TIPS FOR TEACHING PREPOSITIONS TO YOUNG LEARNERS
Prepositions can be one of the most confusing parts of speech to learn. They don’t fit into the normal rules
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Screening Basic Concepts Knowledge in Young Children
Welcome back to a new school year! Welcome back parents, welcome back teachers, welcome back kids! Welcome back everyone. On
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Apps for Bilingual Clinicians in Texas: Challenges and Resources
Texas is one of many states that continues to experience an influx of new residents. As changes to the state
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Favorite apps for teaching feelings and emotions
Children with autism often have difficulty with reading emotional expressions of others. Identifying and appropriately expressing emotions are among some
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Getting ready for the 2016 Asha convention
It is almost time for the 2016 Asha Convention in Philadelphia. The organizers are estimating that over twelve thousand speech-language-pathologist
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Bilingual Speech and Language Apps: Spanish Edition
While the number of Spanish speakers on the caseload of speech-language-pathologists is growing, the number of apps available in Spanish
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Children: Too much technology is not the same as just enough
I am the mother of a 17 months old baby boy, a speech-pathologist, and a developer of educational apps for
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Efficient Caseload Management Across Apps
Accountability for students’ progress has always been an important part of clinical practice for speech-language pathologists. Prior to the use
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Using the iPad to help my son become Bilingual
Ten years ago I moved to the Unites States, I was a monolingual Portuguese speaker, and struggled a lot to
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Using the iPad to Assess Articulation & Phonology Skills at the Sentence level
Back in 2010 I had created my favorite iPad application. Even after creating over sixty iOS apps, the Sunny Articulation
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GeekSLP TV #36: Signing Reports and Progress Notes on your iPad
As we continue to use the iPad to perform most of our documentation, we also need a nice way to
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How to use multiple apps (almost) at the same time with your students
I remember those days when I worked with pre-schoolers and I had picked a great game for the kids to
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Ten FREE apps for Speech-Language Pathologists
The universe of paid and free apps for speech-language pathologists grows daily. Some are original, innovative or useful and others
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Book: Mobile Learning for All by Luis Pérez
Back in 2011 I received a book from Joan Green and reviewed here on geekslp.com, today I bring to you
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How to organize apps using folders on your iPad
Every time I do one of my full day seminars, this is the portion that everyone loves the most: learning
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An overview of Apps for Apraxia of Speech
Apraxia of Speech is a speech disorder that affects the motor skills associated with speech. Children with apraxia have difficulty
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Exploring crafting apps for your speech therapy sessions
It is no secret, I have never been a crafty person. During my days in graduate school I struggled
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How to use the Therapy Report Center
As you download the Therapy Report Center the first thing you must do is to add your students ONE by
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Did you know that you could lose everything on your iPad?
Did you know that if you buy a new iPad or if your iPad gets stolen you could lose all
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GeekSLP TV #33: How to use and set up guided access on iOS 6.0
Apple never stops impressing me with their always evolving nature. This time, one of the most anticipated features for the
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If one AAC device cannot fit all, why would one AAC app fit all?
Many years ago, when I got involved with assistive technology at Temple University’s Assistive Technology institute, the one thing I
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Custom Boards: Print and share communication boards, schedules & activities.
Hello world! Today I bring good news… my new app, Custom Boards is now available on the app store. Over
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FaceTime calls on iPad are HIPAA compliant
You heard it right! FaceTime calls are HIPPA compliant. In an age in which privacy laws often become burdensome to healthcare providers, it is
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AirPrinting from your iPad: I use the HP Photosmart Plus
A question on my Facebook page inspired me to write this short blog post about iPad AirPrinting. For those
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House of Learning for iPad: Prepositions, Vocabulary & following…
One more app developed by Smarty Ears Apps: now an interactive app with scenes and characters that targets vocabulary, prepositions
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Conversation Builder: Working on Pragmatics on your iPad
Conversation Builder was released in April of 2011 and it has received great reviews not only on the iTunes store
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iTherapy: The Revolution of Mobile Devices Within the Field of Speech Therapy (Now available)
A few months ago I was asked by the American Speech and Hearing association to write an article on the
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Embracing the need for a revolution in education through iTechnology
Teaching in the technology revolution era requires education to evolve in order to provide students with the support they
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Protecting your iDevice with the Otter Box: Defender Series
Last month I received a very nice gift from a guy named Brandon Seedorf from the mygearstore.com ; his wife
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iPhone, iPod & iPad apps for SLPs list by GeekSLP
A while back I had created this list of apps for speech therapists that is now available on Scribed for
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Gaming into education: Can even Angry Birds promote learning?
Opportunities for teaching and learning are everywhere. Language is also everywhere. Given this scenario, it drives me crazy when I
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Calling all SLPs and teachers to update the iOS system on their iPads & iPods
The iPad, iPhone and iPod touch run an operational system called the iOS system. This is the system that allows
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Speech Trainer 3D Now available at 80% Off
Smarty Ears has been working on a secret and mysterious app for a long time. Speech Trainer 3D is now
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Geek SLP TV Episode #16: Accessibility on the iPad
On today’s episode I explore the accessibility features on the iOS 4.3 which transforms the iPad into a beautiful universal
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GeekSLP Tv #15: iPad 2 Review – one of many
After waiting in line for 2 and a half hours: here is my first post after the ipad 2. This
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Smart Oral Motor: Animated App by Smarty Ears is now available
Smart Oral Motor is a cute application designed to help children practice their oral motor skills which are impaired in
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Articulation Carry Over and the iPad
As I attempt to write my first ever Blog, and probably only Blog since this will most likely sink into
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Two presentations coming up at Texas Speech and Hearing Convention
Today’s presentation at the University of Texas at Dallas went very well. I love being invited to have fun presenting
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Using Skype to Provide Articulation Therapy to people around the world
Following up the use of Skype for providing services. I had the opportunity to interview Marcus Little, a Canadian Speech
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GeekSLP TV #14: Meet Poorani the creator of Speech with Milo
It was a pleasure to get to meet Poorani! The best thing about making this video podcast is getting
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iPad stands… here is where I stand on the topic
The Macworld 2011 was full of iPad cases and stands. Way more than any iPad user could need. I enjoyed
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How schools can get 50% OFF on iPad Apps
How educational institutions can purchase apps and get 50% off : Apple has implemented a program called “The Volume Purchase”
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Grace: One of the first AAC Apps for children with Autism
I am very happy to see the success this application has had. I am also very happy to see the
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GeekSLP TV #12: Expressive, the new updated AAC App for children with Autism.
On GeekSLP #12 I will review the basic function on the Expressive app for children with Autism and other expressive
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Apps for Bilingual SLPs and English-speaking speech therapists working with Spanish-speaking children.
I am a bilingual speech pathologist, and for those of you who work with Spanish-speaking children you know how frustrating
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The iPad saved the day once again: Speech and Language evaluation and the Pocket Pond app
Speech therapists are known to be very creative. We are able to pull activities from nowhere and transform it into
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GeekSLP TV #10: Asha Convention 2010 and Imagine Speech
I was lucky to have a booth right next to Imagine Speech’s booth. Anne Coady, the founder of Imagine Speech,
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Asha Convention 2010, Phildelphia
It is hard to believe that the ASHA convention (AKA #ashaconv) is already over. I arrived in Philly Wednesday night,
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Halloween themed apps to improve children’s language skills
In the spirit of Halloween I have decided to look at a few Halloween themed apps that can be used
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