The struggles of raising bilingual children in the USA
I have been living in the United States for the last 14 years. A lot has happened since, and now
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speech therapy
What every minority speech pathology student needs to know about
If you are currently in school ( undergraduate, graduate or PhD student) for speech therapy/communication sciences and disorders; this was
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What would a Google Review of your speech therapy practice look like?
Changing roles is always a good way to learn how the other person feels. For the last six months I
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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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Are you disappointed with Speech Therapy?
My cousin came over to spend the night at our place. She is touring colleges around Texas to attend this
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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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Intellectual Property for the Entrepreneur Speech-Language-Pathologist in You
Being a nerd and a geek, I have a lot of different interests. I have created over sixty applications
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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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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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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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Language & Vocabulary on Sims FreePlay for iPad
On the Episode #7 of GeekSLP TV recorded in 2010, I talked about my favorite computer game for promoting language
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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 #32: Apps targeting Adults with Aphasia
On this episode, I have decided to focus on a few apps I know that target skills which have been
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Social Media for speech therapy: A personal shout out to my #slpeeps days before the Asha convention 2011
After finishing my weekly drum lesson, I sat in my office chair and read the above tweet from @bronwynah, which
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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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The winners of the Accessories for learning giveaway are…
Yesterday it was the day for announcing the winners of the “Accessories for learning giveaway”. Since I knew several of
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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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Linkedin for Speech-Language Pathologists
I cannot say I remember the day in which networking and making professional connections was only done during professional conventions,
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3 GeekSLP presentations at Asha 2011 in San Diego
This will be my 6th time at an Asha Convention & my second time in San Diego; however this is
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New Symbol set available for developers: Smarty Symbols
For the last few months I have been working on a new symbol set that would bring a set of
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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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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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CASLPA Spring Communique is now available!(Focus on Technology)
The Canadian Speech and Hearing Association once again impresses me with their responsiveness to trends by proving well informed content
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Presenting at Florida State University
I am very sorry everyone! I have not been able to write a single post in the last two weeks!
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Free GeekSLP App on iTunes
Crazy to think I have my own Geek SLP app on iTunes ( Free app) and I have never posted
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Nomenclature and basic functions of Twitter
This post is brought to you by the word: argot (ahr-goh) /ˈɑr goʊ / -noun a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar
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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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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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Skype-Coaching Parents in Auditory Verbal Therapy by Dave Sindrey
I’m more of a wannabe Geek than Geek. I only seem to learn about new technology when I get excited
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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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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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Macworld 2011, iPhone @Verizon, Play2Learn, Publishing SLP Apps
It has been a while, but GeekSLP TV #11 is posted on my website ( www.geekslp.com). On today’s episode I
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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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GeekSLP TV #5: Social Media, Web 2.0 and Speech Therapy
I have submitted a paper today to the Texas Speech and Hearing COnference on this topic, and I decided to
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