pick up. …

You work in a profession with people. There’s people your age, people older than you, lots of people younger than you, and people who care for the young people who are really invested in what you do with the young people. Yeah, I know, I could have said colleagues, staff…